Delovak Athara

Delovak Athara
Directed by	Lester James Peries
Produced by	Anton Wickremasinghe
Written by	Lester James Peries Reggie Siriwardene Gamini Gunawardena Tissa Abeysekera
Starring	Tony Ranasinghe Suwineetha Abeysekera Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya Iranganie Serasinghe
Music by	W.D. Amaradeva
Cinematography	William Blake
Editing by	Sumitra Gunawardana
Distributed by	Cinelanka Ltd.
Release date(s)	1966 (1966)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala
Budget	200,000 rupees

Delovak Athara (Sinhala, Between Two Worlds) is a 1966 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries. The film stars Tony Ranasinghe as Nissanka, the son of a newly rich industrialist, who becomes embroiled in a murder cover-up.

Peries developed the movie as a character study utilizing a single incident to provide insight into the newly rich society of Sri Lanka in the time period. It proved to be his most successful film up to that time surpassing Gamperaliya in box office earnings. It was also a critical success winning praise from Sinhala critics like Philip Cooray and making the rounds at European film festivals.

Plot

At the onset of the film, Nissanka (Tony Ranasinghe) is engaged to marry Shiranee (Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya), a woman of the same social class.

Nissanka decides to go to a club and asks Shiranee who politely declines. He thus goes alone and meets an old friend Chitra (Suwineetha Abeysekera). They rekindle their friendship and Nissanka offers a ride home. Chitra agrees and they set off only to accidentally hit and kill a pedestrian. The two now have a large secret as they flee the scene.

Nissanka's family subsequently attempts to cover up the murder. Chitra is faced with a moral dilemma but doesn't give Nissanka up the police. She urges him to turn himself in. After mounting tensions, Nissanka decides to turn himself in and the film concludes with him heading to the station.

Cast

• Tony Ranasinghe as Nissanka
• Suwineetha Abeysekera as Chitra
• Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya as Shiranee
• Iranganie Serasinghe as Nissanka's mother
• J. B. L. Gunasekera as Nissanka's father
• Nawanandana Wijesinghe as witness

External links

• Delovak Athara at the Internet Movie Database
• Delovak Athara at AllRovi