Kadawunu Poronduwa
Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema. The film was produced and filmed in India however, and was highly influenced by South Indian melodrama. It was first shown on January 21, 1947, at the Kingsley Cinema in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
| Kadawunu Poronduwa | |
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Rukmani Devi in a scene | |
| Directed by | Jyotish Sinha |
| Screenplay by | Roy De Silva, B A. W Jayamanne |
| Story by | B. A. W. Jayamanne |
| Produced by | Chitrakala Movietone Ltd |
| 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 |
| Cinematography | K Prabhakar |
| Edited by | Pakeer Saleh |
| Music by | Narayana Aiyar |
| Distributed by | Minerva Group |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
A remake was released in 1982.
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