Ape Principal

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Directed byChris Antony [1]
Written byLalith Varuna Rajapaksa
Story byChris Antony
Produced byKapture2 Studios
Ape Principal
අපේ ප්‍රින්සිපල්
Directed byChris Antony [1]
Written byLalith Varuna Rajapaksa
Story byChris Antony
Produced byKapture2 Studios
StarringDilhani Ekanayake
Roger Seneviratne
Jagath Chamila
Shyam Fernando
CinematographyViswajith Karunaratne
Edited byShan Alwis
Music bySashin Gimhan Perera
Distributed byEAP Theatres[2]
Release date
  • 15 December 2023 (2023-12-15)
[3]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Ape Principal (Our Principal) (Sinhala: අපේ ප්‍රින්සිපල්) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Chris Antony and co-produced by Indika Wimalaratne and Upul Dharmasena for Kapture2 Studios.[4] It stars Dilhani Ekanayake in lead role along with Roger Seneviratne, Jagath Chamila and Shyam Fernando in supportive roles.[5][6] The film focused on drug use and abuse, which is a major social problem among Sri Lankan students.[1][7]

A special screening of the film was held at the PVR Cinema Complex at One Golf Face, Colombo in August 2023. The film was released on 15 December 2023 in EAP Theatres during the "Savoy Cinema Festival 2023".[3] The film successfully passed 50 days.[8]

The film revolves around the school Mihinpura Vidyalaya which encompasses with 300 students and 15 teachers. The school is filled with heavily drug-addicted students, where newly appointed lady principal starts to take actions against the drug lords, politicians to save students with the help of villagers.[9][6]

Cast

  • Dilhani Ekanayake as Sathyangana, Principal
  • Roger Seneviratne as Sathyajith, Politician
  • Jagath Chamila as Jayasekara
  • Shyam Fernando as Samarathunga
  • Rukshanthi Perera as Kanchana
  • Samantha Kumara Gamage as Somasundara, Vice Principal
  • Chaminda Batukotuwa as Peon
  • Shirantha Premawardhana as Nimal Sir, the English teacher
  • Nayana Rambukkanage
  • Dunisha Piyumi
  • Palitha Premakumara
  • Manju Mudalige as Drug handler
  • Tissa Gunathilake as Tissa Sir, the PTI teacher
  • Kanchana Sewwandi
  • Samantha Kumara
  • Anuradha Rajapaksa
  • Kanishka Ranabahu

Child cast

  • Hiruna Devmin Silva as Vindana
  • Anuhas Sankhana
  • Namindu Hasanka
  • Darrell Jerome
  • Takesi Devmini
  • Namindu Meegahage
  • Jason Jehan Antony
  • Ronald Jayden Antony

Production

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