Kolompoor Explained

Kolompoor කොළොම්පූර්
Director:	Dinesh Priyasad
Producer:	Lalindra Films
Starring:	Bandu Samarasinghe Tennyson Cooray Freddie Silva Dilhani Ekanayake
Music:	Somapala Rathnayake
Cinematography:	Nimalasiri Rosa Dinesh Priyasad
Editing:	Dinesh Priyasad
Studio:	Dil Forces International Sarasavi Studio
Runtime:	143 minutes
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Kolompoor (Sinhala; Sinhalese: කොළොම්පූර්) is a 1999 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, family film directed by Dinesh Priyasad and produced by Lalindra Wijewickrama for Lalindra Films. It stars comic duo Bandu Samarasinghe, and Tennyson Cooray in lead roles along with Dilhani Ekanayake, Freddie Silva and Tony Ranasinghe.^[1] Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. The film became one of Sri Lanka's blockbuster movies with reaching more than 150 days in cinema theatres.^[2] It is the 919th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[3]

Cast

• Bandu Samarasinghe as S.P Liyanagedara Bandu
• Tennyson Cooray as Thadawansa and 6 others. (kadukkama, minister, businessman, tamilan, farmer, homosexual boy)
• Freddie Silva as Freddie
• Tony Ranasinghe as Alpabet Danthanarayana
• Harsha Jayawardena as Pooja
• Dilhani Ekanayake as Tanisha
• Wimal Kumara de Costa as Costapal
• Sunil Hettiarachchi as I.Opatha
• Teddy Vidyalankara as Brando
• Robin Fernando as Detective
• Piyadasa Wijekoon as Lorry Munna
• Somapala Rathnayake as Poosari

Distribution

The film successfully screened in 15 cinemas from its distribution date in Colombo. It was screened more than 150 days in three cinemas.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Colompoorr' keeps you intrigued . Sunday Times . 3 October 2016.
2. Web site: Kolompoor (1999) . IMDB . 22 February 2017.
3. Web site: Sri Lanka Cinema History . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 October 2016.
4. Web site: කොලොම්පූර් Kolompoor . Rate Your Music . 22 February 2017.