Night Rider (2022 film)
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Srinath Chaturanga
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| Sinhala | නයිට් රයිඩර් |
| Directed by | Kasun Pathirana |
| Written by | Kasun Pathirana Srinath Chaturanga |
| Produced by | Kasun Pathirana |
| Starring | Kalana Gunasekara Yureni Noshika W. Jayasiri Mahendra Perera |
| Cinematography | Vishwa Karunaratne |
| Edited by | Lakruwan De Seram |
| Music by | Ajith Kumarasiri |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
Night Rider (Sinhala: නයිට් රයිඩර්) is a 2022 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller film directed and produced by Kasun Pathirana in his directorial debut.[1] The film stars Kalana Gunasekara and Yureni Noshika in lead roles, whereas W. Jayasiri and Mahendra Perera made supportive roles.[2] The theme of the film revolves around a series of unexpected events that a taxi driver in Colombo has to face when a journalist gets into his car and a political mob follows her, and this taxi driver has to face many unexpected events to protect her from the political gang.[1][3]
- Kalana Gunasekara as Milinda
- Yureni Noshika as Shani Sooriyabandara [4]
- W. Jayasiri
- Mahendra Perera
- Ananda Kumaraunnehe
- Damayanthi Fonseka
- Thumindu Dodantenna
- Bimal Jayakodi
- Aruni Mendis
Production
The story, dialogues, screenplay, production and direction of the film are done by Kasun Pathirana and Co-produced by Srinath Chaturanga. The assistant director is Chamara Selara, camera director is Vishwa Karunaratne, editor is Lakruwan De Seram, art director is Charith Wickramathilaka and makeup by Shalitha Gunawardena.[1] Ajith Kumarasiri worked as the music director, Malinda Sampath for color mixing, Asha Rajapaksa for sound administration, Charith Gamlath for costume design, Osanda Saman Bandara for stunt direction, Dimuthu Rupasingha for computer visual design, Ronit Adhikari for line production, Taridu Deshapriya for production management.[5][2]
Most of the scenes in the film are based on the events of the night and the screenplay of the film runs along a chain of events that take place in a uniform 24 hours. For that reason, the production team led by the director has had to shoot the film continuously for many nights.[6]