

Dreaming Butterflies
2017, Sinhalese. Directed by Rohan Perera.
Heena Hoyana Samanallu (Dreaming Butterflies) (Sinhalese: හීන හොයන සමනල්ලු) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala family drama film directed by Rohan Perera and produced by Sunil T Fernando for Sunil T Films. Shehan, who belongs to a higher middle class family is the only child of Madhavi (Dilhani Ekanayake) and Adithya (Saumya Liyanage). Their lives changed unexpectedly when Shehan is diagnosed with leukemia.
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- Language
- Sinhalese
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Cast & crew
- Rohan PereraDirector
- Dilhani EkanayakeMadhavi
- Saumya LiyanageAdithya
- Anjana DilsharaShehan
- Vinath ThesathBanti
- Nethalie NanayakkaraBanti's Grandmother
- Hemasiri LiyanageBanti's Grandfather
- Lucien BulathsinhalaDoctor
- Umali ThilakarathnaTeacher
- Supun KawishkaCast
- Lakshitha AravindaCast
- Yohan HarshanaCast
- Tharupathi NadunCast
Details
- Released
- 11 August 2017
- Original title
- හීන හොයන සමනල්ලු
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Written by
- Rohan Perera
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Who directed Dreaming Butterflies?
Dreaming Butterflies (2017) was directed by Rohan Perera and stars Dilhani Ekanayake, Saumya Liyanage, Anjana Dilshara.