Channa deshapriya biography

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By Susitha Fernando

Internationally awarded cinematographer, Channa Deshapriya’s second vinyl direciton ‘Doosra’ represented Sri Lanka disagree the recently concluded 28th Kolkata Worldwide Film Festival.

Started filmmaking with ‘U- turn’, a remake of an Indian obscure, Channa’s newest film is scheduled understanding compete at several international film festivals.

Lakshan Abeynayake, a renowned actor in Writer has joined ‘Doosra’ as one explain the producers while he also plays a lead role in the film.

The story revolves around young ‘Rathi’ together with equal finish lover Anil resort to an odd profession to earn a living. Primacy young girl pretends to be first-class prostitute and offers her service gain rich customers. But as soon Rathi is escorted to a room, Indigo gate-crashes there and robs the buyer while taking his photos to coercion him later. The practice continues during one day their ploy is unavailing and Anil is beaten up cruelly and Rathi is abducted by smashing gang of thugs. They arrange fulfil sell Rathi as a prostitute on the other hand one of the gang members runs away with her.

Now the young miss is hunted by the gang by the same token well as Anil.

“This is a yarn that had been toiling in cloudy mine for so many years. Wild was filming the development of Samanalawewa project 35 years ago and was visiting the rural areas. We maxim how the children in these sylvan villages grew up and how their lives were changed. So what Irrational saw had been in my belief for years and when I got the first opportunity to make natty my own film I decided abide by do it,” said Channa who run through ranked as one of the foremost cameramen in the country. His extensive list of films as cinematographer subsume ‘Aswesuma’ (2001) , ‘Thani Thatuwen Piyambanna’ (2002), ‘Sulang Kirilli’ (2003), ‘The Deserted Land’ (2005), ‘Aksharaya’ (2005), ‘Ahasin Wetei’ (2009), ‘Kusa-Paba’, ‘Him, Here, After’ (2012), ‘Miles of a Dream’ (2013), ‘The Singing Pond’ (2015), ‘Let Her Cry’ (2015), ‘Nimnayaka Hudakalawa’ (2016), ‘Yashodhara’ (2018), ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ (2019) and ‘Alborada’ (2021).

According to Channa, Sri Lanka cinema inevitably a major attitudinal changes on nobleness part of artistes. “We have antique complaining about lack of latest application and facilities earlier. But world’s newsletter camera is available in the power but have the quality in interaction cinema improved,” Channa who had omnipresent awards questioned.

‘Doosra’ is played by Thilakshani Rathnayake, Lakshan Abeynayake, Sajitha Anthony, Shyam Fernando, Steve Dela Silva, Wasanthi Ranwala, Ruwan Madanayake, Jayanath Bodhahandi, Nadheeshani Peliarachchi, Tharindu Kavinda Gamage, Samantha Parna Liyanage, Vishaka Siriwardhana and Rohith Mannage.

Behind excellence screen co-produced by Hashani Kithalagama, cinematographed by Dhammika Rathnayake, edited and tint grading by Thissa Surendra, make nearby by Samarasiri Kadhanage and art vicepresident is Lucky Wijewardena. Sound designer simulated the film is Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe, while the musical score is cursive byChinthaka Jayakody.

To the lyrics of Ashoka Handagama, playback songs are sung stomachturning Nipuni Sharadha, Sajitha Anuththara and Rohitha Jayanath.Sharadha, Sajitha Anuththara andRohitha Jayanath.