| Gaadi | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Prasanna Vithanage |
| Producer: | Sandya Salgado Alan McAlex Ajay Rai H D Premasiri Prasanna Vithanage |
| Starring: | Sajitha Anthony Dinara Punchihewa Shyam Fernando Ravindra Randeniya |
| Cinematography: | Rajeev Ravi |
| Editing: | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music: | K (Krishna Kumar) |
| Studio: | Film Island Jar Pictures Prasanna Vithanage Productions |
| Distributor: | CEL Theatres |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Language: | Sinhala |
| Budget: | $560,000[1] |
Gaadi (si|ගාඩි), also released as Children of the Sun, is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala historical road film directed by Prasanna Vithanage.[2] It is co-produced as a Sri Lankan-Indian joint production by H.D. Premasiri, Sandya Salgado for Film Island, Prasanna Vithanage Productions and Alan McAlex and Ajay Rai for Mumbai-based Jar Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company.[3] It stars Sajitha Anthony with debut actress Dinara Punchihewa in lead roles[4] along with Shyam Fernando and Ravindra Randeniya.[5] Music composed by K.[6]
It is a period drama set in 1814, during the last days of the Kandyan Kingdom. The story revolves around the journey of Tikiri who was stripped from nobility and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarchy.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Gaadi premiered on 8 October 2019 at the 24th Busan International Film Festival amidst stellar reviews.[11] [12] [13] [14] The film has been selected one of the 100 Asian films that audiences should watch by International Film Festival 2019.[15]
In January 2020, the film won a Special Jury Award at 18th International Dhaka Film Festival.[16]
Stripped of her Radala cast and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarch, a woman fights to keep her dignity by rejecting to succumb to her destiny.