''Ran Salu'' (In Sinhala: ''The Yellow Robe'') is a 1967 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

Lester James Peries Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාභිමාන්‍ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, a ...

. The film follows the parallel paths of Sujatha (

Punya Heendeniya Heendeniya Vidanaralalage Punya Heendeniya (born 31 July 1938: si, පුණ්‍යා හීන්දෙනිය), popularly as Punya Heendeniya, is a former Sri Lankan cinema actress who currently resides in England. Personal life Punya He ...

) and Sarojini Perera (

Anula Karunathilaka Anula Karunathilaka ( si, අනුලා කරුණාතිලක, born 23 January 1946) is a Sri Lankan film actress and theatrical performer. Her work is noted during the 70s film and cinema history in Sri Lanka. One of the most popular a ...

P. K. D. Seneviratne Pathirajawasam Kudahitige Don Seneviratne (17 May 1917 – 19 July 1970 si, පී. කේ. ඩී. සෙනෙවිරත්න) was a prominent Sri Lankan poet, journalist and a scriptwriter in Sinhala cinema. Considered as foremost ind ...

wrote the screenplay dealing with Buddhism. It was the second most successful of Peries' first seven films behind ''

Sandesaya ''Sandesaya'' ( Sinhalese language word meaning ''The Message'') is a 1960 film. The film based on the war between the Sinhalese people and the Portuguese invaders in Sri Lanka. It was directed by Sri Lankan film director Lester James Peries. It ...

''. Despite the popularity, Philip Cooray found the film overly emotional and too plotted. It however won a Gandhi Award at Delhi in 1969 and was bought for Irish TV.

Plot

Cyril (Tony Ranasinghe) is dissatisfied with his introverted fiancée Sujatha (

). He starts a relationship with the more out-going Sarojini (Anula Karunatilleke) and gets her pregnant. Sujatha meanwhile is fascinated by a wandering Buddhist nun. Due to the pregnancy, Cyril breaks off the engagement having no intention to marry Sarojini. Till the birth of the child he supports her and then leaves her for an older rich woman. Sarojini is distraught and contemplates suicide. Sujatha by this time is planning to become a nun. Sujatha takes in Sarojini. By the conclusion, they have switched roles with Sarojini becoming a nun and Sujatha becoming infatuated with a young man.

Cast

as Sujatha 'Suji' Ratnasooriya *

Tony Ranasinghe Deshabandu Ranasinghe Hettiarachchilage Ignatius Anthony Silva (31 July 1937 – 16 June 2015 as ටෝනි රණසිංහ), popularly as Tony Ranasinghe, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. He is known as the Lov ...

as Cyril Elkaduwawa *

as Sarojini 'Sara' *

Iranganie Serasinghe Kala Keerthi Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya, (born 9 June 1927"Irangani As Told to Kumar de Silva", Kumar de Silva, Samaranayake Publishers, 2013), popularly as Iranganie Serasinghe, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Since ...

as Rohini Ratnasooriya 'Amma' *

Dayananda Gunawardena Hettipathirannehelage Dayananda Gunawardena ( Sinhala: දයානන්ද ගුනවර්ධන) (15 October 1934 – 24 June 1993), better known as Dayananda Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan playwright, actor, lyricist, dramatist, radio pla ...

as Senaka Ranatunga * J. B. L. Gunasekera as Mr. Ratnasooriya 'Thaththa' * Sobashini Atukorale as Dasasil Mata * S. A. Jamis as Nonis *

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 Sarojini's Amma * Kithsiri Perera as Sarojini's brother *

D. R. Nanayakkara Don Ruter Nanayakkara (15 March 1915 – 4 January 1989) was a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema as well as in British drama. Playing lanky villains and comedic characters, Nanayakkara gained popularity in movies like ''Rekava'', ''Kurulu Be ...

as Eliyas * Sujatha Paramanathan as Cyril's lover * A. P. Gunaratne as Senaka's Thaththa 'Mr. Jayatunga' * Somi Meegama as Senaka's Amma 'Mrs. Jayatunga'

References

External links

Videos: * 1967 films Films directed by Lester James Peries Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present) {{SriLanka-film-stub