My Red Comrade Explained

My Red Comrade
රතු අතු අග
Producer:Red Circle Production [1]
Starring:Asiri Allage
Tharindi Fernando
Music:Nadeeka Guruge
Cinematography:Ruwan Costa
Editing:Ajith Ramanayake
Distributor:NFC cinema circuit
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Sri Lanka
Language:Sinhala

My Red Comrade (Sinhala; Sinhalese: රතු අතු අග), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese political drama film directed by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa and produced by Red Circle Productions.[2] [3] The film features only two lead roles, both making their debut in cinema: Asiri Allage and Tharindi Fernando.[4] [5]

The special media screening was held at One Golfface PVR Cinema on 1 May 2024.[6] The film received positive reviews from critics for its theme and acting.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Cast

Production and release

This is Sudath Mahaadivulwewa's second cinematic direction, after Sudu Kalu Saha Alu, which he directed 19 years ago in 2005.[14] [15] The lead actor Asiri Allage suffered tortured violent years in a concentration camp in real life, who later became a professional creative Sinhala copywriter.

The cinematography of the film was done by Ruwan Costa, and editing was done by Ajith Ramanayake. The cinematography was completed in a different format within four days, using only two characters, on the same backdrop of Sarasaviya Studio of the National Film Corporation. Art direction was done by Manjula Ayagama, Sound design by Sasika Marasinghe, and color combination by Tissa Surendra. Dinesh Lakdusinghe was the assistant director, Nimal Wijesiri Senadhira served as the production manager and Darshi Gamage as the line producer. Composition was done by Samarasiri Kandanage, with lyrics written by the director himself. Nadeeka Guruge was the music director, who also provided background vocals.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-04-19 . Sudath breaks two decades silence with ‘My Red Comrade’ . 2024-04-19 . sundaytimes.lk.
  2. Web site: 2024-04-19 . My Red Comrade : ඔබ ඡන්දය හිමි වැඩිහිටියෙක් නම් මේ ඔබේ සිනමාවයි . 2024-04-19 . theleader.lk.
  3. Web site: 2024-04-19 . My Red Comrade චන්දය හිමි, අවුරුදු 18 වැඩි, "වැඩිහිටියන්ට පමණයි“ . 2024-04-19 . wedabima.lk.
  4. Web site: 2024-04-19 . MY RED COMRADE සහ විසල් ආදරේ හෙට සිට රිදී තිරයේ . 2024-04-19 . sarasaviya.lk.
  5. Web site: 2024-04-19 . ‘විසල් ආදරේ’ දිවයින පුරා . 2024-05-07 . dinamina.lk.
  6. Web site: 2024-04-19 . MY RED COMRADE විශේෂ දර්ශනය දා . 2024-04-19 . sarasaviya.lk.
  7. Web site: 2024-04-19 . Our “Red Comrades” Need To Listen To The Rain Falling Outside Their Window . 2024-04-19 . colombotelegraph.lk.
  8. Web site: 2024-04-19 . Go watch ‘My Red Comrade’ . 2024-04-19 . sundayobserver.lk.
  9. Web site: 2024-04-19 . ‘My Red Comrade’ හිත ගැස්සුණු චිත්‍රපටියක් – සිසිර යාපා . 2024-04-19 . lankatarget.lk.
  10. Web site: 2024-04-19 . චිත්‍රපටි ශාලාවකදී ඔබේ MY RED COMRADE පරික්ෂා කරවා ගන්න අවස්ථාවක්… . 2024-04-19 . lankanewsweb.lk.
  11. Web site: 2024-04-19 . MY RED COMRADE : අළුත් පරම්පරාවට හොඳ පාඩමක් - (විෂ්ණු වාසු) . 2024-04-19 . theleader.lk.
  12. Web site: 2024-04-19 . My Red Comrade: Beyond the glorification of the left . 2024-04-19 . sundaytimes.lk.
  13. Web site: 2024-04-19 . My Red Comrade මැයි 17 සිට : 'දිවුලා සිනමාව කියල දුන්නු කෙනෙක්' - හඳගම . 2024-04-19 . theleader.lk.
  14. Web site: 2024-04-19 . my red comrade, වම සම්බන්ධව කෙරුණු ආදරණීය ප්‍රකාශනයක් – සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව . 2024-04-19 . anidda.lk.
  15. Web site: 2024-04-19 . ප්‍රශ්න ටික දැනගෙනයි මම මේක කළේ – My Red Comrade හැදූ සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව . 2024-04-19 . divaina.lk.
  16. Web site: 2024-04-19 . My Red Comrade මැයි එනවාලු …. . 2024-04-19 . divaina.lk.