- Kadawunu Poronduwa
Infobox Film | name = Kadawunu Poronduwa
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caption =Rukmani Devi in a scene
director = Jyotish Singh
producer = Chitrakala Movietone Ltd
Story, dialogue = B AW Jayamanne
Screenplay = Jyotish Singh, B AW Jayamanne
starring =Rukmani Devi , B A W Jayamanne, Peter Peiris, Miriam Jayamanne, Hugo Fernando, Stanley Mallawarachchi, Eddie Jayamanne, Gemini Kantha, Timothius Perera, J B Perera, Rupa Devi
music = Narayana Aiyar
Lyrics = K Hugo Fernando
Playback = Rukmani Devi, Eddie Jayamanne, Gemini Kantha, Hugo Fernando
cinematography = K Prabhakar
editing = Pakeer Saleh
distributor = Minerva Group
country =Sri Lanka
released = flagicon|Sri LankaJanuary 21 ,1947
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language = Sinhala
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followed_by ="Kadawunu Poronduwa" (Sinhala, "The Broken Promise") was the first "talkie" to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to be the beginning of Sinhala Cinema. The film was produced in
India however, and was highly influenced by South Indian films. It was first shown onJanuary 21 ,1947 at the Kingsley Cinema inColombo .A remake was released in 1982.
Production
Kadawunu Poronduwa was at first a successful play for dramatist B.A.W. Jayamanne. In 1947 he filmed and processed the movie in South India.cite book |last=Jayamanne |first=Laleen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-cultural Mimesis|year=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location= |isbn= 0253214750]
Kadawunu Poronduwa produced a formula that Sinhala films would follow up through the 1960s; Jayamanne describes the formula as such: cquote|The duration of a film had to be two and a half hours. One hour of this had to be given to scenes with dialogue. Half an hour to songs (about ten), another half hour given to silent background scenes, with an interval of fifteen minutes.
Plot
The film is a sentimental melodrama that follows the romance between the two lead characters Samson (BAW Jayamanne) and Ranjani ( Rukmani Devi). The repressive mother of the protagonist forbids her daughter to break constraints placed by their society and culture in a major plot device.
Triva
References
External links
* [http://www.srilankafilmcorp.com/about/ National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka - Official Website]
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