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Kaliyugaya (film)

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Kaliyugaya
Punya Heendeniya as Nanda and Henry Jayasena (as Piyal) in a scene from the film
Directed byLester James Peries
Written byA.J. Gunawardena
StarringPunya Heendeniya
Henry Jayasena
Trelicia Gunawardena
Wickrema Bogoda
CinematographyDonald Karunarathne
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byPremasiri Khemadasa
Distributed byTharanga Films
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
85 min
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Kaliyugaya is a 1981 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Kaliyugaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and follows the events of the film Gamperaliya.

It was a Director's Fortnight selection at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[1]

Synopsis

Piyal (Henry Jayasena) and Nanda (Punya Heendeniya) from Gamperaliya have now aged, and their children have left them. Priya reminisces on her life after her son sends her a letter from London accusing her and her husband of various faults.

Production

The film features the four main actors of Gamperaliya; it was shot on 35mm and used eastmancolor.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lester James Peries". Cannes Film Festival. 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-17. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Filmography- 1981-2000". Lester James Peries. 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-17.