''Sudu Kaluwara'' ( si, සුදු කළුවර) is a 2003

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 film directed by Sudath Rohana and produced by National Film Corporation for NFC Films. It stars

Jayalath Manoratne Kala Suri Kala Keerthi Dr. Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne ( si, කෙසෙල්ගස්පේ මනතුංග ජයලත් මනෝරත්න; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020), popularly known as Jayalath Manoratne, was ...

and

Sanath Gunathilake Somsiri Sanath Julien Gunatilake (born 27 October 1955: Sinhala:සනත් ගුණතිලක), popularly as Sanath Gunatilake, is an actor, director, screenwriter in Sri Lankan cinema and film director. A highly versatile actor acros ...

in lead roles along with Palitha Silva and W. Jayasiri. Music composed by Navaratne Gamage. The film was shot around Kalawana area. This is the first cinema direction by Sudath Rohana, who is a popular teledrama director. It received mainly positive reviews from critics. It is the 1013th 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 ...

. The film has been shot around Kalawewa, Tambuththegama, and Kaltota areas. A special programme about a preview of ''Sudu Kaluwara'' was telecast on Rupavihini on Wednesday, July 31, 2003 at 7.30 pm.

Plot

Cast

as Podi Nilame Appuhamy *

as Seemon Fernando 'Mudalali' * Geetha Kanthi Jayakody as Lami * Rathna Lalani Jayakody as Margaret Fernando 'Hamine' * Indrajith Navinna as Appuhamy 'Appucha' * Palitha Silva as Dingiri Banda * Sandeepa Sewmini as Heen Manike *

Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi (born 30 June 1947 as බුද්ධදාස විතානාරච්චි) inhala is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is also a former member of the political party National Freedo ...

as Maddu Nilame Appuhamy * W. Jayasiri as Arachchi * Lal Kularatne as Heen Manike's father *

Hemasiri Liyanage Hemasiri Dhanawatha Liyanage ( si, හේමසිරි ලියනගේ, born December 25, 1942), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. He is well known for the dramatic roles in ''Thattu Gewal'' and ''Thaththa'' teledr ...

as Suddhana *

Jayani Senanayake Kapuwela Vidanage Senanayake Mudiyanselage Jayani Chamathka Dharmadasa Senanayake (born as ජයනි සේනානායක; February 1, 1974), popularly as Jayani Senanayake, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Hig ...

as Heen Manike's mother * Manohari Wimalathunga as Podi's wife *

Bandula Vithanage Bandula de Silva Vithanage (born 11 September 1940 – died 1 September 2014 as බන්දුල විතානගේ) inhala was an actor and director in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a translator, director, play ...

as Monk *

Somalatha Subasinghe Kala Suri Somalatha Subasinghe (2 July 1936 – 30 May 2015 as සෝමලතා සුබසිංහ) was a Sri Lankan actress, playwright, theatre director and educator from Sri Lanka. She received both the Kala Suri and the Kala Keerthi in ...

as Appuhamy's mother *

Damitha Saluwadana Damitha Turlin Fernando (born 18 September 1948 – died 27 November 2015 as දමිතා සළුවඩන) inhala, popularly as Damitha Saluwadana, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. She played "Asilin" in t ...

as Arachchi's wife * Sriya Kalubowila as Maddu's wife * Malkumari Geetharani as Podi's daughter * Saranapala Jayasuriya as Fired watchman *

Buddhi Wickrama Buddhisena Dayaratne Wickrama (19 January 1939 – 5 January 2023), popularly known as Buddhi Wickrama, was A Sri Lankan actor in cinema, theater, and television. He is most notable for the roles played in the television dramas ''Tharadevi'', ' ...

as Registrar * Wally Nanayakkara as 1st auction viewer

References

2003 films 2000s Sinhala-language films {{SriLanka-film-stub