| Sihinayaki Adare සිහිනයකි ආදරේ | |
| Director: | Sarov Shanmugam Donald Jayantha |
| Producer: | Raja Sadesh Kumar [1] Srimathi Sadesh Kumar |
| Story: | Atlee |
| Starring: | Hemal Ranasinghe Pooja Umashankar Uddika Premarathna Sheshadri Priyasad |
| Music: | Pasan Liyanage |
| Cinematography: | Vignesh Vasu |
| Editing: | Ashok Kumar |
| Studio: | Real Image |
| Distributor: | EAP Films |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Language: | Sinhala |
Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream) (Sinhala; Sinhalese: සිහිනයකි ආදරේ) is a 2024 Indian-Sri Lankan Sinhalese language romantic drama film co-directed by Sarov Shanmugam and Donald Jayantha.[2] The film is co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar.[3] It stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Pooja Umashankar (in her comeback role) in lead roles along with Uddika Premarathna, Sheshadri Priyasad, Lucky Dias, Mahendra Perera in supportive roles.[4] The film is the remake of 2013 South Indian film Raja Rani directed by Atlee.[5]
The film revolves around Rehan and Jennifer, who married without the interest, but face many challenges in their disturbing change of lives.
South Indian director Sarov Shanmugam and Sri Lankan director Donald Jayantha are the co-directors of the film. Donald Jayantha also holds the record as the assistant director of the most number of films in Sinhala cinema as well. Sarov and Jayantha previously directed the film Maya 3D in 2016. Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar co-produced the film for the second time with directors after Maya 3D. Raja Sadesh Kumar also made the story and screenplay and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar also contributed with costume design. Assistant directors are Janaka Chamara and Niroshan Edirimanna, where line Producers are Darshan K, Dinesh Subhas and Praveen Ramesh Babu.
Cinematography done by Vignesh Vasu, edited by Ashok Kumar and art direction by Manjula Ayagama. Sound Management by Diran Wijeyasinghe, product management by Ashoka Ariyaratne and feature composition by Sameera Madhu Kidelpitiya. Nishantha Kumara Dharmadasa and Susara Sampath Balasuriya made costume design assistance to Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. Ruchira Dinesh Kahanda is the hair stylist, Dinesh Kumar is the choreographer, and Sandesh Bandara, Ajith Premalal are still photographers.
Music direction and songs composed by Pasan Liyanage, where Tirone Perera and Yashoda Adhikari are the lyricists. Tharuka Gunaratne, Kanishka Peiris, Diran Wijesinghe, Hirushi Jayasena, Dinelka Muthuarachchi and Chethana Ketagoda made background vocals.
Shooting of the film started in 2019, but stopped midway with many reasons including COVID-19.
The film was released on 18 January 2024 in EAP circuit cinemas. Apart from that, the film was released in Melbourne theatres from 21 January to 4 February: on 21 January at Fountaingate, on 28 January at Glen Waverley, on 28 January at South Morang and on 4 February at Werribee respectively.