The Wife (2026 film)

The Wife
Sinhalaවයිෆ්
Directed byShameera Naotunna
Written byShameera Naotunna
Produced byWaruna Arambage
StarringHemal Ranasinghe
Udari Warnakulasooriya
Veena Jayakody
Lakshman Mendis
Nethalie Nanayakkara
Priyantha Seneviratne
CinematographyChinthaka Somakeerthi
Edited byTissa Surendra
Music byChitral Somapala
Release date
  • February 13, 2026 (2026-02-13)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The Wife (Sinhala: වයිෆ්) is a 2026 Sri Lankan Sinhala gangster film directed by Shameera Rangana Naotunna and produced by Waruna Arambage.[2] The film stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Udari Warnakulasooriya in lead roles along with Veena Jayakody, Lakshman Mendis, Nethalie Nanayakkara and Priyantha Seneviratne in supportive roles. Hemal and Udari share the screen for the fourth time after Adaraneeya Kathawak (2016), Ksheera Sagaraya Kalabina (2023) and Devi Kusumasana (2025).[3]

Cast

Production

This is the third cinema direction by Shameera Rangana Naotunna, after two blockbusters: Motor Bicycle (2016) and Sihina Nelum Mal (2024).[8] He also made the script of the film. Waruna Arambage is the producer, Chinthaka Somakeerthi is the cinematographer, where Tissa Surendra is the editor and color mixer.[2]

Camera assistance given by Nalinda Priyadarshana and Sarath Gunathilaka. Sound management done by Aruna Priyantha Kalu Arachchi, art direction by Dhammika Hewaduwatte with the assistance of Nalin Hewaduwatte, Prasanna Chathuranga and Daminda Gunaratne, costume design by Madhavi Dassanayake with the assistance of Suraj Asmath, whereas sound effects by W. Podiratne. Production coordination is handled by Sinali Arambage ad production management done by Harold Karunathilaka. Assistant directors are Prasanna Wijesinghe and Anuruddha Gunasekara.[2]

Chief lighting designer is Kosala Manoj and choreographer is Ishan Kasthuriarachchi. Buwaneka Ranawaka is the makeup artist with the assistance of Dilshan Tharuka, Chitral Somapala is the music director, where Dilipa Abeysekara and director Naotunna are the lyricists. Somapala also made background vocals with Jaya Sri Rohitha Jayalath.[2]

Filming began after the Muhurath ceremony at Park Street Were House in February 2025.[9][10]

Release

A special screening of the film was held on 23 October 2025 at the CCC Scoop Cinema for members of the exhibition board and cinema owners.[11] The film is released on 13 February 2026 island wide.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "The Wife [PG]". Australian Classification Board. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
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  3. ^ "හේමාල් - උදාරි සුසංයෝගය දැන් නැවතත්!". www.mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ^ "නිර්මලා වැනි 'වයිෆ්' ලා අද සමාජයේ ඕනෑ තරම් ඉන්නවා රංගන ශිල්පිනී උදාරි වර්ණකුලසූරිය". www.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 27 February 2026. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 50 (help)
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  6. ^ "කෙටි මාර්ගවලින් ජනප්‍රිය වෙන්න මට අවශ්‍ය නැහැ: රංගන ශිල්පිනී ජයනි වීරසිංහ". www.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ^ "මගේ චරිත නිරූපණය සාර්ථක බව ප්‍රතිචාරවලින් දැනෙනවා: රංගන ශිල්පී ප්‍රියන්ත ලලිත්". www.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  8. ^ "වයිෆ් (The Wife) : හේමාල් – උදාරි සුසංයෝගයෙන් අලුත්ම චිත්‍රපටයක්". www.cinema.lk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  9. ^ "ශමීර 'වයිෆ්' අරඹයි". www.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
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  12. ^ "වයිෆ් 13 දා සිට තිරයට". www.sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  13. ^ "'වයිෆ්' හෙට සිට ඔබ හමුවට!". www.mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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