Thattu Deke Iskole Explained

Thattu Deke Iskole
Native Name:	^[1]
Director:	Lalith Edirisinghe ^[2]
Producer:	Dr. Nishantha Rodrigo ^[3]
Starring:	Jagath Chamila Sudam Katukithule Damitha Abeyratne Manjula Kumari
Music:	Sashin Gimhan
Cinematography:	Mayura Kaushalya
Editing:	Pravin Jayaratne
Distributor:	MPI Circuit
Released:	^[4]
Runtime:	114 minutes
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Thattu Deke Iskole (Sinhala; Sinhalese: තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ: මානව භක්තියේ ගුරුගීතය;), is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Lalith Rohitha Edirisinghe in his directorial debut ^[5] and produced by Dr. Nishantha Prageeth Rodrigo.^{[6] [7]} It stars Jagath Chamila and child actor Sudam Katukithule in lead roles along with Damitha Abeyratne, Manjula Kumari, Nayana Hettiarachchi and Priyantha Sirikumara in supportive roles.^{[8] [9]}

The film received positive reviews especially from teachers, principals, committees, and review panels.^{[10] [11]}

Plot

The film revolves around different stories in the village called Sooriyapaluwa isolated with malaria pandemic where security officer of the village school, Uncle Pala starts to teach the twelve village children among many obstacles.^{[12] [13]}

Cast

• Jagath Chamila as Uncle Sugathapala aka Pala ^[14]
• Damitha Abeyratne^[15]
• Manjula Kumari ^[16]
• Nayana Hettiarachchi
• Priyantha Sirikumara
• Janak Premalal
• Mauli Fernando
• Firny Roshani
• Nethalie Nanayakkara
• Dahamsa Ekanayake
• Imash Lakshan Vithana
• Dulanya Ekanayake
• Tharushi Suramya
• Volga Kalpani
• Sooriya Dayaruwan
• Anuradha Edirisinghe
• Anjali Liyanage ^[17]
• Shelton Kekunawela
• Ayodhya Dakshika
• Jayantha Wasala
• Chamira Liyanage

Child cast

• Sudam Katukithule as Banda
• Theshali Dewmini Nakandala as Soma
• Laknath Randeepa
• Ravisha Divyanjali
• Pahanya Tharudisi
• Maheesha Nethara
• Gaveesha Diwyanjalee Perera
• Akash Krishan
• Dulansa Saundhi
• Pansilu Pavan
• Imash Lakshan
• Sahen Gunatillake
• Niklesh Samarasekara
• Nadeesha Malshani
• Kaveesha Nethmini.

Production

The film "Bulletproof Children" made the maiden cinema direction of the journalist, writer, and teleplay script writer Lalith Rohitha Edirisinghe.^[18] It is directed by Dr. Nishantha Prageeth Rodrigo who is working at Ragama Teaching Hospital.^[19] All the children acting in the film are newcomers except Sudam Katukithule, who previously acted in the film Madhura Charika.^[20]

Pravin Jayaratne is the editor, and Suneth Nandalal is the art director. Uhan Ovita made the makeup whereas Upul Wasantha handled production management and Jayantha Abeyratne is the assistant director. Visual Effects done by Siddhartha Nayanananda, Shan Alwis is the coloris and Dulip Priyantha made still photography.^[18] Nilantha Kannangara and Tharaka Kariyawasam are the film coordinators.

