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Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with Kadawunu Poronduwa produced by S. M. Nayagam of Chitra Kala Movietone. Sri Lankan films are usually made in Sinhala and Tamil, the dominant languages of the country.
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Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema.
In 1948, he became its chairman and built the Wellington Cinema in Jaffna. Then in 1950, he established the cinema company called Cinemas Limited and started building cinemas and producing films. [9] The first production of Cinemas Limited was 1953 film Sujatha directed by T. Somasekeran, [12] which made a new era in Sinhala cinema industry. [13]
Rani is the debut production of Lyca Productions Lanka and the first film released by the company in the Sri Lankan cinema industry. It stars Swarna Mallawarachchi in the lead titular role along with Rehan Amaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake , Sajitha Anthony , Bimal Jayakody , Ashan Dias , Mayura Kanchana and Rithika Kodithuvakku made supportive ...
The old president has fled, the new one is just as unpopular, and a state of emergency is in place as Sri Lanka weathers the worst economic crisis in its history. The island nation known as the ...
Despite its critical acclaim, Rekava was not a commercial success in Sri Lanka due to its defiance of mainstream film tropes (i.e., boy-girl romance, fighting, comedy, and Hindi-language musicals). Since then, it has become one of the best-known Sinhala movies and is considered to mark the birth of the unique Sri Lankan cinema.
Ranmuthu Duwa (English: Island of Treasures) was the first colour full-length Sinhalese language film to be produced in Sri Lanka in 1962.It was co-produced by Shesha Palihakkara, Arthur C. Clarke and directed by Mike Wilson, who also made his debut as a feature director.