Aloko Udapadi (2017) User Reviews

The next level of Sri Lankan cinema. But that's all it is!

[awantha_93 · 7/10 · 7 February 2017]

I don't understand the reviewers here glorifying this as the best Sinhala movie ever. Don't get me wrong. This is a good movie but definitely not the best Sinhala movie. Aloko Udapadi marks a milestone in Sri Lankan cinema. It is ahead of any Sri Lankan movie ever created in terms of technology. Hats off to Chatra Weeraman for stepping up.

The movie has good camera-work and decent music. It gives the chills to any Sri Lankan who is watching it.As I mentioned before the technology used is next level for Sri Lankan cinema. The acting is decent. Uddika Premaratne does a good job with the screen time he is given and the supporting cast is also good. The action could have been better in terms of choreography but is still good. The plus points stop there.

The story is very bad. There is no real plot development or depth. The movie just takes some scenes from the history books and join them together. There is no flow from one scene to another and the viewer isn't really made aware of how the story leads to each scene. The power struggle between the antagonists are highlighted in the movie but isn't shown in depth and isn't believable. The characters are not developed well. They just do things the plot wants to do without any backstory or development. The main character should and could have been shown in depth. The movie is definitely inspired from Game of Thrones. It tries to be a historical character drama of power struggle and fails in that aspect. It tries not glorifying the main character and fails in adding depth to the characters. It tries all the right things and fails in some of the most important areas.

In summary Aloko Udapadi is definitely a good movie and marks the next level in Sri Lankan cinema. But the movie lacks a good story and character depth among other things. Next movies should improve on what Aloko Udapadi has done right and learn from it's mistakes.

Finally I should say that this movie doesn't deserve a 9.9. For all the Sri Lankans out there trying to glorify this as the perfect movie, I ask you not to be satisfied with this. Give a score this movie deserves so that the makers will improve on it in the next projects. This shouldn't be the peak of Sri Lankan cinema.

The film revolves around the story of the Buddha's dispensation in written form, while King Valagamba fights to regain the throne from Cholian Invaders.

[dinurawid · 8/10 · 4 March 2017]

One giant leap for the cinema industry of Sri Lanka would be Aloko Udapadi's cinematography. The movie starts out slow, but suddenly takes a turn into an exciting movie. And while the action starts, viewers may forget to notice its in cinematography, but the production crew does not. Every scene is visually stunning. The fighting scenes were surprisingly well choreographed and the music hit in you in all the write places.

The cast had perfect chemistry and all actors delivered their lines to perfection. Although their were some minor cast members who killed the role with overacting.

One other flaw was that some scenes would just start abruptly with no flow in the structure. This was clearly visible in the final scene where the battle started.

Overall this movie is one that has definitely changed Sri Lanka's film industry for good. The old guard better watch out.

One major suggestion I would like to give to the production team is that now that they've done a historical movie, maybe move on to another genre, rather than following the same genre (Which is what the Sri Lankan film industry has been doing for quite a while)

Other than that, Kudos to you guys, hats off to a stunning movie. I enjoyed every second of it.

Every Buddhist Must Watch..!

[pemindu-94357 · 9/10 · 4 March 2017]

One of the bests in the history of Sri Lankan Cinema... A superb cinematic classic! The entire Buddhist world should know how the Dhamma, they refer now, was protected by Sri Lankans, many centuries ago. A golden chapter in the history and highly appreciable effort by the crew and the stars. Please take this to the world.

Best Sinhala Movie Ever

[kwije · 10/10 · 28 January 2017]

Very well done #ChathraWeeraman

The best Sinhala movie I've ever watched. Takes us back to our golden history and rich culture and the amount of sacrifices made by our ancestors to protect this motherland.

Hope this film breaks all records of the history of the Srilankan film arena. Camera angles and direction seems to be at its optimum. Though this is the first effort of the young music director, he has done his best and has achieved the best.

Aloko Udapadi is Literally an awesome piece of work which nicely depicts the Epic Effort of a dedicated human community to preserve for the whole of mankind and for all time, a unique cultural and spiritual heritage - overcoming formidable obstacles.

