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Sri Lankan Tamil cinema is a small filmmaking industry based in Sri Lanka, which has made under 100 Tamil language films as of 2013. [1] it is separate from its Indian counterpart, the Tamil cinema of Kodambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as many Sri Lankan Tamil actors work in Sri Lankan films or independent Tamil films overseas, although a few noted Tamil actors in India were born in Sri Lanka.
Kaadhal Kavithai (transl. Poem of love) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth , Isha Koppikar (in her Tamil debut) and Kasthuri , while Manivannan and Srividya play supporting characters.
K. Balachander's romantic drama film Punnagai Mannan (1986) featured Revathi in the lead role as a Sinhala girl in love with a Tamil dancer. In one scene, she is kidnapped by Sri Lankan Tamils owing to the political tensions in Sri Lanka. At the time of release, the film became a talking point for showing a Sinhala person in a positive light. [2]
Sri Lanka is one of over one-hundred countries which have submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. [nb 1] The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
Puthukavithai was a remake of Kannada film Naa Ninna Mareyalare. [2] While scouting locations to shoot the song "Vellai Pura Ondru" in scenic places like Coutralam and Munnar, Muthuraman witnessed a blanket of fog on the water during 4:30 in the morning, he decided to shoot the song at this time for this frame thus it was shot.
Sify.com's review noted it was a "well-made youth oriented film with an innovative story and a good climax". [3] A reviewer from the entertainment portal ChennaiOnline.com noted "it's a story of star-crossed lovers, and the director has managed to make it fairly appealing till the first half", adding "but then the innumerable twists and turns he introduces into the script keeps the audience ...
He collaborated with him for the song "Aathichudi" [2] for the soundtrack of the film TN 07 AL 4777 (2008) [3] in 2009 which is a remake of Surangani, a song from his first independent album, Tamizha [4] Back in Sri Lanka, he did a cross-culture album [5] in 2005 which includes songs in Tamil, Sinhala and English. [citation needed]
Apart from that, the movie Soorayangeth Sooraya(English Title:-The River of Love) is a landmark film for the Sri Lankan(Helawood) cinema where a trend of Thriller, Action and Musical films emerged. These commercial movies, although foreign transliterations, discuss the problems of poverty, blind law, injustice & love.