''Cheriyo Doctor'' ( si, චෙරියෝ ඩොක්ටර්) is a 1991

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n Sinhala romantic comedy film directed by

Roy de Silva Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, popularly known as Roy de Silva (රෝයි ද සිල්වා; 30 August 1937 – 30 June 2018), was a Sri Lankan actor and film director in Sri Lankan cinema a ...

and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the first film of ''

Cheriyo film series ''Cheriyo'' is a Sri Lankan film series centered on a series of comedy action films, produced by TK Films and RS Films and distributed by EAP cinema theaters. Overview The franchise consists of four films in the ''Cheriyo'' series, ''Cheriyo Do ...

'', which continued with three more films in 1995 ('' Cheriyo Captain''), 1996 ('' Cheriyo Darling'') and 2002 (''

Cheriyo Holman ''Cheriyo Holman'' ( si, චෙරියෝ හොල්මන්) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy horror film directed by Parakrama Jayasinghe and co-produced by Raj Ranasinghe and Thilak Atapattu. It is the fourth and last film of ''Cheriyo ...

''). It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Sanath Gunathilake and Sabeetha Perera in lead roles along with

Bandu Samarasinghe Kala Bhushana Bandusena Samarasinghe, popularly known as Bandu (බන්දු සමරසිංහ: born 22 November 1952), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the most popular comedians in Sinhala cinema, Bandu i ...

Tennison Cooray Merengnnage Edward Tennyson Cooray (සිංහල: මෙරෙඤඤගේ එඩ්වඩ් ටෙනිසන් කුරේ) (30 April 1952 – 28 September 2020) was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most ...

and Freddie Silva. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 734th Sri Lankan film in the

Sinhala cinema Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with '' Kadawunu Poronduwa'' produced by S. M. Nayagam of Chitra Kala Movietone. Sri Lanka ...

Plot

''Cheriyo Doctor'', centering on the incidents occur within a mental hospital run by Professor. Incidents starts when Nurse Surangi falls in love with one of fake patient Chaminda Randenigala. After series of comedy incidents, Chaminda's friend Nalin also attended to the hospital with fake illness and Chaminda's realized that his sister Madhu falls in love with Nalin. However, Chaminda's mother Nayana Randenigala opposes their romantic behaviors and locked Madhu. With the help of hospital staff, Chaminda and Nalin fight against Nayana's thugs and win their fiancees.

Cast

* Joe Abeywickrama as Professor * Sanath Gunathilake as Chaminda Randenigala * Sabeetha Perera as Surangi *

as Marmite *

as Hospital attendant * Freddie Silva as Doctor Coco and Virindu singer *

Nihal Silva Dahanayakage Nihal Ranjith Silva ( Sinhala:නිහාල් සිල්වා) (10 January 1954 – 3 December 1989), popularly as Nihal Silva, was a Sri Lankan comedian and actor. He rose to fame playing ''Sajan Nallathambi'' in the play ...

as Doctor Ko *

Shashi Wijendra Mohammed Auff Haneefa (born 11 November 1959), popularly known as Shashi Wijendra ( ශෂී විජේන්ද්‍ර), is a former actor in Sri Lankan cinema. He was one of the most popular film actor in 1980s and 1990s. He quit from ac ...

as Nalin * Nadeeka Gunasekara as Madhu * Sumana Amarasinghe as Nayana Randenigala * Cletus Mendis as Cleet * Mark Samson as Mark *

Lilian Edirisinghe Lilian Edirisinghe (born 19 May 1922 – died 26 December 1993 as ලිලියන් එදිරිසිංහ) inhala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film histo ...

as Head nurse * Teddy Vidyalankara as Chance's henchman *

Hugo Fernando Kanupulage Ugo Singho (July 14, 1912 – April 12, 1999), popularly known as Hugo Master or Hugo Fernando, was an actor and composer of Sri Lankan cinema. Debuting in the first Sinhalese film ''Kadawunu Poronduwa'', Fernando had an over 50 year ...

as Patient * Mabel Blythe as Mrs. Saparamadu * Manel Chandralatha as Nurse * Samanthi Lanarole as Nurse * Nawanandana Wijesinghe as Patient * Gothami Pathiraja as Dracula nurse * M. V. Balan as Security guard * Lionel Deraniyagala as Chance * Jayalath Fernando as 'Thaddiya' guard * Lakmal Fonseka as Crossdresser * Vishaka Siriwardana as Nurse * Sunil Bamunuarachchi * Jinadasa Perera

Songs

The film consists with six songs.

References

1991 films 1990s Sinhala-language films 1991 comedy films Sri Lankan comedy films {{SriLanka-film-stub