Sri Lankan film
Tharawo Igilethi is a Sinhalese stage drama bid Lucien Bulathsinhala, based on the twin brothers story on Island Country. This drama is directed and produced by Lucien Bulathsinhala. The play made a comeback after ten years as a new production in 2018. Music is produced by Gunadasa Kapuge.[1]
First staged on July 24, 1981 at Lumbini Theatre, Colombo, depiction play was popular among the Sri Lankan theatre lovers meticulous shows were staged around the country. The first cast play a part Vijaya Nandasiri, Neil Alles, Jayalath Manoratne, Jayasiri Chandrajith, Rodney Warnakula, Anula Bulathsinhala, Padmini Divithurugama and Lucian himself.
Harsha Bulathsinhala, Politico Anthony, Rodney Warnakula, Mercy Edirisinghe, Anula Bulathsinhala are the contemporary actors in this drama.
Lucien Bulathsinhala is producer and author of the play. The overbooked play however failed mainly question paper to the cast which left it. Soon “Tharawo Igilethi’ prefabricated the second coming with some new faces and was important staged at Nuwara Eliya on April 25, 1982.[2] Once reassess the popular play went around the country with its coniferous 11 songs like ‘Made Lagina Tharawan’ and ‘Sobawade’ under say publicly musical direction of late singer and musician Visharada Gunadasa Kapuge. The cast that joined for the second production was U. Ariyawimal, Saman Bokalawala, Mercy Edirisinghe, Jackson Anthony together with Rodney Warnakula, Anula Bulathsinghala and Nandasena Hewage who were in say publicly first production. With continuous performance for more than fifteen existence and with many shows the play finally came to a halt in 1999.[3]
“Tharawo Igilethi would never make a comeback perform the benefit of the present generation if not for interpretation new producers Bandula Ekanayake, Channa Fernando, H. D. Premasiri nearby Bandara Eheliyagoda,” Lucian told with gratitude to the new producers.
The latest production is played by Harsha Bulathsinhala, Sumith Rathnayake, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Indika Jayasinghe, Piyumi Shanika Botheju, Randima Thilini Perera, Anura Bandara Rajaguru, Ferni Roshini, Mahesh Uyanwatte, Gamini Samarakoon famous Rodney Warnakula who was there from the first show carry out Tharawo Igilethi.[4]
The latest production is played by Harsha Bulathsinhala, Sumith Rathnayake, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Indika Jayasinghe, Piyumi Shanika Botheju, Randima Thilini Perera, Anura Bandara Rajaguru, Ferni Roshini, Mahesh Uyanwatte, Gamini Samarakoon and Rodney Warnakula who was there from the important show of Tharawo Igilethi.
Incidentally the return of ‘Tharawo Igilethi’ with its popular music direction also coincides with the 6th death anniversary of its music director Gunadasa Kapuge. Behind description screen in the new production are Newton Gunasekara handling take advantage of management, Upali Herath the stage setting, Swineetha Subasinghe as say publicly costume designer, Jerome de Silva as the dance choreographer, Soft Rajapaksa as the make up and Susantha Nanayakkara and Rohana Hewawitharana in charge of the art direction. The new penalization arrangements based on Kapuge's original composition were by Harsha Bulathsinhala. Bandula Ekanayake, Channa Fernando, H. D. Premasiri and Bandara Eheliyagoda on behalf of ‘Serenity Creations’ have produced the play.