Anjalika
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| Sinhala | අංජලිකා |
| Directed by | Channa Perera |
| Written by | Mahesh Rathsara[1] |
| Produced by | Malith Palliyaguruge |
| Starring | Channa Perera Pooja Umashankar Anarkali Akarsha |
| Cinematography | Jayanth Gunawardhane |
| Edited by | Ravindra Guruge |
| Music by | Rohana Weerasinghe |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
Anjalika (Sinhala: අංජලිකා) is a 2006 Sinhala romance film. It was written by Mahesh Rathsara and directed by Channa Perera. The film features Channa Perera, Pooja Umashankar and Anarkali Akarsha in the leading roles, while Rex Kodippili, and Sanath Gunathilake play key supporting roles. Produced by Malith Palliyaguruge, the film had music scored by Rohana Weerasinghe.[2] The film marked the debut acting by Kollywood actress Pooja Umashankar in Sinhala cinema.[3] Popular television presenter, Narada Bakmeewewa also made his cinema debut with the film.[4]
It was released in June 2006 to good reviews and good box office, even though the plot was criticized by critics.[5] This was Pooja Umashankar's first Sinhala film.[6][7]
The film was shot in Malaysia, becoming the first Sri Lankan to be filmed in that country.[8]
A young man named Thivanka returns home to Sri Lanka from England to fall in love with a village girl named Anjalika. This proves to be problematic for Thivanka, as Anjalika is the daughter of a plantation caretaker employed by Thivanka's father. Thivanka's childhood friend, Kavya is in love with Thivanka and wants to marry him. The inevitable clash of rich and poor ends in the kidnapping and subsequent death of Anjalika. Thivanka, reeling from grief, decides to accompany a friend to Malaysia to clear his mind.
While there, he meets a girl named Uttara who is a look alike of Anjalika. He eventually learns that the girl is Anjalika, and her death was faked by his father, Clifford, who mistakenly thought he was Anjalika's biological father, and that he therefore needed to stop the marriage between Thivanka and Anjalika. Later, it is revealed that Anjalika is not Clifford's child. Finally, Thivanka and Anjalika marry while Kavya marries Thivanka's friend Gagana.