Bandanaya (Sinhala: බන්ධනය), is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala horror film[2] directed and produced by Udayakantha Warnasuriya. Musical score was done by Nadun Rathnayake.[3] It stars Cyril Wickramage, Hemal Ranasinghe, Dulani Anuradha in lead roles along with Suvineetha Weerasinghe, Nilmini Tennakoon and Ravindra Yasas.[4][5] The film was released in 50 CEL circuit cinemas in addition to 12 cinemas which screen the movie in 3D format.[6] It is noted for being presented in black-and-white monochrome.

Bandanaya
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බන්ධනය
Directed byUdayakantha Warnasuriya[1]
Written byIndika Rathnayake
Produced byUdayakantha Warnasuriya
StarringCyril Wickramage
Hemal Ranasinghe
Dulani Anuradha
CinematographyK.D Dayananda
Edited byPravin Jayaratne
Music byNadun Rathnayake
Production
company
Dil Films
Distributed byCEL Theatres
Release date
  • 7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The film trailer was released in October 2016.[7][8] The opening screening was held in Regal Theatre, Colombo.[9] It is the 1273rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[10]

Plot

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In 1932, A rural village falls under the control of Mahasona Yaka. The tantric of the village, Menik hami who practice esoteric ritualism takes advantages of this to gain a land which is the reason of hatred two brothers. He uses his brother's granddaughter who was bitten by a snake to make a deal with devil.

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References

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  1. ^ "Movie on black magic". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Bandhanaya review - "තෘෂ්ණාව හා බැඳුණු බන්ධන" බන්ධනය : සිනමා විමසුම". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka film history". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ^ "BANDHANAYA". Ceylon Theatres. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ^ "bandhanaya. බන්ධනය Sinhala Film". Movie Works. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Udayakantha on 'Bandhanaya'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Bandhanaya Official Movie Trailer | Sinhala Film". Evoke Videos. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ^ "New Horror Sri Lankan Movie - භීෂණයේ අලුත් කතාවක් සිනමාවට". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Bandhanaya Opening screening - බන්ධනය ගැට ගැහුණු හැටි". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ^ "'බන්ධනය'ට සිරවන සිඟිති සුරතලිය - සහේලි සදිත්මා". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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