Ira Madiyama
| Ira Madiyama ඉර මැදියම |
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| Directed by | Prasanna Vithanage |
| Produced by | EAP Films |
| Written by | Prasanna Vithanage |
| Starring | Peter D Almeida Nimmi Harasgama Namal Jayasinghe Mohamed Rahfiulla |
| Music by | Lakshman Joshep de Saram |
| Cinematography | M. D. Mahindapala |
| Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
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Prasad Laboratories
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| Distributed by | CEL Theatres |
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Running time
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108 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala & Tamil |
| Budget | 10 Million LKR |
Ira Madiyama (August Sun) (Sinhalese: ඉර මැදියම) is a 2005 Sri Lankan bilingual feature film directed by Award-winning Prasanna Vithanage and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films. It stars Peter D'Almeida, and Nimmi Harasgama in lead roles along with Namal Jayasinghe and Mohamed Rahfiulla. Music composed by Lakshman Joshep de Saram. It is the 1047th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Ira Madiyama (August Sun) is set in Sri Lanka during the mid-1990s and tells three simultaneous stories against the backdrop of the country's savage civil war (1983 – 2009).
Chamari (Nimmi Harasgama) is searching for her husband, a Sinhalese Sri Lankan Air Force pilot shot down in flight, whom she believes has been taken prisoner by the Tamil Tigers. Desperate to know the truth, she enlists a sympathetic journalist and sets out on a journey to track him down.
Meanwhile, eleven-year-old Tamil Muslim Arfath (Mohamed Rahfiulla) is struggling to keep his companion and friend, a dog, while the family together with the entire village is forced to evacuate by a rebel army.
The third narrative follows Duminda (Namal Jayasinghe), a young soldier who walks into a brothel to find his sister among the working girls.
The main action of the film takes place in Sri Lanka’s northern territories, parts of which are controlled by the Tamil rebels who have created a de facto separate state.
These stories are about people who are struggling to hold on to their hopes and dreams while being swept up by the torrents of war. The film is about their quest for life.
The original music for Ira Madiyama was composed by Lakshman Joseph De Saram.
Ira Madiyama (August Sun) saw its domestic release across Sri Lanka on 10 February 2005. It opened across 16 centres islandwide. It ran for 55 days to good critical and commercial response.
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