''Surangani'' is a 1955 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-g ...

directed by Cyril P. Abeyratne.

Plot

Cast

* Kanthi Gunatunga as Ramya *

Eddie Junior Bulathsinhalage Hubert de Silva (12 March 1926 – 3 November 1982 as එඩී ජූනියර්) inhala, popularly known by his stage name Eddie Junior, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater as well as a music composer and singer. ...

as Sena *

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 B ...

as Kuda *

Pearl Vasudevi Pearl Peters (born 30 March 1915 – died 19 June 1987 as පර්ල් වාසුදේවි) inhala, popularly as Pearl Vasudevi, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema as well as a singer. Personal life Vasudevi was born as Pearl Peters i ...

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 ...

* Disna Ranjani *

G. S. B. Rani Kala Suri Gnai Seenar Bangsajayah, (born 18 October 1934 – died 7 September 2004 as :si:ජී. ඇස්. බී. රාණි, ජී. ඇස්. බී. රාණි), popularly known as G. S. B. Rani, was a Sri Lankan actress in Cinema of ...

as Aunt * M P Gemunu * Sujeeva Lalee * Kingsley Jayasekera

Production

The film was produced by ''The Ceylon Theatres Ltd.'' and was released on 19 February 1955 at Elphinstone (Maradana ) & 13 other centres through Ceylon Theatres circuit.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. R. Paapa. Popular songs included #''Aaley Pem Res Dahara'' –

Perera #''Suranganaavi Maage'' #''Sapaa Jeewey Uthum (Rupe Bale)'' –

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, ...

#''Koibatado Mey Sathaa'' – Eddie Junior #''Seyaava Anduna Roopey'' #''Kandukaraye Shantha Sandhyawe'' – Dharmadasa Walpola #''Prem Santhapaye'' – Dharmadasa Walpola and G. S. B. Rani Perera #''Deepey Sri Lanka Dilena'' – G. S. B. Rani Perera

References

{{reflist 1955 drama films 1955 films Sri Lankan black-and-white films Sri Lankan drama films