Sewwandi

Sewwandi සෙව්වන්දි
Directed by	Vasantha Obeysekera[1]
Written by	Vasantha Obeyesekera
Produced by	Sunil T. Films Sangeetha Weeraratne[2]
Starring	Sangeetha Weeraratne Kamal Addararachchi Ravindra Randeniya
Cinematography	Jayanath Gunawardena
Edited by	Ravindra Guruge
Music by	Rohana Weerasinghe
Production companies	Prasad Color Lab, Chennai
Distributed by	EAP Theaters
Release date	7 December 2006 (2006-12-07)
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Sewwandi (The Rose) (Sinhala: සෙව්වන්දි) is a 2006 Sri Lankan Sinhala war drama film directed by Vasantha Obeysekera and co-produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films with Sangeetha Weeraratne.^[3] It stars Sangeetha Weeraratne herself with Kamal Addararachchi in lead roles along with Ravindra Randeniya and Chandani Seneviratne. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.^[4][5] Along with the Sinhala copy, two more Tamil copies were released in two theatres as well.^[6][7] It is the 1080th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[8]

Plot

Cast

• Sangeetha Weeraratne as Kumari
• Kamal Addararachchi as Pradeep
• Ravindra Randeniya as Priyantha
• Chandani Seneviratne as Lalitha
• Dilhani Ekanayake as Shirani
• Dayan Witharana as Mahinda
• D.B. Gangodathenna
• Muthu Tharanga
• Kumara Thirimadura
• Dayadeva Edirisinghe

References

1. "'Sewwandhi': Another dramatic twist by Obeysekere". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
2. "Sangeetha in producer's role". Sunday times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
3. "Vasantha Obeysekere an unmatched film director". Sunday Times. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
4. "Sewwandi (Rose) - 2006". Official Website of Vasantha Obeysekere. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
5. "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
6. "'Sewwandi': A rose that blossomed and withered". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
7. "Sewwandi - a story of passion and vengeance". The Sunday Observer. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
8. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.