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Miss Jenis
Sinhala	මිස් ජෙනිස්
Directed by	Susiran De Silva
Written by	Susiran De Silva
Produced by	Walter Abeysundara
Starring	Jayalath Manoratne Giriraj Kaushalya Jayalal Rohana Duleeka Marapana
Cinematography	Ayeshmantha Hettiarachchi
Edited by	Megha Kavinda Colombage
Music by	Lakshman Wijesekara
Distributed by	Ridma Theaters
Release date	25 September 2020 (2020-09-25)
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Miss Jenis (Sinhala: මිස් ජෙනිස්) is a 2020 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy drama film directed by Susiran De Silva and produced by Walter Abeysundara. It stars late Jayalath Manoratne in lead dual roles along with Giriraj Kaushalya, Jayalal Rohana and Duleeka Marapana in supportive roles. Music composed by Lakshman Wijesekara.

It is the debut cinema direction of Susiran de Silva, where he has produced several popular television serials earlier such as Manokaya and Isuru Yogaya. The film also marks the final lead role of maestro Jayalath Manoratne who died in early 2020. This is unique to Sinhala cinema as his one and only female character. However in 2019, Manoratne and his wife came to see the film when it was shown to the film exhibition boards even though he showed a slight illness at that time.

The film was officially released on 25 September 2020. However, the film had his special screening on 7 September 2020 at The Scope Film Festival which was held from 4-8 September at Scope Cinemas, Liberty Complex. It was filmed in Haputale, Hikkaduwa and Colombo areas. The film received mixed views from critics.

Plot

Cast

• Jayalath Manoratne as Liyon aka 'Jenis'
• Giriraj Kaushalya as Karu
• Duleeka Marapana as Mrs. Makalanda
• Roshan Ranawana as Bhanuka, Liyon's son
• Jayalal Rohana as Christopher
• Udari Perera as Nimaya
• Kumara Thirimadura as Match maker
• Madani Malwaththa as Liyon's wife
• Wasantha Kumarasiri as Edward
• Angelo Sanjeev Barnes as Christopher's son
• Oshadi Himasha as Surangi, Liyon's daughter
• Kapila Samarakoon as Piyasiri
• Kumara Wanduressa as Security office chairman
• Nilanthi Gunawardena as Sheela

References

1. "Miss Jenis with Mano". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
2. "Mano, this is what happened to 'Miss Jenis'". srilankamirror. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
3. "Susiran's latest 'Miss Jenis'". mirrorarts. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
4. "Mano 'Miss. Jenis'". sundaytimes. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
5. "Dr. Jayalath Manorathne's 'Miss Jenis' on the 25th with a great performance". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
6. "Manoratne's last film performance was on Cinema Somnasa". Sarasaviya. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
7. "'Miss Jenis' is coming on September 25". Daily News. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
8. ^ "I'm Miss Jenis – Jayalath Manorathne in a female role for the first time". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
9. "I am 'Miss Jenis'". mirrorarts. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
10. "Miss Jenis is Mano Aiya's commitment". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
11. "මිස් ජෙනිස් එන ලකුණු". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
12. "Two new movies today and tomorrow". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
13. "Reintroducing the Cinema Culture". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
14. "Can you be satisfied with humor alone? Miss Jenis: Review". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
15. "මම වඩා කැමති උදාරි පෙරේරා කියන ගැහැනියට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
16. "I was a little shocked to play with him". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

External links

• Miss Jenis on Sinhala Cinema Database
• Miss Jenis at IMDb
• Official trailer
• Official Facebook page
• ස්කෝප් - සරසවිය සිනමා උලෙළ අද මිස් ජෙනිස්
• මේ දවස්වල හැමෝම අහන්නේ ඔය ප්‍රශ්නය තමයි
• කාන්තා චරිතයක් මෙතෙක් කල් නොකරපු නිසා එය මට විශේෂයි
• සිනමාවට එක්වන සුරූපී නිළිය මිස් ජෙනිස්
• දන්න කියන නළු නිළියන්ගේ වෙනස්ම ආකාරයේ රඟපෑම්
• මං මිස් ජෙනිස් ජය­ලත් මනෝ­රත්න පළමු වරට කාන්තා චරි­ත­යක
• කොවිඩ් තිබුණත් රූකඩ පැංචි හා මිස් ජෙනිස් දිගටම

• 2020 films
• 2020s Sinhala-language films
• Sri Lankan comedy films