Leopard Do Not Bite (Sinhalese: Sansare Dadayakkaraya (සංසාරේ දඩයක්කාරයා)) is a 2015 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Prasanna Jayakody and co-produced by Rashitha Jinasena, Kapila de Silva and Wasantha Bandara.[2] The film starring Sanjeewa Upendra, Hemasiri Liyanage, and Christina Britto. It depicts a conflict between a monk and a hunter, giving a ground to a philosophical exploration of death's place in life. The story was inspired by Simon Navagattegama's novel Dadayakkaraya’s story. It was screened at 20th Busan International Film Festival 2015.[3]
Dadayakkaraya depicts a clash between a philosophy of the one who lives in a jungle and hunts wild animals as fodder for the people and that of the one who lives in a temple and hunts people as fodder for a religion.[4]
Plot
The temple nestles in the folds of a dense jungle. The path from the village to the temple runs through it. In the name of merit and demerit, the villagers bow to the word of the monk. The only exception is the hunter who lives in the jungle. It is him who provides all of the meat required by the people in the village. And yet, he eats no meat.
It is the month of Vesak, and Gomari slips out of a group listening to a sermon to frolic with her paramour in the jungle. There they both fall prey to a leopard. The hunter, fully aware of what goes on under the jungle canopy informs the monk that the leopard had attacked Gomari and has now tasted human blood. He earnestly requests the monk to refrain from asking the people to come to the temple on Vesak Poya (full moon) day fearing that they too would fall victim to this leopard. The monks leaves such matters to fate (karma) and firmly refuses to stop the sila (observation of precept) program scheduled for the day.
Finally, the hunter, who never kills anything except as food for people, is forced to kill the hungry leopard as it hunts for prey even as the monk is delivering his sermon to the villagers on Vesak full moon day.
When the monk and the hunter go into the jungle the next day, all they see are the rotting corpses of Gomari and the monk.
References
^"Direction by Prasanna Jayakody and work of Simon Navagattegama". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^"Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^Alex Suber (19 October 2015). "Busan International Film Festival 2015: Leopard Do Not Bite, Underground Fragrance, Look Love, & More - The House Next Door - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
leopard, bite, sinhalese, sansare, dadayakkaraya, දඩයක, රය, 2015, lankan, drama, film, directed, prasanna, jayakody, produced, rashitha, jinasena, kapila, silva, wasantha, bandara, film, starring, sanjeewa, upendra, hemasiri, liyanage, christina, britto, depic. Leopard Do Not Bite Sinhalese Sansare Dadayakkaraya ස ස ර දඩයක ක රය is a 2015 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Prasanna Jayakody and co produced by Rashitha Jinasena Kapila de Silva and Wasantha Bandara 2 The film starring Sanjeewa Upendra Hemasiri Liyanage and Christina Britto It depicts a conflict between a monk and a hunter giving a ground to a philosophical exploration of death s place in life The story was inspired by Simon Navagattegama s novel Dadayakkaraya s story It was screened at 20th Busan International Film Festival 2015 3 Leopard Do Not Bite ස ස ර දඩයක ක රය PosterDirected byPrasanna JayakodyWritten byPrasanna JayakodyBased onnovel by Simon NavagattegamaProduced byRashitha JinasenaStarringSanjeewa UpendraHemasiri LiyanageChristina BrittoCinematographyVishwa BalasooriyaEdited byRangana Sinharage Jeewantha GunathilakeMusic bySumudu GurugeDistributed byMountain River FilmsRelease datesOctober 2015 2015 10 Busan July 4 2019 2019 07 04 1 Running time75 minutesCountrySri LankaLanguageSinhalaBudget 200 000 Contents 1 Cast 2 Synopsis 3 Plot 4 ReferencesCast EditSanjeewa Upendra as Hunter Hemasiri Liyanage as Monk Christina Britto as Gomaree Isuru Navod Thusitha LaknathSynopsis EditDadayakkaraya depicts a clash between a philosophy of the one who lives in a jungle and hunts wild animals as fodder for the people and that of the one who lives in a temple and hunts people as fodder for a religion 4 Plot EditThe temple nestles in the folds of a dense jungle The path from the village to the temple runs through it In the name of merit and demerit the villagers bow to the word of the monk The only exception is the hunter who lives in the jungle It is him who provides all of the meat required by the people in the village And yet he eats no meat It is the month of Vesak and Gomari slips out of a group listening to a sermon to frolic with her paramour in the jungle There they both fall prey to a leopard The hunter fully aware of what goes on under the jungle canopy informs the monk that the leopard had attacked Gomari and has now tasted human blood He earnestly requests the monk to refrain from asking the people to come to the temple on Vesak Poya full moon day fearing that they too would fall victim to this leopard The monks leaves such matters to fate karma and firmly refuses to stop the sila observation of precept program scheduled for the day Finally the hunter who never kills anything except as food for people is forced to kill the hungry leopard as it hunts for prey even as the monk is delivering his sermon to the villagers on Vesak full moon day When the monk and the hunter go into the jungle the next day all they see are the rotting corpses of Gomari and the monk References Edit Direction by Prasanna Jayakody and work of Simon Navagattegama Sarasaviya Retrieved 5 July 2019 Sinhala screened films Sarasaviya Retrieved 10 October 2019 Alex Suber 19 October 2015 Busan International Film Festival 2015 Leopard Do Not Bite Underground Fragrance Look Love amp More The House Next Door Slant Magazine Slant Magazine Leopard Do Not Bite FilmAffinity Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leopard Do Not Bite amp oldid 1119861970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
