Binaramalee

Binaramalee
බිනරමලී
Directed byMudalinayaka Somaratne
Written byTissa Abeysekara
Based onRadio drama Muwan Palessa
Produced byMudalinayaka Somaratne
StarringSwarna Kahawita
Wickrama Bogoda
Piyadasa Gunasekera
Shanthi Lekha
D. R. Nanayakkara
CinematographyD. B. Nihalsinghe
Edited byD. B. Nihalsinghe
Music bySomadasa Elvitigala
Release date
  • 10 August 1969 (1969-08-10)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Binaramalee (Sinhala: බිනරමලී) is a 1969 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed and produced by Mudalinayaka Somaratne as his maiden directorial venture.[1] It stars Swarna Kahawita and Wickrama Bogoda in lead roles along with Piyadasa Gunasekera, Shanthi Lekha and D. R. Nanayakkara with supportive roles.[2] Music composed by Somadasa Elvitigala.

It is the 200th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3] It is the first Sri Lanka film based on a radio drama, which was made by director himself as a radio drama Muwan Palessa.[4]

The film received critically acclaim and became a blockbuster of that year. The film received several awards at 1970 Sarasaviya Awards ceremony including, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.[1]

  1. ^ a b "All about Binaramalee". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "The beauty of Muwan Palessa: Binaramalee". Silumina. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Film Binaramalee". Digital Identity of Sinhala Cinema. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Binaramali who came to the cinema from Muwanpelessa radio drama". Dinamina. Retrieved 5 January 2021.