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Goal
ගෝල්
Directed by	Rohan Perera
Written by	Rohan Perera
Produced by	Maharaja Entertainments
Starring	Jayalath Manoratne Chandani Seneviratne Kaushalya Fernando
Cinematography	Paalitha Perera
Edited by	Ajith Ramanayake
Music by	Suresh Maliyadde
Production company	M Entertainment
Distributed by	CEL Theatres
Release date	26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Goal (Sinhala: ගෝල්) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Rohan Perera and produced by Susara Dinal for Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie. It stars Jayalath Manoratne and Chandani Seneviratne in lead roles along with Anula Bulathsinhala and Kaushalya Fernando. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde. It is the 1309th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Plot

The film revolves around a bunch of talented boys in a very remote school Millawitiya Junior School in Kaluwara Eliya. The fate of the children changes when new coming teacher, Samarasekara Sir (played by Manoratne) introduces them to football, an alien game to the children until that point.

Reluctant at first, the kids slowly get into the game. The adults are unsure at first, saying it a waste of time, but as the kids begin to improve and their enthusiasm growing, they support them.

Facing schools outside Colombo, with kids who have almost lifetimes of practice, they move forward. They end up winning against a most renowned school in all of Sri Lanka, making a name for themselves.

Cast

• Jayalath Manoratne as Somaweera Samarasekara
• Chandani Seneviratne as Mrs. Samarasekara
• Anula Bulathsinhala as Grandmother
• Kaushalya Fernando as Village school principal
• Nayana Hettiarachchi as Kalpa's mother
• Lakshman Mendis as Principal
• Jayani Senanayake as Tharindu's mother

Child cast

The film consists of more than 70 new child actors.

• Mohomad Sham as Jabus
• Kavindu Kalhara as Kalpa
• Rizan Naizer as Sahan
• Theshan Thushmika as Rachira
• Dananjaya Naveen as Vihanga
• Devid Karunarathna as Sandun
• Pavan Bimsara as Pabalu
• Subhashini Jayarathna

Soundtrack

Released under M Entertainments label in 2018, all three songs in the soundtrack were penned by director Rohan Perera. Music directed by Suresh Maliyadde.

Accolades

References

1. "Goal on screen today". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. "Teacher's mission to spread soccer in a rural school". Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
3. "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
4. "Goal - ගෝල්". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
5. "Goal official facebook page". Facebook. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
6. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. "The game that changed a remote school". Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
8. "Football mania comes true in silver screen". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

External links (trailers and info)

• Goal at IMDb
• Goal on YouTube

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