Gamini Fonseka Sandhya Kumari Vijitha Mallika Hugo Fernando
Cinematography
Willie Blake
Edited by
Titus Thotawatte
Music by
M. K. Rocksamy
Release date
April 10, 1964 (1964-04-10) (Sri Lanka)
Country
Sri Lanka
Language
Sinhala
Dheewarayo (Sinhala: චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන්) is a 1964 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by M. Masthan and produced by K. Gunaratnam. It stars Gamini Fonseka and Sandhya Kumari in lead roles with Vijitha Mallika and Hugo Fernando in supportive roles. Music for the film is done by M. K. Rocksamy.[1]
The film became a huge blockbuster in that year and received critical acclaim at film festivals. The film was nominated for five Best Films at the 1965 Sarasaviya Awards and Gamini Fonseka, who played the lead role of Francis in the film won the award for the Best Actor.[2]
^"Dheewarayo part 1". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^"Dheewarayo part 2". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Dheewarayo (Sinhala: චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන්) is a 1964 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by M. Masthan and produced by K. Gunaratnam. It stars Gamini Fonseka...
performance. She then appeared as the heroine in the tale of fisher folk, Dheewarayo, released in 1964. In 1965, she acted in Allapu Gedera. Her other films...
Fernando has portrayed characters in such films as Sandesaya (1960), Dheewarayo (1964), Allapu Gedara (1965), Surekha, Sihasuna, Sahayata Danny (1974)...
Asoka Ponnamperuma, Shanti Kumar, L. M. Perera Drama Released on 3 April. Dheewarayo M. Masthan Gamini Fonseka, Sandhya Kumari, Anthony C. Perera, Ignatius...
40 films including popular films, Suvineetha Lalani, Sengawunu Menika, Dheewarayo, London Hamu and Sweep Ticket. Mallika was born on 5 July 1943 in Negombo...
came through Chandiya, but it was screened in 1965 after his second film Dheewarayo was screened in 1964. He has acted in more than 80 Sinhala films since...
original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018. "Chandiya and Dheewarayo influenced me to do Porisadaya - Siritunga". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 March...
film Saaravita. Later, he played as the stuntman in the films such as Dheewarayo, Satha Panaha, Sweep Ticket and Daru Duka. He continued to work as the...
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