1970 Love Story is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese romantic thriller film directed by Aruna Jayawardane and produced by Saman Edirisinghe for Star Entertainments and Events.[3] It stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Gamya Wijayadasa in lead roles along with Mahendra Perera, Bimal Jayakody and Sarath Kothalawala in supportive roles.[4][5]

1970 Love Story
Directed byAruna Jayawardane
Based onVisakesa Chandrasekaram
Produced bySaman Edirisinghe
StarringHemal Ranasinghe
Mahendra Perera
Gamya Wijayadasa
CinematographyChanna Deshapriya [2]
Edited byTissa Surendra
Music byChinthaka Jayakody
Release date
  • 9 February 2024 (2024-02-09)[1]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The film based on real events of an incidence occurred in 1970.[4] The film received positive reviews from critics, and praised plt, locations and acting.[6]

Plot

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Cast

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Production and release

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This is the third cinema direction by Aruna Jayawardane, where he previously directed the two films: Nikini Vassa in 2013 and Happy Birthday in 2022.[8][9] Saman Edirisinghe is the producer and Nalin Siriwardena is the executive producer.[3]

Channa Deshapriya is the cinematographer, Tissa Surendra is the editor and Sunil Premaratne is the art director.[10] Color combination handled by Asanka Wickramasiri and Eshan Ekanayake is the line producer. Assistant directors are Daminda Madawala and Indunil Deraniyagala, whereas composition done by Samarasiri Kandanage. Asanga Pererath involved in production management. Wasantha Kumaravila is the stunt director and Gayan Srimal is the choreographer.[11] The film has been shot in and around Ayr Castle, Ayr Estate in Padukka.

Song lyrics are written by Venerable Kuttikulame Pemalankara Thero, Shehan Galahitiyava and Duminda Alahendra.[12] Chinthaka Jayakody, Thilina Ruhunage and Mangala Galappaththi composed the music, whereas Surya Dayaruwan, Samitha Mudunkotuwa, Rooney and Surendra Perera made background vocals.[13]

The song launch was held at the National Film Corporation's Tharangani cinema hall in September 2023.[13][14] The premier of the film was screened on 1 February 2024 and island-wide screened on 9 February 2024.[11][15]

References

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  1. ^ "1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරි පෙබරවාරි 09 සිට". Divaina. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ "මම තවමත් රස්සාවක් කරනවා කියලා හිතෙන්නේ නෑ: සම්මානනීය කැමරා අධ්‍යක්ෂ චන්න දේශප්‍රිය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ආත්මගත ආදරයේ ප්‍රතිරාවය: 1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරි රංගන දායකත්වය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "1970 Love Story". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Watch LoveStory quickly". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  6. ^ "රසාලිප්ත සිනමාව සිහිගන්වන 1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  7. ^ "සිනමාවේ නව ප්‍රවේගය හේමාල්: හේමාල් රණසිංහ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. ^ "තවදුරටත් මේ දූපතේ සිනමාව සිර කරන්න බෑ: හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ අරුණ ජයවර්ධන". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ "අධ්‍යක්ෂවරුන්ගෙන් සිනමා උළෙල". Divaina. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  10. ^ "1970 : ලව් ස්ටෝරි" ළඟදීම එළිදැක්වේ". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  11. ^ a b "ආදර සැමරුම් මැද '1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරි' රිදී තිරයට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  12. ^ "1970 LOVE STORY චිත‍්‍රපටයේ ගීත එළිදැක්වේ". Sirikatha. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b "1970 Love Story". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  14. ^ "1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරියේ සිංදු එළියට". Divaina. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  15. ^ "ආදර සැමරුම් මැද '1970 ලව් ස්ටෝරි' හෙට එයි". Divaina. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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