Jump to content

Kusa Paba: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→top: Rmv copyedit tag; see talk
Reference for the Cast and songs is cited in introduction
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use DMY dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use DMY dates|date=June 2016}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2016}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2016}}
{{multiple issues|
{{notability|film|date=June 2016}}
{{all plot|date=June 2016}}
{{Refimprove|date=June 2016}}
}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Kusa Pabha
| name = Kusa Pabha <br> කුස පබා
| image = Kusa paba (film).jpg
| image = Kusa paba (film).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption =
| director = [[Sunil Ariyaratne]]
| film name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)-->
| director = Sunil Ariyarathne
| producer = Sri Lanka Arts Society
| producer = <!-- or: |producers = -->
| writer = [[Tissa Abeysekera]]
| writer = [[Tissa Abeysekera]]
| screenplay =
| based on = Buddhist Jathaka Stories
⚫
| starring = [[Pooja Umashankar]] <br> [[Jackson Anthony]] <br> [[Ravindra Randeniya]]
⚫
| story =
| based on =
| music = [[Rohana Weerasinghe]]
⚫
| cinematography = Channa Deshapriya
[[Jataka tales]]
| editing = Ravindra Guruge
⚫
| starring = [[Pooja Umashankar]]<br> [[Jackson Anthony]]<br> [[Ravindra Randeniya]]<br> [[Veena Jayakody]]<br> [[Roshan Ranawana]]<br> [[Mahendra Perera]] <br> [[Chandani Seneviratne]]
| narrator = <!-- or: |narrators = -->
| studio =
| music =
| distributor = EAP Theatres
| released = 26 January 2012
⚫
| cinematography =
| editing =
| runtime = 120 minutes
| studio = <!-- or: |production companies = -->
| country = [[Sri Lanka]]
| language = [[Sinhalese language|Sinhala]]
| distributor = <!-- or: |distributors = -->
⚫
| gross =
| released = <!-- {{film date|year|month|day|location}} -->
| runtime =
| italic title =
| country =
| language =
| budget =
| budget =
| gross = <!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")-->
}}
}}
⚫
'''''Kusa Pabha''''' ({{lang-si|''කුස පබා''}}) is a 2012 [[Sri Lanka]]n Sinhala historical drama film directed by [[Sunil Ariyaratne]] and co-produced by renowned film directors and producers of the Sri Lanka Arts Society, which includes H.D Premasiri, [[Udayakantha Warnasuriya]], Rasitha Jinesena, Sunil T Fernando, Tissa Nagodavithana, Ariyadasa Peiris, Janitha Marasinghe, Justin Belagamage, Renuka Balasuriya, Dhammika Siriwardena and [[Somaratne Dissanayake]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dwarfing of Kusa-Paba |url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/component/k2/item/3116-dwarfing-of-kusa-paba.html |work=[[The Nation]] |date=26 February 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka President marks the 65th anniversary of Sinhala cinema |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Jan21_1327129743CH.php |work=ColomboPage |date=21 January 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012 }}</ref>


The film stars [[Pooja Umashankar]] and [[Jackson Anthony]] in lead roles along with [[Ravindra Randeniya]] and Veena Jayakody. Music composed by [[Rohana Weerasinghe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/06/30/?fn=sa16063025 |title=Sri Lankan Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref> It is the 1170th Sri Lankan film in the [[Cinema of Sri Lanka|Sinhala cinema]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref>
⚫
'''''Kusa Pabha''''' is a [[Sri Lanka]]n historical dramatic film<ref>{{cite news |title=Dwarfing of Kusa-Paba |url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/component/k2/item/3116-dwarfing-of-kusa-paba.html |work=[[The Nation]] |date=26 February 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka President marks the 65th anniversary of Sinhala cinema |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Jan21_1327129743CH.php |work=ColomboPage |date=21 January 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012 }}</ref> based on the 550 [[Jataka tales]]. The film grossed a high profit for the year and was a major hit among Sri Lankans.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} The film starred Sri Lankan and Indian-Sri Lanka actress [[Pooja Umashankar]] and Sri Lankan actor [[Jackson Anthony]]. The film was directed by Sunil Ariyarathne.

