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Mangrove Island (1976)
Directed by Lester James Peries
Drama · 1h 32m
Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success
Cast
Joe Abeywickrama
Dharmasena Guru
A
Ajith Jinadasa
Upali Giniwelle
D
David Dharmakithri
Mudalali (Upali's father)
P
Padmasena Athukorala
Jinadasa/Jinna
S
Somalatha Subasinghe
Upali's Step Mom
Denavaka Hamine
Net trapped homeowner
Daya Alwis
Punchi Mahattaya
D
Dhamma Jagoda
Balappu
Trelicia Gunawardena
Dharmasinghe 'Hamine'
Crew
- Director
- Lester James Peries
- Writer
- phillip cooray
- Novel
- Martin Wickramasinghe
- Editor
- Sumitra Peries, Gladwin Fernando
- Producer
- upasena marasinghe
Details
- Original title
- Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව
- Release date
- 1976-04-02
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- SI
- Spoken languages
- Sinhalese
- Countries
- Sri Lanka