Gamini Fonseka Farina Lai M. Abbas Wimal Kumara de Costa
Cinematography
W. A. B. de Silva
Edited by
Gladwin Fernando
Music by
Victor Ratnayake
Release date
2 March 1979 (1979-03-02)[1]
Running time
120 minutes
Country
Sri Lanka
Languages
Sinhala Tamil
Sarungale (The Kite) (Sinhala: සරුංගලේ) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Y.M. Karunathilake.[2] It stars Gamini Fonseka and Farina Lai in lead roles along with M. Abbas] and Wimal Kumara de Costa.[3] Music composed by Victor Ratnayake. It is the 413th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[4]
The film deals with the inter-ethnic, communal violence between Sinhalese and Tamils. It demonstrate the ambivalence of the Sinhala socio-political establishment towards the Tamil people.[5][6][7]
The film won several awards at OCIC film awards ceremony including Best Script.[8] Farina Lai won the Live Talent Award, while Wimal Kumara de Costa and Gamini Fonseka won Special Jury Award at the ceremony. The film also won the Best Actor award and Best Supporting Actress award at 10th Sarasaviya Film Awards held on March 29, 1980, finished fifth with 27978 votes.[9]
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Sarungale (The Kite) (Sinhala: සරුංගලේ) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Y.M. Karunathilake...
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Tamil clerk Nadarajah in Sunil Ariyaratne's Sarungale. He has also has written some songs for the movies Sarungale (1979) and Mayurige Kathawa (1980). In 1989...
help of Ranjith Palansuriya, Ariyaratne produced two blockbuster films, Sarungale (1979) and Siribo Aiya (1980). As an author, he won a State literary award...
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film Duhulu Malak. He later sang the song "Isuru Devindu" in the film Sarungale as well as in the films Chuda Manikyaya, Baba Ketu Hati and Sandakada...
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