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Father of Independence

5.8 2018 Movie Drama History

As the rage against British colonization in Sri Lanka continues, civilians are having a new hope about their new activists.

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Nela, a plain-faced girl from a poor family, falls in love with George, a wealthy blind man. When George begins a procedure to restore his eyesight, Neal fears that he will find her ugly and put an end to their romance. George, a blind, handsome and wealthy boy, and Nela, an ugly poor girl, whose life is going just as they planned until the arrival of a stranger to their life, and he sees the reality of the world. Where Nela could not face reality and sacrificed her life for the sake of true love.

Nela

2018 Romance
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It's about how a youth named "Rush" find love and to what lengths he goes to keep it. He deceives his lover's family and sacrifice himself for the sake of the girl he loves. When the girl he loves has no clue who he is, and pretends to be the guy that girl's parents hoping to wed their daughter to. But takes a surprising twist at the point of discovery. 'Rush' who pretends to be 'Shan' is confronted by 'Shan' and hell breaks out. Pooja, the woman of his dreams is torn between her feelings for Rush and finding the truth. As she unravels the truth, she is challenged to face great grief and come to terms of what love can do to a person.

Rush

2019 Drama
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The widow Nita Saparamadu and her two daughters Natalie and Venuki now live in Nita's father's spacious bungalow. Her father Saparamadu was a millionaire. It has been a month since he passed away. So Nita decided to celebrate her daughter's 18th birthday at this house, though not too big. Before Saparamadu's death, all of his estate was transferred to Nita's eldest daughter, Natalie. Victor, a close associate of Mr. Saparamadu knew this secret. From then on Victor began to draw a plan which was launched on this birthday celebration. Nita had a mysterious incident when she came to this bungalow with her two daughters in which Manika, the housemaid was disappeared. The story then revolves around Nita Saparamadu's attempt to protect her two daughters from these unknown thugs.

Happy Birthday

2022 Drama
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After getting through the O/L Examination with outstanding results, Anuththara with his friends eagerly look forward to experience their final years in school as seniors in the A/L class. They befriend Ahinsa and the other new girls who join their school. Ahinsa draws everyone’s attention for her smartness as well as her cheerful yet mysterious behaviour. Her irregular school attendance and the rumours circulating about her, make the others suspect that there’s a hidden story behind her cheerfulness.

A Level

2017 Family
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Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930’s, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a demonic love story, the narrative follows a puppet-maker who’s set to be married to a young girl. Unfortunately, the girl elopes with her secret lover. Devastated, the grieving puppet-maker ends up carving a puppet in her likeness, which eventually comes to life, setting in motion a fantastical chain of events.

The Tree Goddess

2018 Drama
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A new teacher, Uma (Anasuya Subasinghe), arrives at a school with her first appointment in a remote village near Dambulla in Sri Lanka. The school has few students, with only the principal (Lucian Bulathsinghala) and Uma as the teacher. With the help of Uma the pupils gradually start to dream of bigger things than they ever imagined. One day Upuli, a blind girl, shares her unseen dream with school friends Sukiri and Ukkun. It gradually becomes the dream throughout the village. The children and Uma encounter perils in their venture to realise this dream. The children of the school start to focus on something they have never seen before. This target gives rise to a small revolution.

The Singing Pond

2015 Drama
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This is a tale weaving love, betrayal, and adventure. "Mandara" unfolds around the lives of sports star Mandara, engineer Vishwa, orphan heiress Yashora, and her uncle Bharatha. After Mandara and Vishwa's romance leads to heartbreak, their paths cross with Yashora, on the run from her murderous uncle, aiming to seize the family fortune. Their fates intertwine in a story of love, loss, and resilience, leading to a dramatic showdown and a heartwarming conclusion, all set against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's stunning landscapes and accompanied by a captivating soundtrack.

Mandara

2024 Drama

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Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's wise men. Threatened by death at every turn Daniel never ceases to serve the king until he is forced to choose between serving the king or honoring God. With his life at stake, Daniel has nothing but his faith to stand between him and the lions' den.

The Book of Daniel

★ 7.0 2013 Drama

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Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September 1998 Vanity Fair article - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks.

Shattered Glass

★ 7.0 2003 Drama

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