#AlokoUdapadi #BestSinhalaMovieEver #BestBackGroundMusic #BestStoryLine #BestProduction #ExcellentVideography #LiterallyAwesome #2K17

Sri Lankan Best Movie...!

[dgeditsweb · 10/10 · 29 January 2017]

This is perfect movie... actions, colors, sounds super..! Sri Lankan Best Movie...! country historical real Epic Film...

Aloko Udapadi is Literally an awesome, Camera angles and direction also perfect...

actors and actress are matching and Literally awesome there act..

my side I'm very happy to this movie ... Mr.Uddika Premarathna is one of my favorite actor..

this Storyline is very clear..

#AlokoUdapadi #BestSinhalaMovie #SinhalaMove #srilankanEpicFilm #EpicFilm #UddikaPremarathna #KingWalagamba #srilanka

awesome movie. great re creation of our history with Buddhism

[hasithapriyasadmail · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

what and awesome movie, great experience and good in touch of every thing, colors, frames and every thing love to see this kind of a movie. great thing was film was covered by Buddhism philosophy. so amazing story and good revised on our ancient technology. movie is providing great advice to the younger generation. as a Srilankan i'm so proud to watch this movie again and again, and its a family movie. you can watch it with your family good for young people. this movie will be made a history in Srilankan movie industry. good quality captions. every single minutes were well planed. no boring conversations or almost no boring scenes, best movie ever

A Great Sinhala movie after a long time.

[saminda-paranagama · 10/10 · 1 February 2017]

Watch this brilliant movie last weekend. Which I have to say is done very well. Great acting by most actors, great music and reasonably good action scenes as well. As it is about a true incident in the Sri Lankan history as a fellow Sri Lankan it touched me on most emotional scenes.

The use of computer graphics and 3D models were quite minimum. Which is a good thing as they were not that great.

Getting the participation of actual monks for the movie was a great idea by the way. It made it feel much more realistic.

Again props to the actors,actresses, music composer and specially the Director. Well done guys. Proud of you.

Excellent film

[spadeu · 10/10 · 26 January 2017]

This is best Sinhalese epic historic mega movie i have ever watch.nice theme all over the film.good pictures.good sound.is that computer effect?? or real set? any way nice try. as Sinhalese it is best one. we wait until this film release. best film in Sinhalese cinema.good approach. The Epic Effort of a dedicated human community to preserve for the whole of mankind and for all time, a unique cultural and spiritual heritage - overcoming formidable obstacles. king walagamba is the king who faced lot of trouble during his life time. when you go any where in country you can find caves ,temples where the king was hidden in past. he capture that situation very well.

A Cinematic masterpiece, a huge step forward..!

[samrpg · 10/10 · 3 February 2017]

It is a Cinematic masterpiece in Sinhala Cinema.

During recent times we witnessed a lot of Sinhala movies with a Historical story line. But None of the movies were able to create such "Realness" and "Liveness" in their visuals. With some astonishing camera work and some stunning choice of locations, this movie has produced some excellent cinematic which were never evident in movies which came before.

To a generation that have seen, English movies like "Lord of the Rings", Aloko Udapadi will be promising that Sinahala Cinema will soon match their expectations of a Historical movie.

However the mediocre Script leads the movie to a series of unconnected scenes (despite a spot on opening part) with no effort to exaggerate the key milestone of the movie which could have made the viewer kept more emotionally attached to the movie. Yet it will not be enough to prevent one from saying that Aloko Udapadi is the best thing happened to the Sinhala Cinema in recent times.

A great story presented in an average film

[kasunarunoda · 5/10 · 20 March 2017]

First of all the story line of this movie, which talks about a a great king of Sri Lanka, who does not have many folklore written about is quite fascinating. It is a great reminder of the great plots and sub plots hidden in a 2500 years of rich history.

As it seems obvious to anyone, this is a mega production from a Sri Lanka perspective. The effort the production team has used is highly commendable and the effects and CGI used by the production is at a really high standard.

