Nela (film)

Nela (නෙලා) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala romance film directed and produced by Bennett Rathnayake for Benn Films. It stars Shalani Tharaka and Udara Rathnayake in lead roles along with Tharuka Wanniarachchi and Roshan Pilapitiya. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde.

The story is based on novel Nela by Indrani Rathnasekara which is a translation from the original Spanish novel Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós. Film screened on 54 cinema theatres of CEL Theatre Board. It is the 1296th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Cast

 * Shalani Tharaka as Nela
 * Udara Rathnayake as George
 * Tharuka Wanniarachchi as Isabella
 * Roshan Pilapitiya as Charles
 * Anura Dharmasiriwardena as De Souza, George's father
 * Thumindu Dodantenna as Doctor
 * Palitha Silva as Rengasamy
 * Semini Iddamalgoda
 * Udari Perera as Sundari, Nela's mother
 * Thimothi O’reilly as Taylor
 * Pramuditha Udayakumara as Saping