''Cheriyo Captain'' ( si, චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන්) is a 1995

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 comedy film directed by

Roy de Silva Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, popularly known as Roy de Silva (රෝයි ද සිල්වා; 30 August 1937 – 30 June 2018), was a Sri Lankan actor and film director in Sri Lankan cinema a ...

and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the second film of '' Cheriyo film series'', which is sequel to ''

Cheriyo Doctor ''Cheriyo Doctor'' ( si, චෙරියෝ ඩොක්ටර්) is a 1991 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the first film of '' Cheriyo film series'', which co ...

''. It stars

Joe Abeywickrama Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama ( Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්‍රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), popularly as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Initially famed ...

Sabeetha Perera Warnakulasuriya Uswaththa Liyanage Sabeetha Janaki Perera (born December 1, 1962) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and old Lollywood cinema of Pakistan. She is the most successful female superstar during the '80s and '90s in Sinhala cinema. ...

and

Cletus Mendis Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis, popularly as Cletus Mendis (born July 17, 1949 as ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhala) is a Sri Lankan actor, mainly works in cinema and television. He has received a number of awards ...

in lead roles with

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 across ...

and

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 ...

. Music for the film is done by

Somapala Rathnayake Rathnayake Arachchilage Somapala ( Sinhala: සෝමපාල රත්නායක; 7 November 1947 – 18 July 2017), popularly known as Somapala Rathnayake, was a Sri Lankan actor, composer, lyricist and a renowned musician. Personal life R ...

. It is the 839th 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 ...

Plot

Varuni (Sabeetha) is the only daughter of Major (Mervyn). During a party, former army man Alphosus (Cletus) kidnap Varuni and ask Major that he needs to marry Varuni. Major does not accept it and recruit captain doson (Joe) and his team to save Varuni from Alphosus. Captain doson with his seven army man start searching Varuni at a vast jungle. Meanwhile, Varuni's boyfriend Rahal (Sanath) with his friend (Shashi) also come to know that Varuni is kidnapped by Alphonsus. They also started to search her. The film then revolves around how Captain Doson's funny army crew save Varuni from Alphonsus with the help of Rahal and destroy the bridge that connect the Army territory and Alphosus territory.

Cast

as Captain Doson *

as Varuni *

as Alphonsus *

as Huntin/ Fruit salad *

as Rahal *

Freddie Silva Haupe Liyanage Athukorala Morris Joseph Ranabahu, (born 18 May 1938 – died 29 October 2001: si, ෆෙ‍්‍රඩී සිල්වා), popularly as Freddie Silva, was a Sri Lankan film actor, and playback singer, who appeared from 1973 u ...

as Ping Pong *

Tennison 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 Bantum * Shashi Wijendra as Ravi, Rahal's friend *

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. One of the most popular comedy artists in 1980s and 1990s, he started cinema career ...

as Kang Kung *

Mervyn Jayathunga Pitiyage Mervyn Piyadasa Jayatunga ( si, මර්වින් ජයතුංග; 9 March 1940 – 1 November 1993), popularly known as Mervyn Jayathunga, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and stage drama. He was a highly versatile actor, who ...

as General Tagore *

Sumana Amarasinghe Denipitiya Vithanage Sumana Amarasinghe ( si, සුමනා අමරසිංහ; 21 February 1948 – 5 June 2022) was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Highly versatile actress from drama to comedy, she is usually known as th ...

as Teena * Sunil Hettiarachchi as Tarzan *

Susila Kottage Hewamunaweerage Susila Devi de Silva (born January 30, 1957 as සුසිලා කෝට්ටගේ) inhala, popularly known as Susila Kottage, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. One of Sri Lanka's best female comed ...

as Guerrilla girl *

Mark Samson Thelge Marcus Samson Peiris, popularly as Mark Samson (born February 29, 1956 – died 19 January 2019 as මාක් සැම්සන් inhala was a Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, tra ...

as Alphosus right-hand man * Navanandana Wijesinghe as Tom Tom *

M. V. Balan Mahadevan Vellupillai Balakrishnan (born 3 March 1941 – died 14 January 2017 as එම්. වී. බාලන්) inhala, popularly as M. V. Balan, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Career spanned for more than four decades, Balan has work ...

as Pabul * Udaya Kumari as Kumari * Manel Chandralatha as Nancy *

Chitra Wakishta Chitra Dhanawalavithana (23 December 1936 – 31 May 2019 as චිත්‍රා වාකිෂ්ඨ) inhala, popularly as Chitra Wakishta, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Wakishta is best known for her rol ...

as Party goer *

Lilian Edirisinghe Lilian Edirisinghe (born 19 May 1922 – died 26 December 1993 as ලිලියන් එදිරිසිංහ) inhala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film histor ...

as Mrs. Rambo *

Berty Gunathilake Besthiyage Don Bertie Sangathissa Gunathilake ( බර්ටි ගුණතිලක; 2 August 1924 – 6 March 2022), popularly as Berty Gunathilake, was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and television. He was most notable for the r ...

as Party goer *

Lionel Deraniyagala Lionel Danthanarayana (born 24 August 1940 – died 30 July 1994 as ලයනල් දැරණියගල) inhala, popularly as stage name Lionel Deraniyagala, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most popular villain a ...

as Party goer

Songs

The film consists with four songs.

References

1995 films 1990s Sinhala-language films Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present) Sri Lankan sequel films {{SriLanka-film-stub