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Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai

2016 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ28913918 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai (Sinhala: උලත් එකයි පිලත් එකයි) is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy action film directed by Harsha Udakanda and produced by Chaminda Ranasinghe for Dinith Entertainment. It stars Roshan Ranawana and Darshan Dharmaraj in lead roles along with Mihira Sirithilaka and Damitha Abeyratne. Music composed by Prasadth Samarathunga. It is the 1245th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film introduced Rukshana Dissanayake to cinema industry.

Plot

Wanathe Roshan thinks he is a village thug. He often clashes with those around him as usual. Although he is known as Roshan, most people call him Rosha. Only his family knows that Rosha is a bully, even if he sounds like a coin to the world. Rosha has a sister.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai” as 2016 film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016-08-25. The account is most persuasive where Ulath, Ekai and Pilath 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 2016 film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28913918. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai” 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.