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The Newspaper

  • 2020
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
402
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The Newspaper (2020)
Drama

A small poor family in a remote village at dry zone who faced a series of miseries due to a wrong news report published in the national media stating that their son is involved in a suicide ... Read allA small poor family in a remote village at dry zone who faced a series of miseries due to a wrong news report published in the national media stating that their son is involved in a suicide bomb blast carried by L.T.T.E terrorists.A small poor family in a remote village at dry zone who faced a series of miseries due to a wrong news report published in the national media stating that their son is involved in a suicide bomb blast carried by L.T.T.E terrorists.

  • Directors
    • Sarath Kothalawala
    • Kumara Thirimadura
  • Writers
    • Sarath Kothalawala
    • Kumara Thirimadura
  • Stars
    • Jayantha Amarasinghe
    • Ananda Athukorala
    • Sarath Chandrasiri
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    402
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Sarath Kothalawala
      • Kumara Thirimadura
    • Writers
      • Sarath Kothalawala
      • Kumara Thirimadura
    • Stars
      • Jayantha Amarasinghe
      • Ananda Athukorala
      • Sarath Chandrasiri
    • 19User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Jayantha Amarasinghe
    Ananda Athukorala
    Sarath Chandrasiri
    Pubudu Chathuranga
    Dimuthu Chinthaka
    Dharmapriya Dias
    Sanjeewa Dissanayake
    Dayadewa Edirisinghe
    Gihan Fernando
    Shyam Fernando
    Hemantha Iriyagama
    Sarath Karunaratne
    Giriraj Kaushalya
    Vajira Kodituwakku
    Sarath Kothalawala
    Nilmini Kottagoda
    Sarath Kulanga
    Wasantha Kumarawila
    • Directors
      • Sarath Kothalawala
      • Kumara Thirimadura
    • Writers
      • Sarath Kothalawala
      • Kumara Thirimadura
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    10anuhasmajitha-66153

    Amazing

    It is a masterpiece superb acting from main actors its so emotional. So emotional music and great camera work and nice plot srilankan directors should do movies like this its superb need more movies from the directors
    10hirushakasun

    a masterpiece

    What a movie πŸ”₯πŸ‘Œ I enjoyed this well i think this is a masterpiece from sinhala cinema πŸ’—
    9nimeshsd-42588

    When the sharpness of the sword of pen is evil

    Unique plot to describe the power of media can impact or manipulate the society we live. Superior cast led by Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura. Certain scenes not add value to the main plot though.
    10samanthagamage-22772

    A must watch

    One of the best movies I have seen recently. Has excellent camera angles. Has taken a small incident and created a master piece. Has the best actors..
    10Chamila-Ambahera

    Perfect , but not for the common spectators

    We can name this movie as one of the master piece of Sri Lankan movies industry.

    Every seen , every dialog has a very deep meaning of the crisis, the social pattern, rural life, real city life of Sri Lanka.

    Since the dialogues are limited only the true spectators who have deep understanding about the society can only understand the full movie and the message delivered from the movie.

    As I can see from the other comments, it was downgraded because of lack of understanding in common society problems in Sri Lanka. Usually that's the nature of Sri Lankas. They should be spoon fed to understand their common problems.

    That's what I see as the down side of this movie. So probably It's not for the super human movie fans.

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 2020 (Sri Lanka)
    • Country of origin
      • Sri Lanka
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    • Language
      • Sinhala
    • Also known as
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    • Production companies
      • Sarasavi Cineru
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      • 1h 30m(90 min)
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