Avilenasului (Sinhala: ඇවිලෙනසුලුයි, lit.'Inflammable') is a 2020 Sri Lankan Sinhala road thriller film directed by Chinthana Dharmadasa and produced by Anura Silva for Ashram Films.[1] It stars Shyam Fernando and Samanalee Fonseka in lead roles along with Hemasiri Liyanage and Kumara Thirimadura.[2][3][4] Music composed by Indrachapa Liyanage as his debut cinema composing.[5] It is the first road thriller film in Sri Lanka.[6][7]

Avilenasului
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Sinhalaඇවිලෙනසුලුයි
Directed byChinthana Dharmadasa
Written byChinthana Dharmadasa
Produced byAnura Silva
StarringShyam Fernando
Samanalee Fonseka
Hemasiri Liyanage
CinematographyPalitha Perera
Edited bySaman Alvitigala
Music byIndrachapa Liyanage
Production
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Ashram Films
Distributed byEAP Theaters
Release date
  • 13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Running time
80 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Director Chinthana Dharmadasa won the Most Promising Director award at the Derana Film Awards in 2018 for the film.[2][8] However, film received mixed reviews from critics.[9]

The screening of the film was halted after few days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka.[10]

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  1. ^ "Avilenasului – Inflammable". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Chaotic destiny of loveless middle-class". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Two strangers on the same path". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Inflammable 'ඇවිලෙනසුලුයි' Directed by Chinthana Dharmadasa". Letterboxd Limited. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. ^ "'ඇවිලෙනසුලුයි 13' වෙනිදා සිට රිදී තිරයේ". slguardian. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. ^ "රිදී තිරය හෙට සිට ඇවිළෙන සුලුයි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Avilenasului – Inflammable". Digital Identity of Sinhala Cinema. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  9. ^ "ආදරය නිතැතින්ම වෛරයෙන් 'ඇවිලෙනසුලුයි'". praja. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. ^ ""ඇවිලෙනසුලුයි" කල් දාන්නේ නෑ – චින්තන ධර්මදාස". cinema.lk. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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