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Chandiya (film)

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Chandiya
Directed byTitus Thotawatte
Screenplay byTitus Thotawatte (story)
Karunaratne Abeysekera (screenplay)
Produced byK. Gunaratnam
StarringGamini Fonseka, H. D. Kulatunga, Anula Karunatillake
Music byKarunaratne Abeysekera (lyrics)
R. Muttusamy (music)
Release date
  • 18 March 1965 (1965-03-18)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Chandiya is a 1965 Sri Lankan action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte.[1] In the country, it was the first of its genre to not borrow from Indian cinema.[2]

Plot

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Troubled youth encounters the pressures of city life and villainous characters.

Cast

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Songs

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  • "Manga Hingana Kotath" – Mohideen Baig, Christy Leonard Perera, J. A. Milton Perera and C. T. Fernando
  • "Sakala Sirin Piri" – Christy Leonard Perera
  • "Mangalam Jaya Mangalam" – Mohideen Baig
  • "Unath Dahi Marunath Dahi" – Mohideen Baig, J. A. Milton Perera, Wellu and chorus
  • "Atha Gamak" – Latha Walpola

References

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  1. ^ "A bad joke from Gamini". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Gamini was stabbed on the day Chandiya was screened". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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