All these said and done, the movie lacks quite few areas when its come to direction. Mainly the flow of the film has quite a few disjoints. You can see many places where suddenly happens without a build up. While there is few places this can be seen, the great war that happens is a prime example. There is absolutely no build up to the final war. Two parties just spring up and fight in the middle of nowhere. It is inability to keep the viewers gloom to the story is quite disappointing.

Although there are few shinning moments where we can see the director has shown his skill, (in moments like it shows a monks taking water from the pond) overall he has failed to present one of most presentable stories from history.

Acting has nothing to write home about. Acting is average at best and there is nothing really for the viewers to remember.

Overall a film that had a potential to be a really good one. But a film that has not lived up to the hype built up. Further, a film that has missed a chance to produce a masterpiece, despite the plot itself is an absolute delight.

Excellent film

[wasualgamlaksha · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

Aloko Udapadi is Literally an awesome piece of work which nicely depicts the Epic Effort of a dedicated human community to preserve for the whole of mankind and for all time, a unique cultural and spiritual heritage - overcoming formidable obstacles. my side I'm very happy to this movie great re creation of our history with Buddhism. Audio and the video quality at it bests. VFX amazing.Epic film No boring movements at all. colors actions natural sounds and Fighting were superb.Great king Walagamba's Story is really Interesting and well organized by the film director. Congratulations and Thanks to all the production team. If you are a Sri Lankan you must watch this film.

Sumptuous Vishuals, Breathtaking encounters, Stunning music, Eminent actions, flaws in directory, Drawsy plot and the hype is seriously questionable #LIGHT_AROSE

[Alt98 · 6/10 · 1 February 2017]

There's a lot of of talk about the recently released film Aloko Udapadi in the town. So is the hype really worth it? Lets find out! I watched this in a theatre yesterday and interestingly ended up with mixed results. First I should accede that unless the pros I've mentioned above in the summary, the film was an extreme blow. Surprisingly the film had no twist, no astonishing moments, nothing to be triumphed about. The choky and drawsy plot directly puts the writer on a stricture. I mean almost everyone in SL is aware of the story of King Walagamba. They know how it begins and how it ends. So people need something more than the basic ancient story to enjoy the film. And thats what the film lacks most. I thought that the plot will be more interesting and will has a flow in it than the boring movies made recently such as Maharaja Gemunu, Paththini etc. But unfortunately I was put down. Yet the film is a greater solace to the local audience as its quality of cinematography is at close- run with of internationals. I was impressed by the vishuals, music and the amazing fight scenes of traditional martial art, "Angampora". And it looks like the film got a tiny bit of influence from GoT! :) Eventually I hope that Aloko Udapadi will be a greater impact to the future of Sri Lankan Film Industry.

Turning point of Sri Lankan film industry

[sajithawattage · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

Aloko Udapadhi, a master piece by Chathra.

For the last couple of years many pointed failures in Sri Lankan film industry. Aloko Udapadhi has proved that it is not going to be the same anymore. This film successfully handle the blend of traditional film shooting and CGI graphics. Music, Casting, and locations are magnificent.

Story line is great. Flow of the story from begin to end can be watched without any distraction.

If you are a Sri Lankan you must watch this film and witness the great come back of Sri Lankan film industry.

A Great Sinhala Movie.The Best Ever!!!

[sumittakalhara · 10/10 · 12 February 2017]

This movie is plotted around the true history of Sri Lanka. It touched important areas such as the role of Buddhism, the sacrifices ancient people made to protect Buddhism and ancient martial art technique- Angampora. I was more than impressed with this movie. I usually like movies based on strategy and war. I will rank this movie at the top of the collection. This movie was also emotional. The viewers can definitely take a positive message at the end.

The visual effects were great. This would be an important milestone in Sinhala cinema to reach international level. I congratulate all who were involved in this movie.

BEST Sri Lankan movie ever!

