Chandiya (film) explained

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

External links

• Sri Lanka Cinema Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: A bad joke from Gamini . 2021-04-11 . Sarasaviya.
2. Web site: Gamini was stabbed on the day Chandiya was screened . 2021-04-11 . Sarasaviya.