The film based on the 550 [[Jataka tales]]. The film grossed a high profit for the year and was a major hit among Sri Lankans.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}


==Plot==
==Plot==
Okkaka (Ravindra Randeniya) is the emperor of India. He rules from Kusawathie city, with his queen Seelawathie (Veena Jayakody) and two sons, Kusa (Jackson Anthony) and Jayampathi (Roshan Ranawana). Kusa is strong and competent in all crafts, including warfare, but he has an ugly, oil-cake-shaped face. Since he realizes that no woman is likely to marry him, he is not interested in marriage. Nonetheless, his parents, especially mother, urge him to marry. Kusa makes a golden sculpture in a woman's shape and tells his mother that he will marry if she can find a woman who looks like the sculpture. The queen orders two royal servants (Mahinda Pathirage and Mahendra Perera) to take the statue to all other countries and find a woman who looks like the statue. After a long, unsuccessful search, the two royal servants arrive at Madura city, the capital of the Madura kingdom, during the season of the spring festival. Madura is a state under the control of Okkaka's empire. They place the statue near the river. Then the nanny of the royal family of Madura kingdom, Kudi (Kudi means hunchbacked woman) (Chandani Seneviratne), comes there and slaps the statue because she recognized the sculpture as the princess Pabawathie (Pooja Umashankar), the daughter of king Madu (Palitha Silva), the king of Madura kingdom and his queen (Kusum Renu). Because the woman who looks like the statue has been found, the marriage is arranged. Pabawathie is taken to Kusawathie city, and the wedding is conducted without a groom.
King Okkaka (Ravindra) is the emperor of India. He rules from Kusawathie city, with his queen Seelawathie (Veena) and two sons, Kusa (Jackson) and Jayampathi (Roshan). Kusa is strong and competent in all crafts, including warfare, but he has an ugly, oil-cake-shaped face. Since he realizes that no woman is likely to marry him, he is not interested in marriage. Nonetheless, his parents, especially mother, urge him to marry. Kusa makes a golden sculpture in a woman's shape and tells his mother that he will marry if she can find a woman who looks like the sculpture. The queen orders two royal servants (Mahinda and Mahendra) to take the statue to all other countries and find a woman who looks like the statue. After a long, unsuccessful search, the two royal servants arrive at Madura city, the capital of the Madura kingdom, during the season of the spring festival. Madura is a state under the control of Okkaka's empire. They place the statue near the river. Then the nanny of the royal family of Madura kingdom, Kudi (Kudi means hunchbacked woman) (Chandani), comes there and slaps the statue because she recognized the sculpture as the princess Pabawathie (Pooja), the daughter of King Madu (Palitha), the king of Madura Kingdom and his queen (Kusum). Because the woman who looks like the statue has been found, the marriage is arranged. Pabawathie is taken to Kusawathie city, and the wedding is conducted without a groom.


Seelawathie tells Pabawathie that there is a tradition in their caste that the wife shall not see the husband until she becomes pregnant. Kusa disguises himself as a workman and sees Pabawathie at a stable of horses and elephants. He jokes. Pabawathie urges Seelawathie to show Kusa. She makes both brothers climb onto an elephant and shows both of them. Pabawathie thinks that handsome Jayampathi is her husband Kusa. When she is bathing in a pond he hides under the waterlily leaves and catches her hand. Then she identifies him as Kusa and realizes that she was cheated. She leaves for her home, Madura. Brokenhearted, Kusa goes to Madura and works as a cook, a potter, and a florist for the royal palace. He prepares and sends delicious food, beautiful pottery, and garlands to Pabawathie. She throws them away after knowing that they were sent by Kusa.
Seelawathie tells Pabawathie that there is a tradition in their caste that the wife shall not see the husband until she becomes pregnant. Kusa disguises himself as a workman and sees Pabawathie at a stable of horses and elephants. He jokes. Pabawathie urges Seelawathie to show Kusa. She makes both brothers climb onto an elephant and shows both of them. Pabawathie thinks that handsome Jayampathi is her husband Kusa. When she is bathing in a pond he hides under the waterlily leaves and catches her hand. Then she identifies him as Kusa and realizes that she was cheated. She leaves for her home, Madura. Brokenhearted, Kusa goes to Madura and works as a cook, a potter, and a florist for the royal palace. He prepares and sends delicious food, beautiful pottery, and garlands to Pabawathie. She throws them away after knowing that they were sent by Kusa.


