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Eka Dawasaka Api

2018 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ39050878 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eka Dawasaka Api (The Day We Will) (එක දවසක අපි) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic film directed by Anuruddha Jayasinghe, produced by Vinode Productions and Executive Producer Arosha Fernando for Universal Media. It stars Pubudu Chathuranga and newcomer Nayanathara Wickramaarachchi in lead roles.. Music composed by Navaratne Gamage. The film has been shot around central hills of Sri Lanka, from Mahiyangana, Mawanella and the surrounding areas of Kandy and Peradeniya meanwhile in University of Peradeniya.

The muhurat ceremony was celebrated at the Regal Theatre, Colombo. The film was released on 1 February 2018 for a limited period in 40 film theaters across Sri Lanka in the CEL Film Circuit. The film was also will be available in Dialog's Vinode mobile app as well. It is the 1295th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Plot

Film starts with the sound of Mala Beraya (Drum which is playing for funeral) and aimed to Parami and Vimukthi. Both gathered in the city and get to the train for their journey as they discussed.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Eka Dawasaka Api” as 2018 film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2018-02-01. The account is most persuasive where Dawasaka and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2018 film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q39050878. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eka Dawasaka Api” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.