Parapura Explained

Parapura
Native Name:
Director:	Cletus Mendis^[1]
Producer:	Cletus Mendis Basil Jayasuriya Srimali Jayasuriya
Based On:	story by Cletus Mendis
Starring:	Jeevan Kumaratunga Ravindra Randeniya, Ranjan Ramanayake, Sanath Gunathilake
Music:	Dinesh Subasinghe
Cinematography:	Lalith M. Thomas
Editing:	Anusha Jayawardena, Ranuska Fernando
Distributor:	Risila Films
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Parapura (Sinhala; Sinhalese: පරපුර|italic=yes) is a 2014 Sri Lankan Sinhalese action thriller film directed by Cletus Mendis and co-produced by Cletus Mendis himself with Basil Jayasuriya and Srimali Jayasuriya. It stars Jeevan Kumaratunga, Ravindra Randeniya and Sanath Gunathilake along with Ranjan Ramanayake, Nita Fernando and Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi.^{[2] [3]} It is the 1,209th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[4] It was the first acting role for Dilantha Mendis and Jeevan Kumaratunga's daughter, Malsha Kumaratunga.

Cast

• Jeevan Kumaratunga as Suranimala; Madhawa, Kamal and Dilanga's father
• Ravindra Randeniya as a Parliament Minister Rajamanthri; A kind hearted minister who helped to people
• Sanath Gunathilake as Minister Marasinghe; A criticism minister who abducted Dilanga
• Ranjan Ramanayake as Madhawa; Suranimala's first son who is a boxer like his father
• Dilhani Ekanayake as Sudharma; Madhawa, Kamal and Dilanga's mother
• Dilanga Mendis as Dilanga aka Suduputha; Suranimala's third son who had a wizarding power
• Kanchana Mendis as Chethana; Madhava's girlfriend
• Nita Fernando as Kanthi; Dilanga's adopted mother
• Tennyson Cooray as Dilanga's friend
• Ajith Rajapaksha as Tyrone; The main villain who tried to kill Dilanga
• Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi as Chethana's father
• Kumara Thirimadura as Dilanga's adopted father
• Palitha Silva as a Police officer Sathyapala
• Chillie Thilanka as Musician Kamal aka Mahathun; Suranimala's second son who escaped from home to be a musician
• Dinesh Subasinghe as Music director
• Cletus Mendis as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
• Wilson Karunaratne
• Denuwan Senadhi as Dilanga's friend
• Menaka Peries as Iresha
• Smanathi Lanaroul as Podi hamina
• Maureen Charuni as Chethana's mother
• Rajasinghe Loluwagoda as Photographer
• Malsha Kumaratunga
• Christeena Fernando
• Sarath Dikkumbura

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cletus maiden cinematic direction . Sarasaviya . 20 October 2017.
2. Web site: Parapura . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 24 February 2017.
3. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160907021106/http://sarasaviya.lk/2016/09/01/?fn=sa16090122 . 7 September 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Sri Lanka Cinema History . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 October 2016 . 23 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php . dead .