Akkara Paha

Infobox Film | name = Akkara Paha


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director = Lester James Peries
producer = P. E. E. Anthonypillai
writer = Tissa Abeysekera
Madawala S. Ratnayake (book)
starring = Milton Jayawardena
Malini Fonseka
Janaki Kurukulasuriya
music = W.D. Amaradeva
Cinematography = M. S. Anandan
editing = Sumitra Gunawardana
distributor = Ceylon Studios
country = Sri Lanka
released = flagicon|Sri Lanka 1969
runtime = 128 min
language = Sinhala
budget = Approx. 200,000 rupees
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"Akkara Paha" (Sinhala, "Five Acres of Land") is a 1969 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries. The film stars Milton Jayawardena as Sena, a young man from a rural society who travels to the city to pursue a higher education.

Tissa Abeysekera adapted Madawela S. Ratnayake's book as a follow-up to "Golu Hadawatha". The film received a lukewarm response in Sri Lanka, but was well-received when shown in New York at the Museum of Modern Art's festival.

Plot

Sena (Milton Jayawardena) of weak character is sent to a boarding school at a well-to-do city university by his family who mortgage everything they own to pay for his education. Their future well-being is thus in the hands of Sena. Sena however succumbs to the temptations of city life and fails in his venture.

The impoverished family takes on the titular scheme offered by the government to settle the Nort Central province.

Cast