Sri Siddhartha Gautama (2013)
- Original title
- ශ්රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම
- Directed by
- Saman Weeraman
- Genre
- history
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a biographical film about the life of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. It follows his journey from prince to spiritual teacher.
biographicalmeditativereverentslow-pacedspiritualhistoricalsereneeducational
What happens
Sri Siddhartha Gautama (ශ්රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම) is a 2013 Sinhalese biographical film based on the life of the Buddha, directed by Saman Weeraman and written by Edwin Ariyadasa, Saman Weersman, Navin Gunarathne and George Paldona. 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. Film maker Chandran Rutnam was the main adviser to the project. The film was released in Sri Lanka on 24 January 2013 on EAP theaters. 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. 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. In 2023 its producers announced a second movie titled ‘Enlightened One – The Buddha’. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Nikini Vassa (2013)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.