Maharaja Gemunu (King Gemunu) is
a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and produced by
Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films.[1] It stars Uddika
Premarathna and Jackson Anthonynin
lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Yashoda
Wimaladharma.Music composed by Nadeeka
Guruge. It is the 1221st Sri
Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
The movie is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renowned for
defeating and overthrowing King
Elara,the usurping Tamil prince
from the Chola Kingdom, who had invaded the Kingdom
of Rajarata in 205 BC
Released on 23 January 2015, the film was highly acclaimed by
critics and fans alike, who considered it to be a landmark in Sinhala
film-making and an achievement in the epic film genre.
King Elara is a former soldier and spy under King Kharawela of
Kalinga, who rules the Southern Kingdoms of India during the second century BC.
Elara arrives at Lankadveepa, in the guise of an overseas naval chief, in order
to threaten the prosperity of the Kingdom. Elara is victorious against the
Kingdom of Rajarata, having killed King Asela. However, he is not satisfied
with his victory because the kingdom of Ruhuna continues to be independent and
he is haunted by a prophecy inscribed by King
Devanampiyatissa.
Bhattara, an advisor to Elara, found the inscribed prophecy
which alluded to a King named Gamani
Abhaya (Dutu Gemunu) who would
later secure the Kingdom of Rajarata and build a massive pagoda (dageba) at its center. Bhattara and
Elara scheme against the prophecy.
King Gamani Abhaya deploys strategies to overcome the tactics of
Elara and vanquish him. However, because of his spiritual ideology, he does not
allow his people to forget the humanity that was rooted within the enemy. This
act universalizes King Gamani's profound humanity
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