News spread in other states that Kusa and Pabawathie are divorced. So seven state kings come to war against King Madu for Pabawathie. Okkaka requests Pabawathie return to Kusawathie. She refuses. Okkaka orders she is cut into seven pieces, and he plans to give those pieces to seven state kings. Just before her death, armed Kusa comes and saves her, stating that she is his wife and no one should harm her. A rain falls. His face's ugliness is washed away. Kusa and Pabawathie happily return to Kusawathi. Okkaka gives the crown to Kusa, making him the emperor.
News spread in other states that Kusa and Pabawathie are divorced. So seven state kings come to war against King Madu for Pabawathie. Okkaka requests Pabawathie return to Kusawathie. She refuses. Okkaka orders she is cut into seven pieces, and he plans to give those pieces to seven state kings. Just before her death, armed Kusa comes and saves her, stating that she is his wife and no one should harm her. A rain falls. His face's ugliness is washed away. Kusa and Pabawathie happily return to Kusawathi. Okkaka gives the crown to Kusa, making him the emperor.



== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Pooja Umashankar]] as ''Pabawathie''
* [[Pooja Umashankar]] as Queen Pabawathie
* [[Jackson Anthony]] as ''Kusa''
* [[Jackson Anthony]] as King Kusa
* [[Ravindra Randeniya]] as ''Okkaka''
* [[Ravindra Randeniya]] as King Okkaka
* Veena Jayakody as ''Seelawathie''
* Veena Jayakody as Queen Seelawathie
* [[Roshan Ranawana]] as ''Jayampathi''
* [[Roshan Ranawana]] as Prince Jayampathi
* [[Mahendra Perera]] as Royal Servant
* [[Mahendra Perera]] as Royal Servant
* Mahinda Pathirage as Royal Servant
* [[Chandani Seneviratne]] as ''Kudi''
* [[Chandani Seneviratne]] as Kudi
* Palitha Silva as King Madu
* Kusum Renu as King Madu's queen
* Gamini Jayalath as Drum announcer



==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==

Revision as of 15:56, 3 May 2017

Kusa Pabha
කුස පබා
File:Kusa paba (film).jpg
Directed bySunil Ariyaratne
Written byTissa Abeysekera
Produced bySri Lanka Arts Society
StarringPooja Umashankar
Jackson Anthony
Ravindra Randeniya
CinematographyChanna Deshapriya
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Music byRohana Weerasinghe
Distributed byEAP Theatres
Release date
26 January 2012
Running time
120 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Kusa Pabha (Template:Lang-si) is a 2012 Sri Lankan Sinhala historical drama film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and co-produced by renowned film directors and producers of the Sri Lanka Arts Society, which includes H.D Premasiri, Udayakantha Warnasuriya, Rasitha Jinesena, Sunil T Fernando, Tissa Nagodavithana, Ariyadasa Peiris, Janitha Marasinghe, Justin Belagamage, Renuka Balasuriya, Dhammika Siriwardena and Somaratne Dissanayake.[1][2]

The film stars Pooja Umashankar and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Ravindra Randeniya and Veena Jayakody. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.[3] It is the 1170th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[4]

The film based on the 550 Jataka tales. The film grossed a high profit for the year and was a major hit among Sri Lankans.[citation needed]

