Welikathara

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Welikathara
Directed by	D. B. Nihalsinghe
Produced by	D. B. Nihalsinghe Swarnamali Gunatunge
Written by	Tissa Abeysekera
Starring	Joe Abeywickrema Gamini Fonseka
Music by	S. Elvitigala
Release date(s)	1971
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Welikathara (Sinhala, Desert) is a 1971 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan director D. B. Nihalsinghe.

[edit] Plot

The film is about the clash between Goring Mudalali (Joe Abeywickrema) and ASP Randeniya (Gamini Fonseka).

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

The film was shot in Point Pedro and was South Asia's and Sri Lanka's first to be done in cinemascope. It was a box office success after its first screening on October 27, 1971 and critically well received.

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Presidential Film Award in 1999
• Named 10th Best Sri Lankan Film of the first 50 years by Presidential council in 1997

[edit] References

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