Chandiya (film)

Chandiya
Chandiya
Directed by	Titus Thotawatte
Screenplay by	Titus Thotawatte (story) ; Karunaratne Abeysekera (screenplay)
Produced by	K. Gunaratnam
Starring	Gamini Fonseka, H. D. Kulatunga, Anula Karunatillake
Music by	Karunaratne Abeysekera (lyrics) ; R. Muttusamy (music)
Release date	March 18, 1965
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

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[]

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

Cast[]

Gamini Fonseka as Chuttey
Anula Karunathilaka as Sumana
H. D. Kulatunga as Kalu Mahathaya
Christy Leonard Perera as Kavi Kola Karaya
Karl Gunasena as Karl Vyman
D. R. Nanayakkara as Piloris
Robin Fernando
Sonia Disa
B. S. Perera
Anthony C. Perera as Andaya
Joe Abeywickrama as Peda
Hugo Fernando as Appuhamy
Dommie Jayawardena
Thilakasiri Fernando as Seeya
Mohideen Baig
N. R. Dias
Douglas Wickremasinghe
Dharmadasa Kuruppu

Songs[]

"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[]

^ "A bad joke from Gamini". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
^ "Gamini was stabbed on the day Chandiya was screened". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

External links[]

Sri Lanka Cinema Database

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[1] "A bad joke from Gamini". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

[2] "Gamini was stabbed on the day Chandiya was screened". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

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