A number of the scenes from the film were shot in Australia.[6][7] The film had its international premiere on 8 October 2017 in Sydney, Australia,[8] with a subsequent screening in Melbourne on 14 October.[6]
The film was not released in Sri Lanka until 25 May 2018, with a simultaneous book launch of Wassanaye Sanda taking place when the film debuted at the Regal Cinema in Colombo.[9] It is the 1305th (LK) Sri Lanka film in the Sinhala cinema.[10]