Sarungale

Sarungale
සරුංගලේ
Directed bySunil Ariyaratne
Written byGeorge Lesley Ranasinghe
Based onDharmasiri Gamage
Produced byY.M. Karunathilake
Ranjith Palansuriya
StarringGamini Fonseka
Veena Jayakody
M. Abbas
Wimal Kumara de Costa
CinematographyW. A. B. de Silva
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byVictor Ratnayake
Release date
  • 2 March 1979 (1979-03-02)[1]
Running time
120 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguagesSinhala
Tamil

Sarungale (The Kite) (Sinhala: සරුංගලේ) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Y.M. Karunathilake.[2] It stars Gamini Fonseka and Veena Jayakody in lead roles along with M. Abbas] and Wimal Kumara de Costa.[3] Music composed by Victor Ratnayake. It is the 413th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[4]

The film deals with the inter-ethnic, communal violence between Sinhalese and Tamils. It demonstrate the ambivalence of the Sinhala socio-political establishment towards the Tamil people.[5][6][7]

The film won several awards at OCIC film awards ceremony including Best Script.[8] Farina Lai won the Live Talent Award, while Wimal Kumara de Costa and Gamini Fonseka won Special Jury Award at the ceremony. The film also won the Best Actor award and Best Supporting Actress award at 10th Sarasaviya Film Awards held on March 29, 1980, finished fifth with 27978 votes.[9]

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  4. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ^ "In Sarungale, a film made in Karaveddi, in Tamil-speaking North Sri Lanka". newsin. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ Jayasena, Nalin (2014). "Justifying Communal Violence, Recuperating Militancy: Sunil Ariyaratne's Sarungale and Gamini Fonseka's Nomiyena Minisun". Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities. 40. Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities: 55. doi:10.4038/sljh.v40i0.7230. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Conveying the message of reconciliation to society through films". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ "The last journey of two good old friends". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 February 2020.