Shades of Ash

Shades of Ash
Sudu Kalu Saha Alu
Directed bySudath Mahaadivulwewa
Written bySudath Mahaadivulwewa, Sarathchandra Gamlath
Produced byCine Shilpa
StarringSriyantha Mendis
Mahendra Perera
Dilhani Ekanayake
CinematographyRuwan Costa
Edited byElmo Haliday
Music byPremasiri Khemadasa
Distributed byAsian Film Center, Sri Lanka
Release date
  • 28 July 2005 (2005-07-28)
Running time
105 min
CountriesSri Lanka, Sweden
LanguageSinhala (English Subtitle)

Sudu Kalu Saha Alu (Shades of Ash) (Sinhala: සුදු කළු සහ අළු) is a 2005 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa and produced by Krishan Deheragoda for Cine Shilpa. It stars Dilhani Ekanayake, Sriyantha Mendis and Mahendra Perera in lead roles along with Jayalath Manoratne and Sanath Gunathilake. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 1053rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

The film has been filmed at a specially built village in a location 'Kalu Visa Pokuna' in Anuradhapura. It is the first Sri Lankan film made without a single main character in Sinhala cinema history. The film screened at 27th Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden on 29 January 2004.