The best Sanath Gunathilake’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Sanath Gunathilake’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Sanath Gunathilake.
Lion's Pride
7.7/10
This is a film that showing the epic battle and struggle a group of uneducated villagers went through to get its independence back in 1948 and its discusses a "secret" what happened between 1947 November and to talk about how Sri Lanka got its independence in 1948.
Mee Haraka - මී හරකා
8/10
An illiterate and sexually frustrated young man finds himself attracted to a chic woman from the city who has come to his rural village as a school teacher.
The Garden
7.9/10
The calm, dull marriage of a young woman and her much older husband is disturbed when the man's younger brother arrives at their home.
The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)
8.3/10
This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends and relatives. The English translation of the title, "The Way of the Lotus" implies Aravinda as Lotus-rising above dirt and mud to blossom.
Siri Raja Siri
The story of a poor student from a village in Sri Lanka who was sent to a wealthy school in the country's capital city.
Rush
It's about how a youth named "Rush" find love and to what lengths he goes to keep it. He deceives his lover's family and sacrifice himself for the sake of the girl he loves. When the girl he loves has no clue who he is, and pretends to be the guy that girl's parents hoping to wed their daughter to. But takes a surprising twist at the point of discovery. 'Rush' who pretends to be 'Shan' is confronted by 'Shan' and hell breaks out. Pooja, the woman of his dreams is torn between her feelings for Rush and finding the truth. As she unravels the truth, she is challenged to face great grief and come to terms of what love can do to a person.
Mille Soya
8.4/10
Mille Soya, is a film depicting a dangerous and hazardous journey by a young Sri Lankan group to rich Europe. They are subject to deceptions by the intermediaries, betrayals by friends, arrests while crossing the borders and even death.
Cindrella - සින්ඩ්රෙල්ලා
5.9/10
Chandula and his two friends have planned a holiday at a luxury hotel. On their day of the visit, they see a beautiful girl (Isanka) at the hotel and Chandula starts to catch feelings towards her. Chandula's friends don't accept this, but they let him have her his way and keep enjoying the holiday while he tries and gets to know Isanka. Isanka and Chandula get close to each other and their relationship grows really strong within a week. But, due to some reason Isanka doesn't open up her true self to Chandula and disappears after seven days leaving him nothing but a broken heart.
Anjalika - අංජලීකා
7.3/10
A young man named Thivanka returns home to Sri Lanka from England to fall in love with a village girl named Anjalika. This proves to be problematic for Thivanka, as Anjalika is the daughter of a plantation caretaker employed by Thivanka's father. Thivanka's childhood friend, Kavya is in love with Thivanka and wants to marry him. The inevitable clash of rich and poor ends in the kidnapping and subsequent death of Anjalika.
Pani Makuluwo
Pani Makuluwo is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala cyber crime thriller film directed by Isuru Weerasinghe Mudali and produced by U.A. Palliyaguru for Cloud Films. It stars Sanath Gunathilake and Aishara Athukorala in lead roles along with Dineth de Silva and Bangladeshi actress Priota Farelin. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. Music composed by Seneth Dayantha. It is the 1275th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Pitasakwala Kumarayai Pancho Hathai - පිටසක්වල කුමාරයයි පැංචෝ හතයි
Pitasakwala Kumarayai Pancho Hathai (Alien Prince and Seven Kids) (Sinhala: පිට සක්වළ කුමාරයයි පැංචෝ හතයි) is a 2008 Sri Lankan Sinhala science fiction film directed by Sirimal Wijesinghe and produced by Dushyantha Mahabaduge for Cinemaya International. It stars Sanath Gunathilake and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Janaka Kumbukage and Suminda Sirisena. Music composed by Aruna Lian. It is the 1109th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Nommara 17 - නොම්මර 17
7.8/10
Nommara 17 (Sinhala: නොම්මර 17) is a 1989 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma and produced by Preethiraj Weeraratne for Weeraratne Enterprises. It stars Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake and Jeewan Kumaranatunga in lead roles along with Mervyn Jayathunga, Freddie Silva and Sabeetha Perera. The music was composed by Ernest Soysa. It is the 691st film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was screened after the assassination of lead actor Vijaya Kumaratunga, which influenced the fans to come and watch his famous movie star for the last time on the silver screen. Thus recorded as one of the huge blockbuster hit in Sinhala cinema, which also won Sarasaviya Award as well. It successfully passed 200 days at theatres.
