{{Multiple issues| {{No plot|date=July 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2020}} }} {{Infobox film | name = Patibhana | image = File:Ptibanasinhalafim.png | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Rabin Chandrasiri<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/02/18/?fn=sa16021817 |title=Patibhana means Understanding the Truth |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref> | producer = Seetha De Silva | writer = Rabin Chandrasiri | based_on = | starring = Sampath Sri Jayasighe <br> Niroshan Wijesinghe <br> Chandrasoma Binduhewa | music = Nadeeka Guruge | cinematography = Lalith M. Thomas | editing = M. S. Aliman | studio = | distributor = CEL Theatres | released = {{Film date|2016|02|19|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Sri Lanka | language = Sinhala | budget = | gross = | italic_title = | native_name = {{Infobox name module|si|'''පටිභාන'''}} }}
'''''Patibhana''''' ({{langx|si|පටිභාන}}) is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Rabin Chandrasiri and produced by Seetha De Silva. It stars Sampath Sri Jayasighe and Niroshan Wijesinghe in lead roles along with Saman Almeida and Hasinika Karalliyadda. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/10/27/?fn=sa16102730 |title=Sri Lankan Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031224826/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/10/27/?fn=sa16102730 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films/patibana-137/ | title=Patibana | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=26 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160221/magazine/patibana-a-movie-on-a-serious-social-issue-that-many-kept-under-the-carpet-183331.html | title=Patibana; A movie on a serious social issue that many kept under the carpet | publisher=The Sunday Times | accessdate=26 February 2017}}</ref> It is the 1244th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016 | archive-date=23 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Etymology== The film title ''Patibhana'' means ''Revealing the Truth''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/06/25/?fn=sa15062516 |title=පටීභාන යනු සත්යාවබෝධයයි |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref>
==Plot== {{no plot|date=February 2017}}
==Cast== * Sampath Sri Jayasighe as Rev. Galle Ariyadhamma Thero 'Ariyasiri' 'Podi Sira'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/03/03/?fn=sa16030321 |title=I am not a clergy or a fighter |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref> * Niroshan Wijesinghe as Chief Inspector Almeida * Chandrasoma Binduhewa as Upasaka * Shanika Bandara as Sriyalatha aka 'Latha' * Samson Siripala as Chief monk * Saman Almeida as Sargent Harris * Sarath Chandrasiri * Hasinika Karalliyadda as Village woman * Maneesha Namalgama as Ariyasiri's stepmother * Nimal Yatiwella as Prison chief officer * Rohitha Mannage as Norman * H.T. Wilson as Mike
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Category:2016 films Category:2016 Sinhala-language films Category:2016 Sri Lankan films {{2010s-SriLanka-film-stub}}