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Sri Siddhartha Gautama

Name: Sri Siddhartha Gautama
Released: 2013

ශ්‍රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම

2013

This reverent epic dramatizes the life of Prince Siddhartha, from his sheltered royal upbringing through his renunciation of the world in his quest for enlightenment and his path to becoming the Buddha. A lavish religious drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Sri Lanka

This film is stop 10 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Sri Lanka. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Sri Lanka in the 196 country film challenge.