''Eya Dan Loku Lamayek (How to Be an Adult)'' ( si, එයා දැන් ලොකු ළමයෙක්) is a 1975 Sri Lankan
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘''enfant terrible'' of the '70s', and ...
.
It was entered into the
9th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
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Malini Fonseka
Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka ( Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a director. ...
as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
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Vijaya Kumaratunga
Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga ( si, කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග; ta, விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), popularly known as Vijaya ...
as Ratnayake Arachilage Ratnayake 'Ralahamy'
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Shanthi Lekha
Rita Irene Koys (July 1, 1929 – May 11, 2009), better known as Shanthi Lekha, was a Sri Lankan Film actress. She played the role of mother in more films than any other actress in Sinhala cinema.
Personal life
Lekha was born in Kalutara on July ...
as Susila's Amma
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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 Siripala
* Nishanka Diddeniya as Podi 'Malli'
* Ananda Fonseka as Loku 'Malli'
* Hilda Agnes as Lizzy 'Nona'
* Sriyani Perera as Manel
* Piyasena Ahangama as English Mahathaya
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Daya Thennakoon as Lustful temple worker
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Vincent Vaas
Andara Vaas Patabedige Vincent (7 November 1922 – 6 May 2004 වින්සන්ට් වාස්), popularly known as Vincent Vaas was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Often considered one of the best character actors in Sinhala cinema, ...
as Vigilante leader
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Eddie Jayamanne as Mama
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Cyril Wickramage as Fighting card dealer
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Somasiri Dehipitiya
Dehipitiyage Don Somasiri (born January 29, 1933 – died April 27,1982), popularly as Somasiri Dehipitiya, was a popular Sri Lankan character actor. He is best known for performances in Dharmasena Pathiraja and Vasantha Obeysekera films.
Per ...
as Bootlegger
* Gamini Ganegoda as School trip teacher
* Piyasili Dias as Susee's aunt
* U. Ariyawimal as Second Ralahamy
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Miyuri Samarasinghe as School trip teacher
* Agnes Sirisena as Susee's Relative
References
External links
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1975 films
1975 drama films
Sri Lankan black-and-white films
1970s Sinhala-language films
Sri Lankan drama films
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