Sathischandra Edirisinghe

Acting

Sathischandra Edirisinghe

Born 1941-02-11

Kalasuri Patikirige Sathischandra Edirisinghe was a Sri Lankan actor in film, stage drama and television. Edirisinghe was an actor and director whose professional career in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre, and television spanned more than six decades.

Acting credits

Punchi Andare poster
NR

Andare's early life growing up with his parents in a remote village during the Kandyan Kingdom era.

Punchi Andare

2018

Mother Teresa of Calcutta poster
6.7

The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the dying and the abandoned children in the slums of Calcutta, challenging many authorities - including the church - along the way.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

2003

Mansion by the Lake poster
6.5

Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.

Mansion by the Lake

2002

Guththila poster
NR

Based on Guththila Kavya, the film follows master musician Guththila and his ambitious disciple Musila, whose rivalry over art, pride, and integrity leads to a dramatic contest of skill and destiny.

Guththila

2023

Suhada Koka poster
9.0

The film starts with a release of peoples' vote of government election, where Rajamanthri (Vijaya) lost his seat and crying with his allies. However, his secretary Sumanasiri (Rodney) revealed that the winning member has been hospitalized after hearing the shocking news of that he won the election of the seat. Rajamanthri and crew went to the hospital and finally the winning member died and Rajamanthri won the seat. After winning the seat, he started to celebrate the win, but his fellow ministers (Priyantha and Jayasiri) started to make actions against him. However, with many funny incidents, Rajamanthri pass all the battles with the help of his allies. Meanwhile, Liyana Mahaththaya (Lal), clark (Mihira) and Kalu mudalali (Giriraj) proposed an Awurudu Ulela to impress Chief minister Narendrasinghe (Sathischandra).

Suhada Koka

2015

Life of Christ's poster
NR

The film is based on the life of Jesus Christ until the crucifixion. It was the first Sinhala film based on Christianity and directed by a Buddhist.

Life of Christ's

1990

Under the Sun and Moon poster
NR

A Coincidental meeting of a Soldier and an Army officer at a dark night, in a forest burning with war, between Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Soldier's efforts born out of sheer respect to save the life of his critically wounded senior Officer become futile at the end. At the Senior officer's death, the soldier nagged constantly by his conscience and its questioning, feels that he too was responsible for the death of his Senior Officer. in the face of this, the soldier begins to probe into the past of the Senior Officer's life and engages in boundless sacrifice to bring justice to him, and in that process soldier gets Senior Officer's past wrongs corrected.

Under the Sun and Moon

2010

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9.0

Holidaying in Asia, Australian backpackers Joanne and Richard are hauled off a train and taken as hostages by Cambodian rebels. A ransom demand is made on the Australian Government for their release. The Government refuses to pay. Also kidnapped is French couple Louise and Pierre who are confident a French mining company for whom Pierre works will pay the ransom. When Richard and Pierre are executed, Joanne and Louise know their days are numbered and plan their escape.

The Hostages

1997