[kasun-mck · 10/10 · 5 February 2017]

This is by far the best movie (all round) of the Sri Lankan movie industry so far. Excellent story line and perfect selection of crew. Uddika Premarathna proves again that he's the only actor who can represent a proud, great king by all the aspects.

Usage of 3D Animations and effects is tremendous. With the very limited tech and financial scope of the local movie industry, the director Chathra Weeraman had done a miracle! I could enjoy every second of the movie and I had NO negative comments on this movie at all. Start, flow and end were absolutely fabulous.

Music and sound effects are PERFECT throughout the movie and I felt like I was living in our ancient, proud history which made the movie an unforgettable experience to the audience. This movie is an eye opener to most of the Sri Lankans who are forgetting its GREAT history. I recommend this move to every Sri Lankan and the whole world! This is an epic movie you must watch.

Finally a Sri Lankan movie worth watching over and over again

[akilamike · 10/10 · 26 February 2017]

I am not a person who gives a 10/10 easily. But comparing with other movies of late, this is 'a Gem of a movie'. Chithra Veeraman in my opinion will be the one to look out for in the coming years.

The story line and the script is excellent. Apart from few jumps, the story is very clear and concise. Acting is superb from all the main characters. Graphics are leagues better than what Sri Lankan cinema used to produce in the past.

The movie as a whole takes you through an emotional roller coaster and will leave you in tears many a time. Every Sri Lankan, MUST watch this... Especially (not limited to) Buddhists.

All the very best Mr. Veeraman... We eagerly await to see more from you in the future.

Best Sri Lanka Movie to date.

[epwickey · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

This movie is few light-years infront of the other Sri Lankan movies to date. The story is a well known historical story in the time of King Valagambha with some additions from script writers. As far as the story goes there is nothing spectacular since it is the history. However the way it was unfolded to the screen was refreshing. The most impressive thing about the movies was the battle sequences which were quite well choreographed for a change. The producer and director were confident to use enough extras in the fights so the fights looked a lot better than other movies. Camera work also had refreshing touch in it. The script was not that good but talented actors and actresses were hired for even some of the small characters which in turn managed to make the weak script work. The Score was done by a new composer and if he keeps working the same way he did in this one he would become real famous real quick. There were some real cool effects compared to any other Sinhala movie I have watched. Sets were way more realistic ( I believe they used Ranminithanna Cinema village) and believable than most Sinhala movies. I really hope that Chathra Weeraman, the director, will keep making more movies and keep improving.

All in all 10/10 and I would encourage any one to go and watch this movie.

Excellent film.

[lahiruprabath-27404 · 10/10 · 29 January 2017]

One of Great Sinhala film i watch, it is exciting from One Of Our Great KING WALAGAMBA Story. However, you must watch the whole thing without missing a second.

The filming is absolutely excellent & the special effects really are astounding which is unusual for films of such nature. This, I believe,is what makes this film shine ever so brightly!

The team Of filming make should be applauded for their brilliant work on this film.it is an enjoyable & worthwhile watch for audiences of any age. great Story, great cast, great music,great Image...

This really is a must see movie. I don't want to get in to too much detail. You have to see it yourself. Again. and again...

Awesome movie and great re creation of our history with Buddhism

[piumal · 10/10 · 31 January 2017]

Awesome movie and great re creation of our history with Buddhism and the film is an epic tale about the leading Sri Lankan monks who recorded the sacred work of Buddha in writing, while the land was aflame with war and famine. Set against the background of the events that took place 2100 years ago and 454 years after the great demise of Lord Buddha, the story is based on the facts found in Mahavansha, the chronicle considered to be the documented history of Sri Lanka, rock inscriptions across Sri Lanka written by the monks of that era and folklore's about the King Walagambha. Sensing that Buddhism was in danger monks took to inscribing oral traditions on rocks. King Walagambha of Sri Lanka troubled by power hungry forces and famine has not got due recognition in history . And 'ALOKO UDAPADI' the Sinhala film revolves around the story of the Buddha's dispensation in written form after long centuries of oral tradition in a turbulent historical context. King Valagamba was overthrown five months after his coronation by a rebellion and invasion from South India, but regained the throne after fourteen years by defeating the invaders.

