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Chandiya is a 1965 Sri Lankan action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte. In the country, it was the first of its genre to not borrow from Indian cinema.

Plot

Troubled youth encounters the pressures of city life and villainous characters.

Cast

• Gamini Fonseka as Chuttey
• Anula Karunathilaka as Sumana
• H. D. Kulatunga as Kalu Mahathaya
• Christy Leonard Perera as Kavi Kola Karaya
• Karl Gunasena as Karl Vyman
• D. R. Nanayakkara as Piloris
• Robin Fernando
• Sonia Disa
• B. S. Perera
• Anthony C. Perera as Andaya
• Joe Abeywickrama as Peda
• Hugo Fernando as Appuhamy
• Dommie Jayawardena
• Thilakasiri Fernando as Seeya
• Mohideen Baig
• N. R. Dias
• Douglas Wickremasinghe
• Dharmadasa Kuruppu

Songs

• "Manga Hingana Kotath" – Mohideen Baig, Christy Leonard Perera, J. A. Milton Perera and C. T. Fernando
• "Sakala Sirin Piri" – Christy Leonard Perera
• "Mangalam Jaya Mangalam" – Mohideen Baig
• "Unath Dahi Marunath Dahi" – Mohideen Baig, J. A. Milton Perera, Wellu and chorus
• "Atha Gamak" – Latha Walpola

References

1. "A bad joke from Gamini". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. "Gamini was stabbed on the day Chandiya was screened". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

• Sri Lanka Cinema Database

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