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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.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Cinema of Sri Lanka ; List of Sri Lankan films; 1940s; 1947 1948 1949: 1950s; 1950 ... New Sinhala Movies; National Film ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1980: Mal Kekulu: Sena Samarasinghe Gamini Fonseka, Farina Lai, Rex Kodippili, Sriyani Amarasena, Senaka Perera, Bandu Samarasinghe, Wimal Kumara de Costa, Richard Weerakody, Eddie Amarasinghe
Chinthana Dharmadasa (born in November 27, 1976) is a Sri Lankan film director, film critic and a screenwriter who is also a Creative Director in the Sri Lankan advertising industry. Dharmadasa has worked for several periodicals as a writer and directed several short films , music videos , co-directed a feature film and is popularly known as an ...
Historians attribute the introduction of goddess Pattini to the island to Gajabahu I, a Sinhalese king who ruled Sri Lanka from 113-135. As per some historians, the Cilappatikaram mentions Gajabahu's presence at the consecration of a temple to Kannagi (identified as Pattini in this case) by the Chera king Cenkuttuvan .
Kala Keerthi Jayantha Chandrasiri (ජයන්ත චන්ද්රසිරි; born 1959), is a Sri Lankan journalist, screenplay writer, television director, and filmmaker in Sri Lankan cinema. [2] Chandrasiri's film Agnidahaya won seven golden awards and four silver awards at the Signis International Film Festival 2003. [3] His two ...
Released on 4 May. First movie produced entirely in Sri Lanka. Umathu Vishvasaya: B. A. W. Jayamanne: Rukmani Devi, Eddie Jayamanne, Herbert M. Seneviratne, Sumith Bibile, Mabel Blythe, Leticia Peiris, Ruby de Mel: Drama Released on 9 May. Siri Sangabo: Vernon Jayawardena Theresa Weerasinghe, Lakshmi Bhai, Edward Perera, Piyadasa Perera ...
Rekava (Sinhala for "Line of Destiny") is a 1956 film based on village life and mythical beliefs in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). It is the first Sinhala film fully shot in Ceylon and was film shot outdoors in the country. It was also the first Sri Lankan film that was free from Indian influence.