Seda Sulang ( si, සැඩසුළං), is a 1955 Sri Lankan

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directed and produced by Thambiraja Somasekaran for Ceylon Films Limited. The film starring

Florida Jayalath Jayathilake Arachchige Florida Cooray (born 1936 – died 2007 as ෆ්ලොරිඩා ජයලත්) inhala, popularly as Florida Jayalath, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. Apart from acting, Florida also worked as a filmmaker, chor ...

and

Prem Jayanth Hettiarachchige Emanuel Aloysius Rodrigo (1933–17 March 1997), better known as Prem Jayanth, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema as well as a producer and art director. Considered as the first male superstar in Sinhala cinema, Jayanth rose to ...

in lead roles whereas

Dommie Jayawardena Dommie Jayawardena, (25 June 1927 – 28 December 1979 as ඩොමී ජයවර්ධන in Sinhala) was a Sri Lankan actor and singer. He achieved fame playing villainous roles including Bollywood film '' Praan''. Personal life Dommi ...

and

David Dharmakeerthi Kalukapuge Don David (born 1 September 1913 – died 10 September 1987 as ඩේවිඩ් ධර්මකීර්ති), popularly known as David Dharmakeerthi was an actor Sri Lankan early Sri Lankan cinema. Personal life He was born on 1 ...

made supportive roles.

Cast

as Seetha *

as Sunil *

as Eddie *

as Sir Edward Palipana * Rosalyn Fernando as Mrs. Palipana * Sujatha Paramanathan as Eddie's wife *

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 ...

* Piyadasa Gunasekera as Anton * Richard Albert as Rodaya * Sunil Premadasa as Rasthiyadu * Mohideen Baig as Beggar * Dharma Sri Ranatunga as Edward * Shanti Abeysekara as Dancing teacher * Daya Abeysekara as Young Sunil * Padmini Dahanayake as Young Seetha * Bimba Kumari as Leela * T. Somasekaran * M. P. Gilman

Production

The film was filmed at the Vahini Studio in Madras, where Somasekaran included several scenes from Sri Lanka such as the

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Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

, the Parliament in Colombo,

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and the

Kadugannawa Kadugannawa is a town in Kandy District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is located along the A1 road west of Peradeniya. The town is served by Kadugannawa Railway Station and has the Kadugannawa Central ...

Binge. They were captured on camera by Indian cameraman Raj Gopal. It is also the first and only Sinhala film where a song was sung by Indian songstress Latha Mangeshkar. The film premiered in Ceylon Theaters on June 24, 1955. It has been screened for 23 months and 2 months at the Elphinston Cinema Hall in Maradana alone. Until then, advertisements were most widely used in Sinhala cinema in this film. In addition, a calendar with a color photo of Florida sells for free for 50 cents and a postcard size photo for 25 cents. On May 5, 1955, the Mayor of Colombo, Dr.

N. M. Perera Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera, commonly known as Dr. N. M. Perera ( Sinhala එන්.එම්.පෙරේරා ; 6 June 1904 – 14 August 1979), was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He w ...

, distributed prizes at Galle Face Green at 9 am at the 'Sada Sulang' Bicycle Competition. The film was screened again on 17 December 1977 with 7 copies. In violation of the agreement and played its aristocratic statue in the film by Dommie Jayawardena, Somasekaran took action against him to lodge a complaint in the Madras court. It was alleging that Dommie acted in the film ''Radala Piliruwa'' by breaking the agreement with Film Ceylon and had not come to work on the film without any notice since September 10, 1954, and that he had contracted with Cinemas Ltd. However, Somasekaran's complaint was dismissed subject to legal fees.

Soundtrack

The film recorded 17 songs, which is by far the highest number of songs consisted in a Sinhala film.

References

1955 films Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sinhala-language films Sri Lankan romance films 1950s romantic musical films Sri Lankan musical films Sri Lankan black-and-white films {{SriLanka-film-stub