Kusa Paba


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(BASED ON A POPULER BUDDHIST JATHAKA STORY)
PRINCE KUSA, THE ELDER SON OF THE EMPEROR, AND THE HEIR TO THRONE AND EXPERT OF MANY FIELDS, HAS BEEN BORN WITH AN UGLEY FACE.
HE SCULPTURES A GOLD STATURE OF A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS AND CHALLANGES HIS PARENTS TO FIND A GIRL OF THAT BEAUTY , IF THEY WANT HIM TO GET MARRIED.
AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OVER THE WHOLE EMPIRE, THEY FIND 'PABAWATHIE' A DAUGHTER OF A LOCAL KING, WHO MATCHES THE BEAUTY OF THE GOLD STATURE.
KNOWING THAT PABA WOULD NEVER LIKE THE FACE OF KUSA, MOTHER QUEEN OF KUSA PLANS A BOGUS ROYAL CUSTOM, FOR PABA, NOT TO SEE THE FACE OF HER HUSBAND UNTIL SHE GET CONCEIVED.
BUT THE SECRET GETS EXPOSED AS BOTH OF THEM WERE INQUISITIVE TO SEE EACH OTHER.   PABA RETURNS BACK TO PARENTS IN ANGER.
KUSA WHO IS IN DEEP LOVE WITH PABA BY THIS TIME, DISGUISES AS A SERVANT AND HANGS ARROUND PABA'S PALACE.
KNOWING THAT PABA HAS RETURNED HOME, SEVEN OTHER LOCAL KINGS DECLARE WAR CLAIMING PABA.  THE EMPEROR ORDERS SEVEN KINGS TO SHARE PABAWATHIE AFTER SLICING HER INTO SEVEN PEICES.
ALL SET FOR THE EXECUTION.  BUT KUSA RESCUES HER AT THE LAST SECOND AND WITH A DIVINE POWER, HIS UGLEY FACE CHANGES INTO A HANDSOMEONE.
 

Cast

Kusa – Jackson Anthony
Pabavathi – Pooja Umashanker
King Okkaka – Ravindra Randeniya
King Madhu – Sanath Gunatilake
Queen Seelavathi – Veena Jayakody
Queen Madhu – Kusum Renu 

Facts

SCRIPT - DR. THISSA ABESEKARA
DIRECTOR - PROF. SUNIL ARIYARATNE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - DR. SOMARATNE DISSANAYAKE
LINE PRODUCER/PRODUCTION MANAGER - RENUKA BALASOORIYA
JOINT PRODUCERS - DR. SOMARATNE DISSANAYAKE
                DHAMMIKA SIRIWARDHENA
TEAM OF PRODUCERS   - H.D. PREMASIRI 
               UDAYAKANTHA WARNASURIYA
               SUNIL T. FERNANDO
               JANITHA MARASINGHE
               RASITHA JINASENA
               ARIYADASA PEIRIS
                 THISSA NAGODAWITHANA
               JUSTIN BELAGAMAGE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY- CHANNA DESHAPRIYA
MUSIC           - DR. ROHANA WEERASINGHE
ART DIRECTOR  - HEENATIGALA PREMADASA
COSTUME AND JEWELLERY   - VENUKA WICKRAMARACHCHI
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY  - VISHWA BALASOORIYA
DANCING DIRECTOR - CHANDANA WICKRAMASINGHE
EDITOR           - RAVEENDRA GURUGE
SPECIAL EFFECTS - BOODEE KEERTHISENA
HAIRSTYLES - LALITH DHARMAWARDHENA
MAKEUP - SAMEERA MADU KIDELPITIYA
                CHANDRASIRI RAJAPAKSHA
                PRATAP MALHAI (INDIA)
VOCALISTS        - EDWARD JAYAKODY 
                     NIROSHA VIRAJANI
                     KASUN KALHARA
                     URESHA RAVIHARI
                HARSHANA DISSANAYAKE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - DAMINDA D. MADAWALA
 
 

Releasing at Savoy Wellawatte, Quinlon Nugegoda, Nikado Kadawatha and Cinemax Ja-Ela etc. on 26th January 2012

 

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