My Red Comrade

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My Red Comrade
රතු අතු අග
Directed bySudath Mahaadivulwewa
Written bySudath Mahaadivulwewa
Produced byRed Circle Production [1]
StarringAsiri Allage
Tharindi Fernando
CinematographyRuwan Costa
Edited byAjith Ramanayake
Music byNadeeka Guruge
Distributed byNFC cinema circuit[1]
Release date
  • 17 May 2024 (2024-05-17)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

My Red Comrade (Sinhala: රතු අතු අග), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese political drama film directed by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa and produced by Red Circle Productions.[2][3] The film has only two lead roles, both made their debut cinema acting: Asiri Allage and Tharindi Fernando.[1][4][5]

The special media screening was shown at One Golfface PVR Cinema on 1 May 2024.[6] The film received positive reviews from critics for the theme and acting.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Plot[edit]

Cast[edit]

  • Asiri Allage as Red Comrade
  • Tharindi Fernando as Strange girl

Production and release[edit]

This is the second cinematic direction by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa after Sudu Kalu Saha Alu, which he directed 19 years ago in 2005.[14][15] The lead actor Asiri Allage suffered tortured violent years in a concentration camp in real life, who later became a professional creative Sinhala copywriter.[7]

Cinematography done by Ruwan Costa and edited by Ajith Ramanayake. Cinematography completed in a different format within four days, using only two characters, on the same backdrop of Sarasaviya Studio of the National Film Corporation.[1] Art direction done by Manjula Ayagama, Sound design by Sasika Marasinghe, and color combination by Tissa Surendra. Dinesh Lakdusinghe is the assistant director, Nimal Wijesiri Senadhira is the production manager and Darshi Gamage is the line producer. Composition done by Samarasiri Kandanage, and lyrics by director himself. Nadeeka Guruge is the music director, where he also made background vocals.[4][16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sudath breaks two decades silence with 'My Red Comrade'". sundaytimes.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  2. ^ "My Red Comrade : ඔබ ඡන්දය හිමි වැඩිහිටියෙක් නම් මේ ඔබේ සිනමාවයි". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  3. ^ "My Red Comrade චන්දය හිමි, අවුරුදු 18 වැඩි, "වැඩිහිටියන්ට පමණයි"". wedabima.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "MY RED COMRADE සහ විසල් ආදරේ හෙට සිට රිදී තිරයේ". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  5. ^ "'විසල් ආදරේ' දිවයින පුරා". dinamina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  6. ^ "MY RED COMRADE විශේෂ දර්ශනය දා". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  7. ^ a b "Our "Red Comrades" Need To Listen To The Rain Falling Outside Their Window". colombotelegraph.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  8. ^ "Go watch 'My Red Comrade'". sundayobserver.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  9. ^ "'My Red Comrade' හිත ගැස්සුණු චිත්‍රපටියක් – සිසිර යාපා". lankatarget.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  10. ^ "චිත්‍රපටි ශාලාවකදී ඔබේ MY RED COMRADE පරික්ෂා කරවා ගන්න අවස්ථාවක්…". lankanewsweb.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  11. ^ "MY RED COMRADE : අළුත් පරම්පරාවට හොඳ පාඩමක් - (විෂ්ණු වාසු)". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  12. ^ "My Red Comrade: Beyond the glorification of the left". sundaytimes.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  13. ^ "My Red Comrade මැයි 17 සිට : 'දිවුලා සිනමාව කියල දුන්නු කෙනෙක්' - හඳගම". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  14. ^ "my red comrade, වම සම්බන්ධව කෙරුණු ආදරණීය ප්‍රකාශනයක් – සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව". anidda.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  15. ^ "ප්‍රශ්න ටික දැනගෙනයි මම මේක කළේ – My Red Comrade හැදූ සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව". divaina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  16. ^ "My Red Comrade මැයි එනවාලු …". divaina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.

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