Chandiya (film)
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Chandiya is a 1965 Sri Lankan
action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte
. In the country, it was the first of its genre to not borrow from Indian cinema.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte
Titus Thotawatte
Titus Thotawatte was a Sri Lankan director and editor. He made several popular and technically skilled Sri Lankan action movies in the 1960s and 1970s and later developed Sinhala children's programmes...
. In the country, it was the first of its genre to not borrow from Indian cinema.
Cast
- Gamini FonsekaGamini FonsekaSembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia...
– hoodlum - Anula Karunatillake – hoodlum's sister
- H. D. Kulatunga – villain
- Christy Leonard Perera – Kavi Kola Karaya
- Karl Gunasena
- D. R. NanayakkaraD. R. NanayakkaraDon Ruter Nanayakkara was a leading character actor of Sri Lankan cinema. Playing lanky villains, Nanayakkara gained popularity in films like Rekava, Kurulu Bedda and Sikuru Tharuwa....
- Sonia Dissanayake
Songs
- "Manga Hingana Kotath" – Mohideen BaigMohideen BaigMohideen Baig was a popular Sri Lankan musician. He was a Muslim who moved to Sri Lanka from Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. Beg's son, Ishak is also a singer but not that popular in Srilanka like his father was. Baig has dueted with H. R. Jothipala, G.S.B. Rani Perera, Latha Walpola, Sujatha...
, Christy Leonard Perera, J. A. Milton PereraJ. A. Milton PereraJ. A. Milton Perera was a leading playback singer of Sri Lankan cinema during the '60s and '70s.Milton was born on May 9, 1929 the son of J. A. Edwin Perera, also known as Tabla Podi Appuhamy, an accomplished tabla player...
and C. T. FernandoC. T. FernandoCyril Tudor Fernando was a popular Sri Lankan singer.Fernando entered music in the 1940s. He was praised by critics for the themes and wording of his songs like "Vana Bamaru," "Bilinda Nelwa Ukule" and "Rosa Male." His other popular songs include "Lo Ad Giles Male Tarawa" and "Mariya Mawu Kuse."-... - "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