Ape Principal
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| Ape Principal අපේ ප්රින්සිපල් | |
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| Directed by | Chris Antony [1] |
| Written by | Lalith Varuna Rajapaksa |
| Story by | Chris Antony |
| Produced by | Kapture2 Studios |
| Starring | Dilhani Ekanayake Roger Seneviratne Jagath Chamila Shyam Fernando |
| Cinematography | Viswajith Karunaratne |
| Edited by | Shan Alwis |
| Music by | Sashin Gimhan Perera |
| Distributed by | EAP Theatres[2] |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
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
