Ali Kathawa Explained

Ali Kathawa (An Elephant's Tale) (si|italic=yes|අලි කතාව) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne^[2] and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films. It stars a child artist Kaushalya Nirmana in lead role along with Ravindra Randeniya, Tharuka Wanniarachchi, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Yohani Hansika. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.^{[3] [4]} It is the 1276th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[5] The film is based on the novel Anusha Saha Raja Kumaru written by Leticia Boteju.

Cast

• Kaushalya Nirmana as Bhanu (Main Actor)
• Yohani Hansika as Sumangali
• Dhananjaya Siriwardena as King
• Tharuka Wanniarachchi as Queen
• Ravindra Randeniya as Hermit      
• Duleeka Marapana as Veddah Gomari         
• Rodney Warnakula as Kinnara leader    
• Sarath Kothalawala as Handuna veddah 
• Kumara Thirimadura as Gobila veddha  
• Wilson Gunaratne as  Maha Amathi
• Deepani Silva as God beseecher
• Giriraj Kaushalya as King's physician
• Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Kinnara leader's servant

Production

The script based on a story by Leticia Botheju, Anusha and Raja Kumaru. All scenes of baby elephants were filmed in Chiang Mai - Thailand. Other scenes were shot in Sri Lanka.^[6]

External links

• • අලිකතාවෙන් සම්මාන දිනූ ඉරෝෂන් මධුෂංක
• සරසවිය සම්මාන පොතට වාර්තාවක් ගෙනා විදූශා නේත්‍රාංජලී

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ali Kathawa child actors . Sarasaviya . 16 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170616024004/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/06/15/?fn=sa1706152 . 16 June 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: This is Going Back to My Childhood - මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න අලි කතාව ගැන හෙළි කරයි . Sarasaviya . 11 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170612212548/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/06/08/?fn=sa17060819 . 12 June 2017 . dead .
3. Web site: Two hours of childish happiness . Ceylon Today . 7 May 2017.
4. Web site: Ali Kathawa plot - මිනිස් දරුවකු හා අලි පැටවකුගේ මිතුදම ගැන කියන ‘අලි කතාව’ . Sarasaviya . 11 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170811005556/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/05/11/?fn=sa1705111 . 11 August 2017 . dead .
5. Web site: Sri Lanka Cinema History . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 October 2016 . 23 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php . dead .
6. Web site: අලි කතාව හදද්දී අලි ඇබැද්දි රැසක්. www.sarasaviya.lk. 2017-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926174252/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/09/22/?fn=sa1609221. 2016-09-26. dead.