The shooting of the film started in January 2020. Production process completed in 2021 and scheduled to screen in May, 2020. However, it was delayed indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Screening

The film was scheduled to screen in 24 cities in Australia and New Zealand in August, 2021 by “Mega Live Events” Company.^{[21] [22]} However, the screening was postponed in New Zealand.^[23]

The film was released on 17 February 2023 in MPI circuit cinemas around the country.^[24]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-04-23 . පාසල් දරුවන්ටත් පාසලටත් දිවිහිමියෙන් ආදරය කළ අහිංසක මිනිසකුගේ කතාව: තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ . 2023-02-24 . silumina.lk.
2. Web site: 2023-04-23 . අද සමාජයේ තිබෙන විපරීත දේවල් නිසා රසිකත්වය ඉතා පහළ තැනකට වැටිලා . 2023-02-24 . sarasaviya.lk.
3. Web site: 2023-04-23 . අපේ චිත්‍රපටයට ලෝකය පුරා ඉල්ලුමක් තිබෙනවා . 2023-02-24 . dinamina.lk.
4. Web site: 2023-04-23 . තට්ටු ඉස්කෝලේ 17 ඇරේ . 2023-02-24 . dinamina.lk.
5. Web site: 2023-04-23 . සිංහල චිත්‍රපටවල තිබෙන බොරුවට මම කැමැති නැහැ . 2023-02-24 . mawbima.lk.
6. Web site: 2023-04-23 . Thattu Deke Iskole official website . 2023-02-24 . thattudekeiskole.com.
7. Web site: 2023-04-23 . තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ දවස් දෙකක් . 2023-02-24 . dinamina.lk.
8. Web site: 2023-04-23 . The tale of a bond between kids and a tamarind tree: 'Thattu Deke Iskole' . 2023-02-24 . sundaytimes.lk.
9. Web site: 2023-04-23 . මානව භක්තියේ නිර්මල ගුරු ගීතය තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ . 2023-02-24 . sarasaviya.lk.
10. Web site: 2023-04-23 . තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ! සිනමාවට අලුත් බිල්ඩිමක්!. 2023-02-24 . silumina.lk.
11. Web site: 2023-04-23 . චිත්‍රපටය හැදුවේ පවුලේ හැමෝටම . 2023-02-24 . dinamina.lk.
12. Web site: 2023-04-23 . Thathu Deke Iskole special screening . 2023-02-24 . dailynews.lk.
13. Web site: 2023-04-23 . සියඹලා ගහකට පුළුවන්ද ජීවිතයම කියලා දෙන්න . 2023-02-24 . deshaya.lk.
14. Web site: 2023-04-23 . ආදරය වපුරන්න පාල මාමලා ලෝකයටම ඕනෑ. 2023-02-24 . mawratanews.lk.
15. Web site: 2023-04-23 . දරුවෙක් ඉන්න අම්මා කෙනෙක් කවදාවත් ඒ දරුවාගේ වගකීමෙන් මිදෙන්නෙ නෑ . 2023-02-24 . mawratanews.lk.
16. Web site: 2023-04-23 . මම ආපහු රඟපාන එකක් නැහැ! හැබැයි මගේ ජනප්‍රියත්වය නම් කවදාවත් අඩු වෙන එකක් නැහැ… . 2023-02-24 . mawratanews.lk.
17. Web site: 2023-04-23 . ලැබෙන චරිතවලට අපි ආදරය කළ යුතුයි . 2023-02-24 . mawbima.lk.
18. Web site: 2023-04-23 . Thattu Deke Iskole / තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ . 2023-02-24 . films.lk.
19. Web site: 2023-04-23 . තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ හැදෙයි . 2023-02-24 . sarasaviya.lk.
20. Web site: 2023-04-23 . අපි රැල්ලෙන් මිදුණා . 2023-02-24 . films.lk.
21. Web site: 2023-04-23 . ලෝකෙ වටේ යන තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ . 2023-02-24 . ratawata.com.
22. Web site: 2023-04-23 . "තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ" ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ සහ නවසීලන්තයේ ප්‍රදර්ශනයට සැලසුම් . 2023-02-24 . cinema.lk.
23. Web site: 2023-04-23 . Thattu Deke Iskole Sri Lankan Movie: POSTPONED . 2023-02-24 . Stuff Limited New Zealand.
24. Web site: 2023-04-23 . පෙබරවාරි 17 සිට තිරයට එන "තට්ටු දෙකේ ඉස්කෝලේ" . 2023-02-24 . cinema.lk.