{{Infobox film | name = Yakada Pihatu <br> යකඩ පිහාටු | image = Yakada Pihatu DVD poster.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD poster | director = Udayakantha Warnasuriya | producer = EAP Films | writer = Udayakantha Warnasuriya | based_on = | starring = Ranjan Ramanayake <br> Anoja Weerasinghe <br> Semini Iddamalgoda | music = Ananda Perera | cinematography = Jayantha Gunawardena | editing = Stanley de Alwis | studio = Prasad Color Lab, India | distributor = EAP Theatres | released = {{Film date|2003|08|27|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Sri Lanka | language = Sinhala | gross = | italic_title = | budget = }}
'''''Yakada Pihatu (Iron Feathers)''''' ({{langx|si|යකඩ පිහාටු}}) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala action drama film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake and Anoja Weerasinghe in lead roles along with Semini Iddamalgoda and Dilhani Ekanayake. Music for the film was composed by Ananda Perera.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/030803/tv/3.htm |title= Udayakantha flies with iron feathers |publisher=The Sunday Times |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/010812/tv.html |title= 'Yakada Pihatu' ready to fly off |publisher=The Sunday Times |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lankachannel.lk/icon/Yakada-Pihatu-big-1.jpg |title=Yakada Pihatu film crew |publisher=Lanka Channel |access-date=11 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/11/05/?fn=sa15110522|title=Sinhala screened films|publisher=Sarasaviya|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
The film was shot in Rambukkana, Kegalle Province.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/010422/tv.html| title=Yakada Pihatu being filmed | publisher=The Sunday Times | access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> It is the 1016th 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 | access-date=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>
==Plot== Nadeesha Kulasobana (played by Dilhani Ekanayake) is informed by the police that her fiancé, Romesh Jayawardena (Ranjan Ramanayake), has been hurt in an accident. She gets raped and murdered by three men while trying to visit her fiancé in hospital. After a trial, the three men are freed by the court. Romesh then finds and kills his fiancée's murderers before running away.
While traveling on a train, Romesh meets Manuja (Anoja Weerasinghe) and her son. They soon become friends and he visits her house in a rural village. Romesh spends his time helping Manuja and the villagers until he is tracked down and caught by the police. He is sentenced to serve time in prison. After he finishes his sentence, he visits the village again and they live happily ever after.
==Cast== * Ranjan Ramanayake as Romesh Jayawardena * Anoja Weerasinghe as Manuja * Sohan Warnasooriya as Pasindu * Semini Iddamalgoda as Surangi * Dilhani Ekanayake as Nadeesha Kulasobana * D.B. Gangodathennaa as Manuja's mad stepfather * Wilson Karunaratne as Gal Somey * Suminda Sirisena as Wilson 'Aiyya' * Quintus Weerakoon as Hector 'Loku Massina' * Manike Attanayake as Loku Nena * Nimal Anthony as Harry 'Mahaththaya' * Somasiri Alakolange as Police Chief * Somasiri Colombage as Gramasevaka
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Category:2003 films Category:2003 Sinhala-language films Category:2003 Sri Lankan films Category:Films set in Sri Lanka Category:2003 action drama films Category:Sri Lankan drama films Category:Films directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya
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