{{Infobox film | name = Suba Theraniyo | native_name = {{Infobox name module|si|සුබා තෙරණියෝ}} | image = Suba Theraniyo film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Sumith Kumara | producer = S.A.S Entertainments | writer = Priyal Weerasingha | based_on = Buddhist stories | starring = Ruwangi Rathnayake <br> Roshan Ranawana <br> Sriyantha Mendis | music = Rohana Weerasinghe | cinematography = Ayeshmantha Hettiarachchi | editing = Shan Alwis | studio = Dil Films | distributor = EAP Theatres | released = {{Film date|2019|05|15|df=yes|ref1=<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20190513/282961041576828 | title=Suba Theraniyo coming this week | publisher=Daily Mirror | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref>}} | runtime = | country = Sri Lanka | language = Sinhala | gross = | italic_title = | budget = }}
'''''Suba Theraniyo''''' ({{langx|si|සුබා තෙරණියෝ}}), theatrically as '''''Jivakambavanika Hewath Suba Theraniyo''''', is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist epic biographical film directed by Sumith Kumara and co-produced by Bisara Chanakya and Ananda Samarasinghe for S.A.S Entertainments.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20190516/282553019690673 | title=Subha Theraniyo| publisher=Daily Mirror | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref> It stars Ruwangi Rathnayake and Roshan Ranawana in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Dilhani Ekanayake. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2019/05/21/entertainment/186056/trials-and-travails-enlightened-buddhist-nun | title=Trials and travails of an enlightened Buddhist nun | work=Daily News | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref> It is the 1331st 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=29 March 2019}}</ref>
The film was released on Vesak Poya Day and to celebrate the 1562nd Sambuddhatva jayanthiya.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190519/magazine/film-on-a-great-female-in-buddhism-349335.html | title=Film on a great female in Buddhism | publisher=Sunday Times | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref> The film has been screened in some Buddhist temples as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2019/05/30/5542/‘සුභා-තෙරණියෝ’-පන්සලට | title=Suba Theraniyo to temple | publisher=Sarasaviya | accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> The film was shown free for children under the age of 12.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ft.lk/ft-lite/Free-tickets-for-children-to-watch-Suba-Theraniyo-movie/6-679609 | title=Free tickets for children to watch 'Suba Theraniyo' movie | publisher=Daily FT | accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
==Plot== The film is based on the life of prominent Buddhist nun Subha who delivered 34 Therigathas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ft.lk/entertainment-sectors/Subha-Theraniyo---A-film-based-on-the-trials-and-travails-of-an-enlightened-Buddhist-nun/10405-678331 | title=A film based on the trials and travails of an enlightened Buddhist nun | publisher=Daily FT | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref>
==Cast== * Ruwangi Rathnayake as Suba Therani 'Suba' * Roshan Ranawana as Nanda * Sriyantha Mendis as Suba's father * Dilhani Ekanayake as Sumana, Suba's mother * Mahinda Pathirage as Dheeraka * Udayanthi Kulatunga as Nandaa * Nimal Pallewatte as Nanda's father * Thilini Perera as Suparna * Kumara Wanduressa * Manik Perera * Ranjith Naotunna as Astrologer * Ashika Mathasinghe as Maha Therani
==Songs== The film consists with two songs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2019/09/12/9068/සිංහල-චිත්රපට-නාමාවලිය-සුභා-තෙරණියෝ | title=Sinhala screened films | publisher=Sarasaviya | accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>
{{Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Niwe Niwe Keles Gini | lyrics1= Sunil Ariyaratne | extra1 = Nanda Malini | title2 = Enu Menavi Subha | lyrics2= Sunil Ariyaratne | extra2 = Dumal Warnakulasooriya }}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt10360904}} * [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2019/05/09/5072/වෙසක්-සමයට-සුභා-තෙරණියෝ වෙසක් සමයට සුභා තෙරණියෝ]
Category:2019 films Category:2019 Sinhala-language films Category:2019 Sri Lankan films Category:Films about Buddhism Category:Buddhist nuns
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