Here you can follow the footsteps of this classic Cinematic creation through its long journey.The film received five of the eight awards presented at 2014 UNVesak Buddhist Film festival in Hanoi, Vietnam including the Best Featured film, Best Actor award, Best Director award, Best Editor award and Best Music award. This is a record of the tears, frustrations, achievements, problems and other milestones of the movie. There are many more outstanding features in this movie which are shared through the pages of this site. Further it became unique in its costumes which were created through knots, wraps and drapes of material rather than sewn cloth. 'Sri Siddhartha Gautama' movie became pioneer movie in Sri Lanka to create two permanent movie sets for the film. All the rest of the actors are from Sri Lanka. However, for four of the principal characters, Indian actors were selected after much effort. This movie is a Sri Lankan production with locations and crew selected from Sri Lanka. This was a movie which went through numerous scripts, directors, actors, etc, until everything fell into place in 2012. King Suddodhana is gravely grieved but he does not forbid him, though he made every attempt to keep the prince from experiencing sorrow and seeing age, the sick and knowing people die.Ī Timeless Epic Movie based on the life of Prince Siddhartha, who later became the founder of Buddhism, was created in Sri Lanka. This is not so in the film and that is a definite plus point, since a person of Siddhartha’s integrity and stature would not have sneaked out of home, however honourable the end was.In the film much precedes his leaving wife and home and the kingdom. We got the impression that he was almost stealing away. What our mothers told us and we read was that he left the palace (supposedly not having made his intention known) on the night of the birth of his child. The prince falls in love with her and their love is depicted as deep and stable so much so that the prince is able later to tell her he must leave her and go forth.The story veers from what we have heard tell regards his leaving the palace to become an ascetic seeking the truth. She is both radiantly beautiful and projects a personality which is above that of other girls.
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