Visidela Explained

Visidela විසිදෑල
Director:	H. D. Premaratne
Producer:	EAP Films
Starring:	W. Jayasiri Anusha Sonali Jackson Anthony
Music:	Rohana Weerasinghe
Cinematography:	Andrew Jayamanne
Editing:	Elmo Halliday
Distributor:	EAP Theatres
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Visidela (The Fishing Net) (Sinhala; Sinhalese: විසිදෑල|italic=yes) is a 1997 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama romance film directed by H. D. Premaratne and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films.^[1] It stars W. Jayasiri and Anusha Sonali in lead roles along with Jackson Anthony and Daya Thennakoon. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.^{[2] [3]} It is the 887th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[4]

Cast

• W. Jayasiri as Gunapala
• Anusha Sonali as Sirima
• Jackson Anthony as Nimal
• Daya Thennakoon as Piyadasa, Nimal's father
• Daya Alwis as Keerala
• Grace Ariyawimal as Emilyn, Gunapala's wife
• Robin Fernando as Loku IC Mahathaya
• Razi Anwar as Gamini
• Mahendra Perera as Conductor Sumith
• Ramani Siriwardena as Achala, Inspector's daughter
• Vasanthi Chathurani as Saroja, Inspector's daughter
• Anjela Seneviratne as Inspector's wife
• Pradeep Senanayake as Saroja's friend
• Gnananga Gunawardena as Seargent Somapala

Notes and References

1. Web site: බිඳුණා දැහැන් බිඳුණා වීසි දැල . Sarasaviya . 9 January 2020.
2. Web site: Sinhala screened films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
3. Web site: The Fishing Net (1994) . IMDb . 11 March 2017.
4. Web site: Sri Lanka Cinema History . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 October 2016.