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Puthandu is the traditional Tamil new year. The calendar and day migrated from Indian Tamils to Sri Lanka and southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. Date: 31 December 2014, 16:21: Source: Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka: Author: Amila Tennakoon
A traditional arrangement of festive foods for Puthandu. The Tamil New Year follows the spring equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. [1] The day celebrates on the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka.
It was originally planned that the film would be having its direct-to-television premiere on Sun TV on 14 April 2021, Puthandu (Tamil New Year). [5] However, the filmmakers later pushed the release date to 1 May 2021, May Day. [6] Later this plan was dropped; instead the film directly released via Sun NXT on 16 April 2021. [7]
Released on August 12. The film was released only through online platform "www.cinemaceylon.com" and is the first Sinhala film with a single letter title. [32] CineMa: Kapila Sooriyarachchi Shyam Fernando, Vihanga Sooriyarachchi, Nayanathara Wickramarachchi, Douglas Ranasinghe, Robin Fernando, Bimal Jayakody: Drama Released on September 2. [33]
A year later, the film's theatrical release was cancelled, and it was decided to release the film via Disney+ Hotstar on 14 April 2021, during the occasion of Puthandu. [6] [7] It failed to impress audiences, who largely did not favour its writing and plot. [8] [9]
Agni Natchathiram was released on 15 April 1988, the week of Puthandu, the Tamil New Year festival. [29] It ran in theatres for over 200 days, becoming a silver jubilee film and Ratnam's most-profitable film to that point. [30] [31] The film was also dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana. [32]
Alai Payuthey was released on 14 April 2000, during Puthandu (Tamil New Year). [27] The Hindu said, "The wavy movements are not restricted to the title card alone. Alaipayuthey goes backward and forward in time and the movement holds a thin thread of suspense too.