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Madol Duwa

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Madol Duwa
මඩොල් දූව
Directed byLester James Peries
Written byPhillip Cooray
Based onnovel by Martin Wickremasinghe
Produced byUpasena Marasinghe
StarringAjith Jinadasa
Padmasena Athukorala
Joe Abeywickrema
CinematographyM. S. Ananda
Edited bySumitra Peries
Gladwin Fernando
Music byW. D. Amaradeva
Release date
  • 2 April 1976 (1976-04-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Madol Duwa (Sinhala, Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe.[1][2] The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him.[3]

The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success.

Plot

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Young Upali Giniwella (Nandana Hettiarachi who grows up into Ajith Jinadasa) is resentful of his new stepmother (Somalatha Subasinghe) and lashes out by committing harmless acts of mischief around the village. For this Upali is sent to a boarding school where he bonds with the headmaster (Joe Abeywickrema). He once again gets into trouble however and is returned home when a new headmaster installed.

Upali is punished by his father back home. He becomes more resentful and takes off with his servant boy Jinna (Padmasena Athukorala) to the island dubbed Madol Duwa. After some adventures there, Upali is found by a friend of his father. Upali learns that his father is sick and returns home to ask for forgiveness.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The song Koheda Koheda Ape Lowak sung by Victor Rathnayake is included in this film.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Madol Duwa (1976)". IMDb. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "All about Madol Duwa". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 3 March 2020.