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Maharaja Gemunu is a Sri Lankais film of genre Action with Jackson Anthony
Maharaja Gemunu (2015)
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Add to a movie listMaharaja Gemunu is a Sinhala epic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri, starring Jackson Anthony and Uddika Premarathna. The movie is based on a the odyssey of King Gemunu (reigned Sri Lanka from 161 BC to 137 BC) who is renowned for defeating and overthrowing 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.
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King Elara was an extremely ambitious young man who used to be a soldier and a spy under King Kharawela of Kalinga, who ruled Southern Kingdoms of India during second century B.C. Lately, this same young man arrives at Lankadveepa in the guise of an overseas naval chief to invade and thereby threaten the prosperity of the Kingdom. Although Elara wins the Kingdom of Rajarata after having killed King Asela, there were two things that constantly bothering him. Firstly, the kingdom of Ruhuna that continued to be independent and therefore out of the menacing clutches of the invader. Secondly, a certain prophecy inscribed by King Devanampiyatissa.Actors
Jackson Anthony
(King Elara)
Yashoda Wimaladharma
(Queen Dharatri (Elara's wife))
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