Sooriya Arana


Sooriya Arana is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's thriller film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars Jackson Anthony and Jayalath Manoratne in lead roles along with Sajitha Anuththara and Dasun Madusanka. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the highest grossing film in Sri Lankan cinema history. It is the 1025th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Before the screening of the film, it created a controversy stating that film shows disrespect on the Buddhist monks and being labelled of insulting the Sinhala race. On 5 April 2004, a symposium with a theme "Buddhist symbol in Cinema" was held at the Centre For Society and Religion on Deans Road in Maradana.

Plot

Cast

The film received positive reviews and became the highest grossing Sri Lanka film till the date with 12 SL Crores. It successfully passed 100 days and earned Rs.11 million for 104 days at Savoya Cinema alone. At the end of May 2004, it earned Rs. 78 million island wide.

Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

The film was critically adjudged by many local and international film festival and won many awards as well.

Houston International Film Festival

Presidential Awards