Plot

King Okkaka (Ravindra) is the emperor of India. He rules from Kusawathie city, with his queen Seelawathie (Veena) and two sons, Kusa (Jackson) and Jayampathi (Roshan). Kusa is strong and competent in all crafts, including warfare, but he has an ugly, oil-cake-shaped face. Since he realizes that no woman is likely to marry him, he is not interested in marriage. Nonetheless, his parents, especially mother, urge him to marry. Kusa makes a golden sculpture in a woman's shape and tells his mother that he will marry if she can find a woman who looks like the sculpture. The queen orders two royal servants (Mahinda and Mahendra) to take the statue to all other countries and find a woman who looks like the statue. After a long, unsuccessful search, the two royal servants arrive at Madura city, the capital of the Madura kingdom, during the season of the spring festival. Madura is a state under the control of Okkaka's empire. They place the statue near the river. Then the nanny of the royal family of Madura kingdom, Kudi (Kudi means hunchbacked woman) (Chandani), comes there and slaps the statue because she recognized the sculpture as the princess Pabawathie (Pooja), the daughter of King Madu (Palitha), the king of Madura Kingdom and his queen (Kusum). Because the woman who looks like the statue has been found, the marriage is arranged. Pabawathie is taken to Kusawathie city, and the wedding is conducted without a groom.

Seelawathie tells Pabawathie that there is a tradition in their caste that the wife shall not see the husband until she becomes pregnant. Kusa disguises himself as a workman and sees Pabawathie at a stable of horses and elephants. He jokes. Pabawathie urges Seelawathie to show Kusa. She makes both brothers climb onto an elephant and shows both of them. Pabawathie thinks that handsome Jayampathi is her husband Kusa. When she is bathing in a pond he hides under the waterlily leaves and catches her hand. Then she identifies him as Kusa and realizes that she was cheated. She leaves for her home, Madura. Brokenhearted, Kusa goes to Madura and works as a cook, a potter, and a florist for the royal palace. He prepares and sends delicious food, beautiful pottery, and garlands to Pabawathie. She throws them away after knowing that they were sent by Kusa.

News spread in other states that Kusa and Pabawathie are divorced. So seven state kings come to war against King Madu for Pabawathie. Okkaka requests Pabawathie return to Kusawathie. She refuses. Okkaka orders she is cut into seven pieces, and he plans to give those pieces to seven state kings. Just before her death, armed Kusa comes and saves her, stating that she is his wife and no one should harm her. A rain falls. His face's ugliness is washed away. Kusa and Pabawathie happily return to Kusawathi. Okkaka gives the crown to Kusa, making him the emperor.

Cast


Soundtrack

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Madura Wasanthe"Harshana Dissanayake, Nirosha Virajini, Uresha Ravihari and Bandula Wijeweera 
2."Madu Chandra yame"Kasun Kalhara 
3."Jala Darawe"Uresha Ravihari 
4."Yata Giya Dawasa"Edward Jayakody 

Awards

The film has won many awards at many local film festivals.[5]

  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Most Popular Movie
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Most Popular Actor - Roshan Ranawana
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Most Popular Actress - Pooja Umashankar
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Supporting Actress - Veena Jayakody
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Background Music - Rohana Weerasinghe
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Music Direction - Rohana Weerasinghe
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Singer (Male) - Kasun Kalhara
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Singer (Female) - Nirosha Virajini
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Song Visual - Madura Wasanthe song
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Dance Direction - Chandana Wickramasinghe
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Art Direction - Heenatigala Premadasa
  • 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Costumes - Wenuka Wickramarachchi
  • 2014 Hiru Golden Film Festival Award for the Best Singer (Female) - Uresha Ravihari
  • 2013 SLIIM Neilson Peoples' Award for the Film of the Year
  • 2013 SIGNIS Award for the Most Creative Supporting Actress - Chandani Seneviratne

References

  1. ^ "Dwarfing of Kusa-Paba". The Nation. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka President marks the 65th anniversary of Sinhala cinema". ColomboPage. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Pooja & Roshan:'most popular'actors at Derana film awards". Sithma.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kusa_Paba&oldid=778512351"