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Aloko Udapadi

  • 2017
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
6.9K
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Aloko Udapadi (2017)
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"Aloko Udapadi" ("Light Arose") is an Epic Film of the unswerving human effort to record for all time, a unique spiritual heritage. In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sinhala kingdom (present day S... Read all"Aloko Udapadi" ("Light Arose") is an Epic Film of the unswerving human effort to record for all time, a unique spiritual heritage. In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sinhala kingdom (present day Sri Lanka), was troubled by power-hungry forces from within and from outside, which compell... Read all"Aloko Udapadi" ("Light Arose") is an Epic Film of the unswerving human effort to record for all time, a unique spiritual heritage. In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sinhala kingdom (present day Sri Lanka), was troubled by power-hungry forces from within and from outside, which compelled him to abandon throne and flee with a hope of returning back to power. A severe drought... Read all

  • Directors
    • Chathra Weeraman
    • Bharatha Hettiarachchi
  • Writer
    • Saman Weeraman
  • Stars
    • Uddika Premarathna
    • Dilhani Ekanayake
    • Roshan Ravindra
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    6.9K
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    • Directors
      • Chathra Weeraman
      • Bharatha Hettiarachchi
    • Writer
      • Saman Weeraman
    • Stars
      • Uddika Premarathna
      • Dilhani Ekanayake
      • Roshan Ravindra
    • 31User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Uddika Premarathna
    • King Walagamba
    Dilhani Ekanayake
    • Queen Anula
    • (as Dihani Ashokamala Ekanayake)
    Roshan Ravindra
    • Brahmin Theeya
    Menaka Peiris
    • Theeya Baminiya
    Nihal Fernando
    • Pulahatta
    Kapila Sigera
    • Bahiya
    Dilip Manohara
    • Panya Mara
    Shammu Kasun Madusanka
    • Godatta Thero
    Rajasinha Loluwagoda
    • Chulasiva Thero
    Sirisena Pallewatte
    • Isidatta Thero
    Indika Madurage
    • Mahasona Thero
    Mavuli Matheesha
    • Prince Chulika
    Nayana Manujitha
    • Prince Mahanaga
    Ajith Kumara
    • Minister Pabbatha
    Dineth De Silva
    • Uththiya Senavi
    Dharshan Dharmaraj
    • Dhatiya
    W. Jayasiri
    • Giri Niganta
    Samanthi Lanerole
    • Directors
      • Chathra Weeraman
      • Bharatha Hettiarachchi
    • Writer
      • Saman Weeraman
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    10dgeditsweb

    Sri Lankan Best Movie...!

    This is perfect movie... actions, colors, sounds super..! Sri Lankan Best Movie...! country historical real Epic Film...

    Aloko Udapadi is Literally an awesome, Camera angles and direction also perfect...

    actors and actress are matching and Literally awesome there act..

    my side I'm very happy to this movie ... Mr.Uddika Premarathna is one of my favorite actor..

    this Storyline is very clear..

    #AlokoUdapadi #BestSinhalaMovie #SinhalaMove #srilankanEpicFilm #EpicFilm #UddikaPremarathna #KingWalagamba #srilanka
    10saminda-paranagama

    A Great Sinhala movie after a long time.

    Watch this brilliant movie last weekend. Which I have to say is done very well. Great acting by most actors, great music and reasonably good action scenes as well. As it is about a true incident in the Sri Lankan history as a fellow Sri Lankan it touched me on most emotional scenes.

    The use of computer graphics and 3D models were quite minimum. Which is a good thing as they were not that great.

    Getting the participation of actual monks for the movie was a great idea by the way. It made it feel much more realistic.

    Again props to the actors,actresses, music composer and specially the Director. Well done guys. Proud of you.
    10kwije

    Best Sinhala Movie Ever

    Very well done #ChathraWeeraman

    The best Sinhala movie I've ever watched. Takes us back to our golden history and rich culture and the amount of sacrifices made by our ancestors to protect this motherland.

    Hope this film breaks all records of the history of the Srilankan film arena. Camera angles and direction seems to be at its optimum. Though this is the first effort of the young music director, he has done his best and has achieved the best.

    Aloko Udapadi is Literally an awesome piece of work which nicely depicts the Epic Effort of a dedicated human community to preserve for the whole of mankind and for all time, a unique cultural and spiritual heritage - overcoming formidable obstacles.

    #AlokoUdapadi #BestSinhalaMovieEver #BestBackGroundMusic #BestStoryLine #BestProduction #ExcellentVideography #LiterallyAwesome #2K17
    7awantha_93

    The next level of Sri Lankan cinema. But that's all it is!

    I don't understand the reviewers here glorifying this as the best Sinhala movie ever. Don't get me wrong. This is a good movie but definitely not the best Sinhala movie. Aloko Udapadi marks a milestone in Sri Lankan cinema. It is ahead of any Sri Lankan movie ever created in terms of technology. Hats off to Chatra Weeraman for stepping up.

    The movie has good camera-work and decent music. It gives the chills to any Sri Lankan who is watching it.As I mentioned before the technology used is next level for Sri Lankan cinema. The acting is decent. Uddika Premaratne does a good job with the screen time he is given and the supporting cast is also good. The action could have been better in terms of choreography but is still good. The plus points stop there.

    The story is very bad. There is no real plot development or depth. The movie just takes some scenes from the history books and join them together. There is no flow from one scene to another and the viewer isn't really made aware of how the story leads to each scene. The power struggle between the antagonists are highlighted in the movie but isn't shown in depth and isn't believable. The characters are not developed well. They just do things the plot wants to do without any backstory or development. The main character should and could have been shown in depth. The movie is definitely inspired from Game of Thrones. It tries to be a historical character drama of power struggle and fails in that aspect. It tries not glorifying the main character and fails in adding depth to the characters. It tries all the right things and fails in some of the most important areas.

    In summary Aloko Udapadi is definitely a good movie and marks the next level in Sri Lankan cinema. But the movie lacks a good story and character depth among other things. Next movies should improve on what Aloko Udapadi has done right and learn from it's mistakes.

    Finally I should say that this movie doesn't deserve a 9.9. For all the Sri Lankans out there trying to glorify this as the perfect movie, I ask you not to be satisfied with this. Give a score this movie deserves so that the makers will improve on it in the next projects. This shouldn't be the peak of Sri Lankan cinema.
    6yasankarj

    One of the best Sri Lankan movies that are out there

    While saying that this is a good movie, the rating of 9.9 at the moment is not well deserved. It is a result of facebook campaign (not launched by the film crew, but Sri Lankan patriotic manner). I'd rather give 6.

    Let's talk about good of that film.

    The portrayal of the ancient Sri Lankan society and the reign is impeccable and realistic. It is pretty obvious that the director knows what he is doing. He has done his research on it. The attention to the details is appreciable. Surely this film set the bar up for the Sri Lankan movies and for the trending historic movies as well. One of the best things in this film is the minimum use of CGI. For the last years, most of the sinhala films ruined the cinema quality due to crappy CGI (Sri Lankan film industry is not huge enough to afford high end CGI techs). In this film they have used appropriate amount of Graphics in a good way. Kudos for that. Last but not list, the screen writer is a top notch as he was able to deliver the message that in a war there is a tragedy under that victory and ithas to be carried out with a lot of patience. This movie has to be applaud with a huge success at box office.

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2017 (Sri Lanka)
    • Country of origin
      • Sri Lanka
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    • Languages
      • Sinhala
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Light Arose
    • Filming locations
      • Anuradhapura, Sri lanka(location)
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      • LKR 130,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 53m(113 min)
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