Bora Diya Pokuna Explained

Bora Diya Pokuna
Native Name:	බොරදිය පොකුණ
Director:	Sathyajith Maitipe^[1]
Producer:	Sunil Dharmasiri
Starring:	Kaushalya Fernando Dilani Abeywardana Priyanka Samaraweera
Music:	Pradeep Ratnayaka
Cinematography:	Paalitha Perera
Editing:	Ravindra Guruge
Runtime:	141 minutes
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Bora Diya Pokuna (Sinhala; Sinhalese: බොරදිය පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult drama film directed by Sathyajith Maitipe and produced by Sunil Dharmasiri.^{[2] [3]} It stars Kaushalya Fernando and Dilani Abeywardana in lead roles along with Priyanka Samaraweera and Duminda de Silva.^[4] Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayaka.^{[5] [6] [7]} It is the 1222nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[8]

The film was screened at Smithsonian Institution in Washington on 5 December 2004.^[9] The film production was completed in 2003,^[10] but banned by the Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka, until it was granted in 2010 for showing in 2015.^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]} The film won a special prize for the Best Fiction Film at Honolulu International Film festival, 2005 in Hawaii.^[16]

Cast

• Kaushalya Fernando as Ariyalatha / Gothami
• Dilani Abeywardana as Mangala^[17]
• Duminda de Silva as Vipula^[18]
• Priyanka Samaraweera as Suwineetha
• Dharmasiri Bandaranayake as Desmond
• Veena Jayakody as Doreen
• Rathnawali Kekunawela as Bording mistress
• Rohitha Karunarathna as Sanjeewa
• Chandani Seneviratne as Piyasili
• Leonie Kotelawala as Gothami' mother
• Chandra Kaluarachchi as Desmond's mother
• Gayan Lakruwan as Suranjith
• Pramudi Karunaratne as Taniya
• Sarath Kothalawala
• Nilmini Buwaneka
• Asela Jayakody
• Giriraj Kaushalya
• Jayani Senanayake

Notes and References

1. Web site: Talk with Maitipe . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150303010432/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/02/26/?fn=sa15022625 . 3 March 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Sathyajith taps new talent . Sunday Times . 27 November 2019.
3. Web site: 'Bora Diya Pokuna' to stir Lankan cinema . Sunday Times . 29 December 2019.
4. Web site: 'Boradiya Pokuna' still in deep water . Sunday Times . 12 December 2019.
5. Web site: Bora Diya Pokuna (2004) . IMDB . 25 February 2017.
6. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160929062111/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/09/22/?fn=sa16092222 . 29 September 2016 . dead .
7. Web site: Bora Diya Pokuna . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 25 February 2017.
8. Web site: Sri Lanka Cinema History . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php . 23 August 2016 . dead .
9. Web site: 'Bora Diya Pokuna' reels disappear in Washington . Sunday Times . 27 November 2019.
10. Web site: Sathyajith overcomes many hurdles . Sunday Times . 29 November 2019.
11. Web site: Bora Diya Pokuna Creates Ripples . Colombo Telegraph . 25 February 2017.
12. Web site: Refreshing dip into Bora Diya Pokuna . The Sunday Times . 25 February 2017.
13. Web site: Bora Diya Pokuna screened at Sarasaviya Film Festival . Daily News . 25 February 2017.
14. Web site: Comment: Bora Diya Pokuna: Scent of the Lotus Pond . The Island . 25 February 2017.
15. Web site: Plot of Bora Diya Pokuna . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915172207/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/01/29/?fn=sa1501299 . 15 September 2018 . dead .
16. Web site: Honolulu honours 'Bora Diya Pokuna' . Sunday Times . 4 December 2019.
17. Web site: It was heart touching moment . Sarsaviya . 21 November 2019.
18. Web site: Sri Lanka's tallest actor . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150310015627/http://sarasaviya.lk/2015/03/05/?fn=sa1503052 . 10 March 2015 . dead .