{"id":156381,"date":"2026-05-25T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=156381"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:21:30","slug":"dharmayudayya-%e0%b6%b0%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b0%e0%b6%ba-sinhala-film-looks-like-an-indian-film-imitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/05\/25\/dharmayudayya-%e0%b6%b0%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b0%e0%b6%ba-sinhala-film-looks-like-an-indian-film-imitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dharmayudayya \u00a0 \u00a0\u0db0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dba\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u00a0\u00a0Sinhala film looks like an indian film imitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><br>What is name of that film ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI gives me following answer&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes \u2014 the Sinhala film Dharmayuddhaya is officially a remake of the Indian Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam starring Mohanlal. The Sinhala version starred Jackson Anthony in the lead role. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many viewers felt it was very close to the original \u2014 almost a scene-by-scene\u201d adaptation \u2014 which is why some say it feels more like an imitation than a localized remake. Even the background score was partly reused from the Indian version. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also several other Indian remakes of <em>Drishyam<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tamil \u2013 Papanasam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hindi \u2013 Drishyam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telugu \u2013 Drushyam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, despite being a remake, the Sinhala film became a major box office success in Sri Lanka. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regards<br><br>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera What is name of that film ? AI gives me following answer&nbsp; Yes \u2014 the Sinhala film Dharmayuddhaya is officially a remake of the Indian Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam starring Mohanlal. The Sinhala version starred Jackson Anthony in the lead role. &nbsp; Many viewers felt it was very close to the original \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sarath-obeysekera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156382,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156381\/revisions\/156382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}