Sujatha is a 1953 Sri Lanka

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...

n romantic

Romance film

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 musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 based on the Bollywood

Bollywood

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 film Badi Bahen

Badi Bahen

Badi Bahen is 1950 Bollywood film directed by Ram Daryani.-Plot:Shyama gets a job as a servant so she can pay for her younger sister, Kiran's education in the city. Kiran, though, is in love with a rogue, Ajit . Ajit makes Kiran splurge all the money Shyama sends her on them...

. It was the most successful Sri Lankan film made up to that time and started the trend of blatantly copying Indian films.

Plot summary

The protagonist Sujatha abandons her studies to provide for her young sister Prema after the death of their mother. Their mother had always wanted to secure a good education for Prema and Sujatha sees it fitting to make this sacrifice. When Prema heads to the city however, she is seduced and impregnated by a smooth talking womanizer named Wickie. Wickie dumps Prema who then returns to live with her older sister. They find solace in a caring doctor named Nihal who comes to fall in love with Sujatha.

Cast and characters

• Florida Jayalath - Sujatha
• Prem Jayanth
  Prem Jayanth
  Hettiarachchige Emanuel Aloysius Rodrigo , better known as Prem Jayanth, was a Sri Lankan actor, producer and artist. He rose to prominence with starring roles in the popular films Sujatha and Seda Sulang ....
  
   - Nihal
• Shanthi Lekha
  Shanthi Lekha
  Rita Irene Quyn , better known as Shanthi Lekha, was a Sri Lankan actress. She played the role of mother in more films than any other actress in Sinhala cinema....
  
   - Prema
• Dommie Jayawardena
  Dommie Jayawardena
  Dommie Jayawardena was a Sri Lankan actor and singer. He achieved fame playing villainous roles.Jayawardena was born in Ambalangoda on June 25, 1927. He first appeared on the silver screen in Sujatha as the womanizer Wickie. Jayawardena would go on to make over 50 films...
  
   - Wickie
• Jemini Kantha
• David Dharmakeerthi

Songs

• "Premalookaya Niwee" – Jamuna Rani
  Jamuna Rani
  K. Jamuna Rani is a prolific Indian Playback singer who has sung over 6,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Sinhala languages....
  
   and Mohideen Baig
  Mohideen Baig
  Mohideen 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...
  
  ,(lyrics by D. T. Fernando
  D. T. Fernando
  Danister Thomas Fernando is a pioneer Sri Lankan lyricist. Some of the pioneers, whose names most people could not even remember were honoured. The oldest lyricist, D. T. Fernando, was a forgotten name....
  
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• "Sumadhura Wey" – K. Rani
• "Ayyo Baa Baa" – Sunil Premadasa, K. Rani and Dharmadasa Walpola
  Dharmadasa Walpola
  Dharmadasa Walpola was the most prominent Sri Lankan male playback singer of the 1950s and 1960s. Walpola was an accomplished musician adapt at playing the flute, harmonium, violin and tabla.- Early life :...
  
  
• "Menna Meniko" – Dommie Jayawardena and Swarnalatha
• "Wedena Harede Nage" – Jamuna Rani
• "Pem Rella Nage" – K. Rani and Dharmadasa Walpola,(lyrics by D. T. Fernando
  D. T. Fernando
  Danister Thomas Fernando is a pioneer Sri Lankan lyricist. Some of the pioneers, whose names most people could not even remember were honoured. The oldest lyricist, D. T. Fernando, was a forgotten name....
  
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• "Mayawen Mey Loke (Kroodya Dey)" – Mohideen Baig
• "Prema Gange" – K. Rani and Mohideen Baig ,(lyrics by D. T. Fernando
  D. T. Fernando
  Danister Thomas Fernando is a pioneer Sri Lankan lyricist. Some of the pioneers, whose names most people could not even remember were honoured. The oldest lyricist, D. T. Fernando, was a forgotten name....
  
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• "Manaranjana Darshaniya Lanka" – K. Rani and chorus
• "Danne Kale" – Swarnalatha and Bertrum Fernando
• "Narilatha Pushpa" – Mohideen Baig
• "Giya Thamayi" – Swarnalatha and Bertrum Fernando (melody from Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  's "Chori Chori Meri Gali" in 1952 Bollywood
  Bollywood
  Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
  
   film Jaal
  Jaal (1952 film)
  Jaal is an Indian film, released in 1952. This was Guru Dutt's second movie, after Dev Anand's production Baazi Guru Dutt was sort of finding his bearings through commercially successful movies...
  
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