Nidhanaya
Nidhanaya | |
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Premasiri Kemadasa | |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Sinhala |
Nidhanaya (English: The Treasure) is a 1972
Movie is based on a short story written by
Synopsis
A man known as Willy Abenayake (
One day when he walk by a river, he accidentally comes across a young lady (Malini Fonseka), who has four black birth marks in her neck. After following the lady and collecting information about her, he decides to marry her. He eventually marries the lady and spends time with her.
In the meantime, the lady notices that her husband always spends time thinking. One day she asks him as to what keeps the man thinking all the time. He replies that he has to do a religious custom to a god in a rock. So, his wife agrees with him and thereby arranges everything for it.
After going to the rock, the man starts to fulfill the custom and finally he kills his wife as a sacrifice, with the hope of gaining access to the hidden treasure. But, unfortunately he is yet unable to get the treasure.
Sadly he comes home and decides to write the complete story, in his diary. After completing the story, he commits suicide by hanging himself.
Cast
- Gamini Fonseka as Wilson 'Willie' Abeynayake
- Malini Fonseka as Irene Abeynayake
- Francis Perera as Juwanis
- Saman Bokalawala as Mudliyar 'Julius'
- Mapa Gunaratne as Doctor
- Shanthi Lekha as Irene's Amma
- Trilicia Gunawardena as Dulcie
- Thilakasiri Fernando as Diyonis 'Gurunnanse'
- J. B. L. Gunasekera as Willie's Thaththa
- Thalatha Gunasekara as Willie's childhood nanny
- Kumarasinghe Appuhamy as Thelanis 'Gurunnanse'
- K. L. Coranelis Appuhamy as Willie's Aiyya
- Barry Whittington as MacNeal
- Wijeratne Warakagoda as Silva
- Devika Karunaratne as Royal coronation birthmark possessor
Restoration
In 2013, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur has collaborated with the
Dr. Peries’ films are in a poor condition and many of the original camera negatives have been lost. This restoration is a joint effort of the WCF, the Sri Lankan National Film Corporation, Mr. Padmarajah (the copyright holder), and the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) and Sameera Randeniya of Film Team, Sri Lanka.
External links
- National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka - Official Website
- Official Website of Lester James Peries in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka
- Nidhanaya at IMDb
References
- ^ "40 years for the greatest film ever produced in Sinhala cinema". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Incredible "Nidhanaya"". sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ A call to preserve national cinematic history, The Island (Sri Lanka) (October 19, 2013), Retrieved 03-05-2018
- ^ Gamini Fonseka and Lester James Peries Cinematic relationship of an actor and director by D. B. S. Jeyaraj, (Daily FT, 18 October 2014), Retrieved 03-05-2018