Overview
Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930’s, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a demonic love story, the narrative follows a puppet-maker who’s set to be married to a young girl. Unfortunately, the girl elopes with her secret lover. Devastated, the grieving puppet-maker ends up carving a puppet in her likeness, which eventually comes to life, setting in motion a fantastical chain of events.
Director and cast
- Yashoda Wimaladharma as Vaishnavee / Tree Goddess
- Thumindu Dodantenna as Osanda
- Samadhi Arunachaya as Ruchira
- Rohana Beddage as Gurunnanse
- Vasanthi Chathurani as Laxmi's mother
- Jayalath Manoratne as Ruchira's Father
- Roshan Pilapitiya as Laxmi's Lover
- Iranganie Serasinghe as Osanda's grandmother
- Cletus Mendis as Boatman
- Thesara Jayawardane as Laxmi's friend
More films
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Drama · War · NOT RATED
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Director
- Mani Ratnam
- Cast
- P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran
Machan (2009)
Comedy · Drama · N/A
Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit...
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Uberto Pasolini
- Cast
- Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan De Chickera, Dharshan Dharmaraj
Between Two Worlds (1966)
Drama · N/A
The son of a newly rich industrialist becomes embroiled in a murder cover-up.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Lester James Peries
- Cast
- Tony Ranasinghe, Suwineetha Abeysekera, Jeevarani Kurukulasooriya
Dheepan (2015)
Crime · Drama · R
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast
- Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby
A Melody of Love (2016)
Music · Romance
Talented and ambitious village girl comes to town to be a singer to earn money to save her fathers's life. The film has influenced by romantic musical Bollywood film Aashiqui 2.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Cast
- Hemal Ranasinghe, Udari Warnakulasooriya, Bimal Jayakody
Comments
Talk about the film with other members