List of Sri Lankan films of the 1940s
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List of Sri Lankan films |
1940s |
1947 1948 1949 |
1950s |
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
1960s |
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
1970s |
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
1980s |
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
1990s |
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
2000s |
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
2010s |
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
2020s |
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 |
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Films produced in Sri Lanka in the 1940s.
1947
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1947 | ||||||
Kadawunu Poronduwa | Jyotish Sinha | Rukmani Devi, B. A. W. Jayamanne, Peter Peiris, Miriam Jayamanne, Hugo Fernando, Stanley Mallawarachchi, Eddie Jayamanne, Jemini Kantha | Drama | Screened on 21 January. First Sri Lankan Movie to be made in Sinhala language. | ||
Asokamala | T. R. Gopu Shanthi Kumar | Shanthi Kumar, Emalin Dibulana, Michael Sannasliyanage, Herbie Seneviratne, Don Edward, Austin Abeysekera, Michael Rodrigo | Drama | Released on 10 April. |
1948
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1948 | ||||||
Kapati Arakshakaya | Jyotish Sinha K. Subramaniam | Christy De Mel, Rukmani Devi, Eddie Jayamanne, Bertram Fernando, Herbie Seneviratne, B. A. W. Jayamanne, Jemini Kantha | Thriller | Released on 23 February. | ||
Divya Premaya | N. P. Javeri | Luman Rajapaksha, Srimathi Karunadevi, Robert Perera, Simon Silva, Peter Siriwardene | Romance | Released on 22 May. | ||
Veradunu Kurumanama | Jyotish Sinha | B. A. W. Jayamanne, Rukmani Devi, Lalitha Kumari, Jemini Kantha, Herbie Seneviratne, Eddie Jayamanne, Bertram Fernando, B. S. Perera | Thriller | Released on 3 December. |
1949
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1949 | ||||||
Amma | Sirisena Wimalaweera | D.R. Nanayakkara, Pearl Vasudevi, Eddie Junior, N. R. Dias, S. H. Jothipala | Drama | Released on 19 August. | ||
Peralena Iranama | Jyotish Sinha | Eddie Jayamanne, Rukmani Devi, Aruna Shanthi, Mark Samaranayake, Mabel Blythe | Drama | Released on 20 October. |