''Kolompoor'' () is a 1999
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
n Sinhala comedy, family film directed by Dinesh Priyasad and produced by Lalindra Wijewickrama for Lalindra Films. It stars comic duo
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 ...
, and
Tennyson 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 ...
in lead roles along with
Dilhani Ekanayake
Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake (; born 4 March 1970) is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the most popular film actresses in Sinhala cinema, Ekanayake has won several awards as the most popular ...
,
Freddie Silva
Haupe Liyanage Athukorala Morris Joseph Ranabahu, (born 18 May 1938 – died 29 October 2001: ), popularly as Freddie Silva, was a Sri Lankan film actor, and playback singer, who appeared from 1963 until 2001. Freddie was known for being one of t ...
and
Tony Ranasinghe
Deshabandu Tony Ranasinghe ( 1937 - 2015 ) was an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Sinhala cinema of all time, Tony is highly praised for his unique facial e ...
. Music for the film is done by
Somapala Rathnayake
Rathnayake Arachchilage Somapala (Sinhala language, Sinhala::si:සෝමපාල රත්නායක, සෝමපාල රත්නායක; 7 November 1947 – 18 July 2017), popularly known as Somapala Rathnayake, was a Sri Lankan actor, ...
. The film became one of Sri Lanka's blockbuster movies with reaching more than 150 days in cinema theatres. It is the 919th 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 Lan ...
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Plot
Cast
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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 ...
as S.P Liyanagedara Bandu
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Tennyson 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 ...
as Thadawansa and 6 others. (kadukkama, minister, businessman, tamilan, farmer, homosexual boy)
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Freddie Silva
Haupe Liyanage Athukorala Morris Joseph Ranabahu, (born 18 May 1938 – died 29 October 2001: ), popularly as Freddie Silva, was a Sri Lankan film actor, and playback singer, who appeared from 1963 until 2001. Freddie was known for being one of t ...
as Freddie
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Tony Ranasinghe
Deshabandu Tony Ranasinghe ( 1937 - 2015 ) was an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Sinhala cinema of all time, Tony is highly praised for his unique facial e ...
as Alpabet Danthanarayana
* Harsha Jayawardena as Pooja
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Dilhani Ekanayake
Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake (; born 4 March 1970) is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the most popular film actresses in Sinhala cinema, Ekanayake has won several awards as the most popular ...
as Tanisha
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Wimal Kumara de Costa
Wimal Kumara de Costa (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016 as විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. He started his career in cinema with character acting in art films, later moving on ...
as Costapal
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Sunil Hettiarachchi
Sunil Edmund Hettiarachchi (8 April 1937 – 3 December 2015) was a well-known Sri Lankan comedian and character actor known for his bald appearance with a full beard and skinny frame.
Career
Hettiarachchi began his film career in 1982 playing ...
as I.Opatha
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Teddy Vidyalankara
Ganwari Teddy Vidyalankara (born December 16, 1955, as :si:ටෙඩී විද්යාලංකාර, ටෙඩී විද්යාලංකාර inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, and stunt director. Vidyalankara contributed more t ...
as Brando
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Robin Fernando
Pattiyage Robin Steven Fernando (born 15 June 1937 – died 8 January 2022 as රොබින් ප්රනාන්දු in inhala, popularly as Robin Fernando, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television as well as a stunt coord ...
as Detective
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Piyadasa Wijekoon
Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Piyadasa (22 October 1940 – 9 February 2003 as පියදාස විජේකෝන්) was a Sri Lankan stunt and character actor. His career spanned over 42 years with 140 films and he played a wide variety of rol ...
as Lorry Munna
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Somapala Rathnayake
Rathnayake Arachchilage Somapala (Sinhala language, Sinhala::si:සෝමපාල රත්නායක, සෝමපාල රත්නායක; 7 November 1947 – 18 July 2017), popularly known as Somapala Rathnayake, was a Sri Lankan actor, ...
as Poosari
Soundtrack
Distribution
The film successfully screened in 15 cinemas from its distribution date in Colombo. It was screened more than 150 days in three cinemas.
References
1999 films
1990s Sinhala-language films
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