| Solo Town සෝලෝ ටවුන් | |
| Director: | Chaturangana de Silva Sahan Wickramarachchi |
| Producer: | Stage Adventures Pvt. Ltd |
| Story: | Chaturangana de Silva |
| Starring: | Raveen Kanishka Michelle Dilhara Shanaya Vanhoff Bimal Jayakody Semini Iddamalgoda Sujeeva Priyalal |
| Music: | Chaturangana de Silva |
| Cinematography: | Sahan Wickramarachchi Pushpitha Nirmal |
| Editing: | Lahiru Madhusankha |
| Distributor: | LFD Theatres |
| Studio: | Gullio Studios |
| Released: | [1] |
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
| Language: | Sinhala |
| Budget: | $200,025 (estd.) |
Solo Town (si| '''සෝලෝ ටවුන්''') is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese musical drama film co-directed by Chaturangana de Silva and Sahan Wickramarachchi.[2] [3] The film is co-produced by Uditha Cooray and Sewwandi Weerasinghe for Stage Adventures Private Limited.[4] It stars Raveen Kanishka, Michelle Dilhara and Shanaya Vanhoff in the lead roles along with Bimal Jayakody, Semini Iddamalgoda and Sujeeva Priyalal made supportive roles.[5] [6] It is the first boy band film in Sri Lanka.[7] [8]
The film revolves around the dreams and lives of four young in a boy band: Asanjaya, Sanjana, Nonim, Heshan and Yulan.[9]
The film marks the debut cinema direction of Chaturangana de Silva and Sahan Wickramarachchi. De Silva also involved as the screenwriter along with his wife Prasadi Abeygunaratne and Ayesha Jayaratne and music director of the film, whereas Wickramarachchi was involved as the cinematographer along with Pushpitha Nirmal. Chaturangana de Silva is well known as a music director[12] who involved in the popular songs: "Hitha Hirivæṭuṇādō", "Sanda Rēṇu Aethi Rūka", "Divyanganāvī", "Nīla Nuvan Aegē", "Sævændarī", "Suhadiniyē" and "Paeni Makuḷuvō". In 2023, producer Uditha Cooray, his wife Sewwandi Weerasinghe, director Chaturangana de Silva and his wife Prasadi Abeygunaratne started a company called "Stage Adventures". Through the company, they formed the first Boy Band of Sri Lanka, titled "Solo Town". They wanted to introduce the band to mass audience, which became the reason for making the movie called "Solo Town". The original members of the band: Nonim, Sanjana, Yulan and Heshan, are also acting in the film.
Harsha Manjula is the makeup artist and art director is Madhuranga Marasinghe. Yashoda Danupama made the color combination, Kavindra Gangith as the production manager and Sonduru Lokupothagama is the assistant director. Supun Abeyratne is the choreographer, Pubudu Dhananjaya Vanigasekara is the dialogue recorder, meanwhile special sound effects handled by W.G. Podiratne, visual effects supervision by Shehan Bobby, and graphic design by Akash Hewaratne. Animation done by Ishwara Prabhat, Thineth Weerasinghe and where camera focusing handled by Ranjith Rupasingha and Tharindu Sandaruwan.
Sampath Fernandopulle, Shehan Galahitiyava, Gihan Chamika Reru, and Pashi are the lyricists of the film songs. Lead actor Raveen Kanishka and Solo Town Band also involved in the background vocals along with Bachi Susan, Supun Perera, Kanchana Anuradhi,[13] Mihindu Ariyaratne, Raini Charuka, Falan Andrea, Sarith and Surith. The film includes 8 songs including: Suralāliniyē.
The Muhurat festival and the program to introduce its actors was held recently at the premises of 'Wave by Singhe' in Bolgoda. Shooting commences from 8 May 2023 in Colombo and surrounding areas and few shots in Mirissa. The film was released on 6 September 2023 in Canada.[14] In August 2024, trailer and songs of the film were launched in a program held at the Scope cinema hall, Colombo.[15]