''Dheewarayo'' ( si, චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන්) is a 1964

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 drama film directed by M. Masthan and produced by

K. Gunaratnam Kanagasabai Gunaratnam (20 July 1917 – 27 August 1989; ta, கனகசபை குணரத்தினம்; si, කනකසබේ ගුණරත්නම්), popularly known as K. Gunaratnam was a prolific film producer in Cinema ...

. It stars

Gamini Fonseka Kala Keerthi Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka () (21 March 1936 - 30 September 2004 as ගාමිණී ෆොන්සේකා), was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician. Often considered as the Greatest Actor in the Sinhal ...

and

Sandhya Kumari Jayasuriya Arachchige Dona Mary Yvonne Perera, better known as Sandhya Kumari (born 6 January 1945 – died 2 June 1994) was a popular Sri Lankan actress who frequently played femme fatale roles in early Sinhala cinema. Personal life She was born ...

in lead roles with

Vijitha Mallika Gamamathige Vijitha de Silva (born 5 July 1943 – died 16 October 1992 as විජිත මල්ලිකා) inhala, popularly as Vijitha Mallika, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the most popular film actresses in early Sinhal ...

and

Hugo Fernando Kanupulage Ugo Singho (July 14, 1912 – April 12, 1999), popularly known as Hugo Master or Hugo Fernando, was an actor and composer of Sri Lankan cinema. Debuting in the first Sinhalese film '' Kadawunu Poronduwa'', Fernando had an over 50 year ...

in supportive roles. Music for the film is done by

M. K. Rocksamy Maria Kolande Rock Christysamy (13 September 1932 – 30 November 1988), popularly as M. K. Rocksamy, was a Sri Lankan musician and music director. Personal life Rocksamy was born on 13 September 1932 in Elpitiya to a musical family that came f ...

. 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.

Cast

as Francis *

as Rosalin *

Anthony C. Perera Mahapatabadige Anthony Crisman Kivlojiyas Perera (born 13 September 1921 – died 20 May 1988 as ඇන්තනී සී. පෙරේරා) inhala, popularly as Anthony C. Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the e ...

* Ignatius Gunaratne as Rosalin's Thaththa *

B. S. Perera Balasuriyage Steven Perera (born 31 March 1924 – died 24 June 1982 as බී. එස්. පෙරේරා) inhala, popularly as B. S. Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater as well as a director and singer. One of the earlie ...

Ruby de Mel Ruby Jasmine de Mel (born as රූබි ද මැල්) inhala 4 December 1917 – 8 November 2004) was a Sri lankan film actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film history, de M ...

Christy Leonard Perera Kala Keerthi Madurawela Arachchilage Christy Leonard Perera (born 27 July 1932 – died 23 December 2015 as ක්‍රිස්ටි ලෙනාඩ් පෙරේරා) inhala, popularly as Christy Leonard Perera, was an actor in Sri Lank ...

* Herbert Amarawickrama *

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 ...

* Kumari Perera

Songs

*"Sathuta Soke" –

Latha Walpola Deshamanya Matharage Rita Genevieve Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola ( si, ලතා වල්පොල), is a prominent Sri Lankan vocal artist. It was during when Walpola was a member of a church choir, that she began a ...

*"Samaye Samagiye Pathurala" – Mohideen Baig, Mallika Kahawita, Christy Leonard Perera and chorus *"Nilata Nile Wihide Yayi" – Latha and

Dharmadasa Walpola Dharmadasa Walpola ( Sinhala: ධර්මදාස වල්පොල) (1927–1983) was the most prominent Sri Lankan male playback singer of the 1950s and 1960s. Walpola was an accomplished musician adapt at playing the flute, harmonium, ...

*"Awilla Awilla" – Latha Walpola, Mohideen Baig, Christy Leonard Perera and chorus *"Walle Sibina Ralle" – Mohideen Baig, Mallika Kahawita, Christy Leonard Perera and chorus *"Agada Sagaraye" –

J. A. Milton Perera Jayasinghe Arachchige Milton Perera ( si, මිල්ටන් පෙරේරා; 5 May 1938 – 24 October 1991), popularly known as Milton Perera, was a singer, composer and playback singer of Sri Lankan cinema. One of the most respected art ...

*"Ra Bowi Bowi Yayi" – J. A. Milton Perera, Haroon Lanthra and Noel Guneratne *"Maligawe Ma Rajina" – Sujatha Perera

References

External links

Sri Lanka Cinema Database
* 1964 films {{SriLanka-film-stub 1960s Sinhala-language films