Visangamanaya Explained

Visangamanaya විසංගමනය
Director:	Ranjan Prasanna
Producer:	Cinem Entertainments
Starring:	Ashan Dias Samanalee Fonseka Semini Iddamalgoda
Music:	Samantha Perera
Cinematography:	Thisula Thambavita
Editing:	Praveen Jayaratne
Distributor:	MPI Theatres
Released:	^[1]
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Visangamanaya (Isolation) (Sinhala; Sinhalese: '''විසංගමනය''') is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Ranjan Prasanna and produced by Mahesh Wijeratne for Sinem Entertainments.^[2] It stars Ashan Dias and Semini Iddamalgoda in lead roles along with Samanalee Fonseka and Udith Abeyratne.^{[3] [4]} Music composed by Samantha Perera.^[5]

Cast

• Ashan Dias as Jagath Dissanayake
• Semini Iddamalgoda as Rukshani
• Samanalee Fonseka as Esha
• Udith Abeyratne
• Douglas Ranasinghe as Dissanayake principal, Jagath's father
• Hyacinth Wijeratne as Jagath's mother
• Elroy Amalathas as Doctor Sharma
• Niroshan Wijesinghe
• Chinthaka Kulatunga
• Charith Abeysinghe
• Ishan Mendis
• Gamini Jayalath
• Bandula Suriyabandara
• Sujeewa Karunaratne.

Awards

The film brings maiden cinematic direction of Ranjan Prasanna.^[6] The film won the second place at director's maiden film category at London's Lift-Off Film Festival.^[7] It was also selected for the final round of Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.^{[8] [9]} In 2021, it won the Director's Debut film Award at the Stockholm City Film Festival in Sweden and then won the Best Film at the Port Blair Awards in India.^[10]

External links

• • විසංගමනය එංගලන්තයේදී ඇගැයුමට ලක්වෙයි

Notes and References

1. Web site: විසංගමනය (Isolation) දැන් දිවයින පුරා සිනමා හල්වලදී . 2023-09-24 . www.cinema.lk.
2. Web site: Visangamanaya muhurath festival . Mirror Arts . 29 May 2019.
3. Web site: Visangamanaya - විසංගමනය. Sinhala Cinema Database . 29 May 2019.
4. Web site: ‘Wisangamanaya’ in theatres now . 2023-09-24 . www.sundaytimes.lk.
5. Web site: When the fantasy becomes real . Sarasaviya . 29 May 2019.
6. Web site: Direction debut for Ranjan Prasanna . Sarasaviya . 29 May 2019.
7. Web site: ‘Isolation’ wins a director’s debut award in London . Sunday Times. 29 March 2019.
8. Web site: විසංගමනය ජපානයට . Sarasaviya. 11 June 2020.
9. Web site: ‘Isolation’ in final rounds at Lift Off film festivals . 2021-01-11 . sundaytimes.
10. Web site: Visangamanaya with more awards . Sarasaviya. 11 June 2020.