Sri Siddhartha Gautama (film)

Sri Siddhartha Gautama (ශ්‍රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම) is a 2013 Sinhalese biographical film based on the life of the Buddha, directed by Saman Weeraman^[1] and written by Edwin Ariyadasa, Saman Weersman, Navin Gunarathne and George Paldona.^{[citation needed]}

Directed by

• Chandran Rutnam
• Saman Weeraman

Written by

• Edwin Ariyadasa
• Saman Weeraman
• Navin Gunarathna
• George Paldano

Produced byThe Light of Asia foundation

Starring

• Gagan Malik
• Prachi Jain
• Ranjan Ramanayake
• Gautam Gulati

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Sri Siddhartha Gautama
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Directed by	Chandran Rutnam Saman Weeraman
Written by	Edwin Ariyadasa Saman Weeraman Navin Gunarathna George Paldano
Produced by	The Light of Asia foundation
Starring	Gagan Malik Prachi Jain Ranjan Ramanayake Gautam Gulati
Edited by	Chandran Rutnam
Distributed by	E.A.P. Films
Release date	24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

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The cast of Indian and Sri Lankan actors includes Gagan Malik, Anchal Singh, Ranjan Ramanayake, Anjani Perera, Roshan Ranawana, Gautam Gulati, Saranga Disasekara, Dilhani Ekanayake, and Wilson Gooneratne.^[2][3] Film maker Chandran Rutnam was the main adviser to the project.^[3][4][5][6] The film was released in Sri Lanka on 24 January 2013 on EAP theaters.^[7] The film has been dubbed into languages including Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Hindi. It has also been subtitled in French, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Hindi.^[8]

The film received five of the eight awards presented at 2014 UN Vesak Buddhist Film festival in Hanoi, Vietnam including the Best Featured film, Best Actor award, Best Director award, Best Editor award and Best Music award.^[9]

In 2023 its producers announced a second movie titled ‘Enlightened One – The Buddha’. ^[10]