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SOORYA

 

Soorya (Sinhalaසූර්යා) is a 2025 Sri Lankan Sinhalese action thriller film directed by Mahesh Munasinghe and produced by Dinesh Muthugala.[1] The film stars Janith Wickramage and Nihari Perera in lead roles, while Dilhani Ekanayake, Mike Fernando and Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi made supportive roles.[2]

The film was released on 12 July 2025 and has received positive reviews from audience and critics.[3][4]

Cast

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  • Janith Wickramage as Soorya Swarnajeeva[5][6][7]
  • Nihari Perera as Neha Ranthilake[8][9]
  • Dilhani Ekanayake as Nirupa Swarnajeewa, Soorya's mother
  • Mike Fernando as Daya Swarnajeewa, Soorya's Father, the divisional secretary
  • Sanath Gunathilake as Minister Wanshanatha
  • Ajith Weerasinghe as Willie Mahagama, Media head
  • Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi as Inspector Kamal
  • Kamal Deshapriya as Ranthilake, Neha's father
  • Sangeetha Basnayake as Malika Ranthilake, Neha's mother
  • Dinesh Muthugala as Inspector Rohan Rathnayake, Police OIC[10]
  • Sachin Chathuranga as Rockey, Soorya's friend
  • Sangeeth Prabhu as Sammy, Soorya's friend
  • Lasantha Udukumbura as Anwer, the juice maker
  • Sudheeksha Samadhi as Vonisha[11]
  • Harshika Ratnayake as Governor
  • Asanka Neelawattura as Lawyer Galkanda
  • Rukman Thilakarathne as Bandara, Swarnajeewa's secretary
  • Dasunika Wickramasinghe as Minister secretary

Production

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This is the second cinema direction by Mahesh Munasinghe after his 2019 blockbuster Rush.[12] The film is produced by popular biology tutor Dinesh Muthugala, where he also made a supportive role.[10][4] The script is written by Ronald Dasanayaka where Niroshan Edirimanna and Indunil Daraniyagala are the assistant directors. Eranda Dewanarayana is the production manager and Sanka Bandara is the line producer.[2]

Cinematographer is Rangana Bandara and editor, colour mixer is Roshan Edward. Art Direction handled by Nuwan Sanurankha and choreography by Sara Abeywardhana. Priyantha Dissanayake is the make-up artist, Saman Bandara Ihalagama is the stunt director and Janaka Ullandupitiya with costume designing. Sound designed by Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe and VFX by Mahesh Buddhika.[2][13]

References

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  1. ^ "සූර්‍යා විශේෂ දර්ශනය දා". sarasaviya.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  2. Jump up to:a b c "Soorya / සූර්යා". films.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ^ ""පෙනෙන්නට ජීවත් වනවාට වඩා දැනෙන්නට ජීවත් වෙන්න" යි කියන "සූර්යා"". mirrorarts.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. Jump up to:a b "යෞවනයේ හදගැස්ම සූර්යා ට ඉහළ ප්‍රතිචාර". mawbima.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ^ "මම ෆැන්ටසියක ජීවත් වෙන්නෙ නැහැ – ජනිත් වික්‍රමගේ". divaina.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ^ ""චරිතයට කැපවෙනවා කියන්නෙ වෙනමම වැඩක්" – ජනිත් වික්‍රමගේ". radiowesl.com. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ^ "The Game වෙනුවෙන් එකපාරක් නම් සූර්යා වෙනුවෙන් දහපාරක් මහන්සි වුණා". mawbima.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ^ ""මාර ආසාවෙන් හිටියේ රිදී තිරයට එන්න" – නිහාරි පෙරේරා". radiowesl.com. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "මේ වගේලස්සන කමෙන්ට්ස් ලැබෙයි කියලා හිතුවෙ නෑ". mawbima.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. Jump up to:a b ""තාක්ෂණයයි ළමයිනුයි විනය කියන එක ඉස්සරහින් තියලා පැත්තකට කරන එක බරපතළ අර්බුධයක්" - දිනේෂ් මුතුගල". mirrorarts.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ^ "හිමි නොවුණත් ආදරේ කරපු ආදරණීය හිත් තිබුණා... සූර්යා සමගින් රිදි තිරයට එන ජනිත් සහ සුදීක්ෂා". lankadeepa.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  12. ^ "අපි විකල්පයක් හදන්න ඕනෑ – මහේෂ් මුණසිංහ". divaina.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  13. ^ "දිනන්න නම් බලන්නම ඕන චිත්‍රපටයක් 'සූර්යා' ජූලි 12 දා සිට දිවයින පුරා!". mirrorarts.lk. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.