Yuganthaya (film)

Yuganthaya [1]
Directed byLester James Peries
Written byA.J. Gunawardena
StarringGamini Fonseka
Richard De Zoysa
Ramani Bartholomeusz
Wickrema Bogoda
CinematographyWilliam Blake
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byPremasiri Khemadasa
Distributed byTharanga Chithrapata
Release date
  • 27 December 1983 (1983-12-27)
Running time
130 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Yuganthaya is a 1983 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Yuganthaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and deals with the beginning of labor unions in Sri Lanka.

For the film, Lester won Sri Lanka's Presidential Award for best director.[2] Critical reception was mixed however, and some critics found the film not up to par with the earlier films. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ "Yuganthaya ( End of an Era ) Film clip - Uploaded by Devaka Jayasuriya". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Achievements- 1981–2000". Lester James Peries. 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  3. ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-02-09.