One of the best Sri Lankan movies that are out there

[yasankarj · 6/10 · 29 January 2017]

While saying that this is a good movie, the rating of 9.9 at the moment is not well deserved. It is a result of facebook campaign (not launched by the film crew, but Sri Lankan patriotic manner). I'd rather give 6.

Let's talk about good of that film.

The portrayal of the ancient Sri Lankan society and the reign is impeccable and realistic. It is pretty obvious that the director knows what he is doing. He has done his research on it. The attention to the details is appreciable. Surely this film set the bar up for the Sri Lankan movies and for the trending historic movies as well. One of the best things in this film is the minimum use of CGI. For the last years, most of the sinhala films ruined the cinema quality due to crappy CGI (Sri Lankan film industry is not huge enough to afford high end CGI techs). In this film they have used appropriate amount of Graphics in a good way. Kudos for that. Last but not list, the screen writer is a top notch as he was able to deliver the message that in a war there is a tragedy under that victory and ithas to be carried out with a lot of patience. This movie has to be applaud with a huge success at box office.

Amazing

[sasispenzer · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

Wow what a great movie.From the very first movement of this movie to the end it took all us into it.Well done Chathra Weeraman. They took very long time to release this movie. however eventually they have provided a wonderful movie to the Sri Lankan and world cinema. Audio and the video quality at it bests. VFX amazing.Epic film No boring movements at all. colors actions natural sounds and Fighting were superb.Great king Walagamba's Story is really Interesting and well organized by the film director. Congratulations and Thanks to all the production team form production to the theatrical release. You guys are Great !

Best Movie

[nsnuwansampath · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

One of best movie I seen ever.. I recommend it for all Sri Lankans. This movie present our valuable history in Sri Lanka actors are doing super job and they give a real idea about what they act. EX: In 89 BC, King Walagamba of Sri Lanka, was troubled by power-hungry forces from within and from outside. A severe drought assailed the land for twelve unbroken years. Monks who perpetuated Buddha's word by oral tradition, could not survive. The monks were troubled both by the enemy and the famine.In the dark days, the loyal subjects protected their King. Enemy leaders killed each other for power and wealth. Well armed, the King dealt a deadly blow and regained the rule. In peace and prosperity, the monks facing the challenge wrote down the oral tradition.

Best Film !

[cstudiovfx · 10/10 · 29 January 2017]

I'm Chaminda Jayawardana currently working for VFX industry in Sri Lanka. I watched this movie and really thought there are no any VFX works but real Sets. WOW. but there were. Hats off for VFX department. They have done a tremendous work there that we haven't seen on a Sri Lankan film before. Congratulations Chathra Weeraman the director of Aloko Udapadi, for creating this masterpiece. Hats off for the producer who contributed in maximum level to make this.

The story line was nice to reach lots of audiences and to reach international level. Nice camera work. But personally i still need a bit heavy punch when fight scenes. But those fight scenes are so realistic when that ancient fighting style comes to screen.

The main thing I need to say is now we know we are not so far from Hollywood. We are there !

Congratulations and Thanks to all the production team form production to the theatrical release. You guys are Great !

Super Film I have ever watch

[sajanako · 10/10 · 30 January 2017]

Wow what a great movie.From the very first movement of this movie to the end it took all us into it.Well done Chathra Weeraman. They took very long time to release this movie. however eventually they have provided a wonderful movie to the Sri Lankan and world cinema. Audio and the video quality at it bests. VFX amazing.Epic film No boring movements at all. colors actions natural sounds and Fighting were superb.Great king Walagamba's Story is really Interesting and well organized by the film director. Congratulations and Thanks to all the production team form production to the theatrical release. You guys are Great !

Great Movie! Great Story line....New hopes in SL cinema

[pkumanayake · 10/10 · 11 May 2017]

I watched this film and it is superb. Love the story line. They had studied well about the era and it had made the film more realistic.Special effect and technology usage is at a good level.Honestly, I have new hopes in our cinema.

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