Visangamanaya

2023 Sri Lankan film

7 July 2023 (2023-07-07)

^[1]CountrySri LankaLanguageSinhala

Visangamanaya (Isolation) (Sinhala: විසංගමනය) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Ranjan Prasanna and produced by Mahesh Wijeratne for Sinem Entertainments.^[2] It stars Ashan Dias and Semini Iddamalgoda in lead roles along with Samanalee Fonseka and Udith Abeyratne.^[3]^[4] Music composed by Samantha Perera.^[5]

Cast

Ashan Dias as Jagath Dissanayake
Semini Iddamalgoda as Rukshani
Samanalee Fonseka as Esha
Udith Abeyratne
Douglas Ranasinghe as Dissanayake principal, Jagath's father
Hyacinth Wijeratne as Jagath's mother
Elroy Amalathas as Doctor Sharma
Niroshan Wijesinghe
Chinthaka Kulatunga
Charith Abeysinghe
Ishan Mendis
Gamini Jayalath
Bandula Suriyabandara
Sujeewa Karunaratne.

Awards

The film brings maiden cinematic direction of Ranjan Prasanna.^[6] The film won the second place at director's maiden film category at London's Lift-Off Film Festival.^[7] It was also selected for the final round of Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.^[8]^[9] In 2021, it won the Director's Debut film Award at the Stockholm City Film Festival in Sweden and then won the Best Film at the Port Blair Awards in India.^[10]

References

^ "විසංගමනය (Isolation) දැන් දිවයින පුරා සිනමා හල්වලදී". www.cinema.lk. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Visangamanaya muhurath festival". Mirror Arts. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Visangamanaya - විසංගමනය". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "'Wisangamanaya' in theatres now". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "When the fantasy becomes real". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Direction debut for Ranjan Prasanna". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "'Isolation' wins a director's debut award in London". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ "විසංගමනය ජපානයට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "'Isolation' in final rounds at Lift Off film festivals". sundaytimes. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Visangamanaya with more awards". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 June 2020.