Kaliyugaya (film)

Kaliyugaya is a 1981 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Kaliyugaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and follows the events of the film Gamperaliya. It was followed by the film adaptation of the third novel in Wickramasinghe's trilogy, Yuganthaya, in 1983.

Kaliyugaya
Punya Heendeniya as Nanda and Henry Jayasena (as Piyal) in a scene from the film
Directed byLester James Peries
Written byA.J. Gunawardena
StarringPunya Heendeniya
Henry Jayasena
Trilicia Gunawardena
Wickrema Bogoda
CinematographyDonald Karunarathne
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byPremasiri Khemadasa
Distributed byTharanga Films
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

It was a Director's Fortnight selection at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[1]

Synopsis

Piyal (Henry Jayasena) and Nanda (Punya Heendeniya) from Gamperaliya have now aged, and their children have left them. Priya reminisces on her life after her son sends her a letter from London accusing her and her husband of various faults.****

Production

The film features the four main actors of Gamperaliya; it was shot on 35mm and used eastmancolor.[2] The film also featured the famous stately home Lakshmigiri.[3]

Cast

References
  1. "Lester James Peries". Cannes Film Festival. 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2005. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  2. "Filmography- 1981–2000". Lester James Peries. 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  3. The World of Peries by K. Bikram Singh (Indian Diplomacy) Retrieved 2015-03-09.
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