‘Gaadi’ goes to Cineworld Cinemas in UK

The 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala historical road film ‘Gaadi’ directed by Prasanna Vithanage this week began screening in select Cineworld Cinemas across the UK.

Cineworld Group is the world’s second-largest cinema chain, with 9,139 screens across 747 sites in 10 countries. In the UK there are 103 Cineworld Cinemas locations.

The film is co-produced as a Sri Lankan-Indian joint production by H.D. Premasiri, Sandya Salgado for Film Island, Prasanna Vithanage Productions and Alan McAlex and Ajay Rai for Mumbai-based Jar Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company. It stars Sajitha Anthony with debut actress Dinara Punchihewa in lead roles  along with Shyam Fernando and Ravindra Randeniya.

Gadi is a period drama set in 1814, during the last days of the Kandyan Kingdom. The story revolves around the journey of Tikiri who was stripped from nobility and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarchy.

Gaadi premiered on 8 October 2019 at the 24th Busan International Film Festival amidst stellar reviews. The film has been selected one of the 100 Asian films that audiences should watch by International Film Festival 2019. In January 2020, the film won a Special Jury Award at 18th International Dhaka Film Festival.