Nela (Sinhala: 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 Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós in Indrani Rathnasekara's translation from Spanish. 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