Guru Geethaya

Guru Geethaya
Theatrical Poster in Australian Film Premiere
Directed by	Upali Gamlath
Written by	Upali Gamlath
Produced by	Predi Seneviratne Upali Gamlath Damayanthi Fonseka
Starring	Roshan Ravindra Damayanthi Fonseka Duleeka Marapana Kalpani Jayasinghe
Cinematography	Kavinda Ranaweera
Edited by	Upali Gamlath
Music by	Suresh Maliyadda
Production company	Senith Neathen Media Productions
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Guru Geethaya (English: The Song of the Teacher; Sinhala: ගුරු ගීතය) is an upcoming Sri Lankan Sinhala-language drama film based on Chinghiz Aitmatov's best-selling novel, The First Teacher published in 1962, directed by Upali Gamlath and produced by Predi Seneviratne, Upali Gamlath and Damayanthi Fonseka. The action takes place in the years from 1924 all the way to the early 1950s in the Kukureu village of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, which is now Kyrgyzstan. The Russian Civil War ended not so long ago. Young Komsomol member and a former Red Army soldier Dyuyshen comes to the village as the new teacher of the village. His enthusiasm to bring new ideas immediately faces a centuries-old tradition of life in Central Asia. The former soldier tries to improve literacy to this far Moslem area while villagers didn't allow gỉrls to attend school. He then met Altynai, a 15-year-old illiterate girl who has a burning desire to study, but her aunt sells her to a powerful and wealthy chieftain. Then school is burned down and is rebuilt using centuries old trees, being a pride to the local population. It stars Roshan Ravindra, Damayanthi Fonseka, Duleeka Marapana and Kalpani Jayasinghe in lead roles.

Cast

• Roshan Ravindra
• Kalpani Jayasinghe
• Gamini Hettiarachchi
• Hyacinth Wijeratne
• Lakruwan Vithanage
• Wunga Karma
• Damayanthi Fonseka
• Jayalal Rohana
• String Thamang
• Iranganie Serasinghe
• Duleeka Marapana
• Aneetha Gurung
• Subuddhi Lakmali
• Wasanthi Ranwala
• Dolkar Gurung

Production

The film was scheduled to shoot in 4 countries respectively Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and Russia. This was filmed in the scenic village of Mannag in the Himalaya mountain range in Nepal and in the highest altitude on Mount Everest.

Release

The film still has not been set for release in Sri Lanka. It was released as a premiere in 2015 November 29 in Melbourne, Australia as an aid of Piyapath Scholarship Program. It has been selected to premiere in Eurasia International Film Festival held from September 24 to 30 in Kazakhstan.