Kadawunu Poronduwa (1947)

Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema. The film was produced and filmed in India however, and was highly influenced by South Indian melodrama. It was first shown on January 21, 1947 at the Kingsley Cinema in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Cast:

• B. A. W. Jayamanne
• Asilyn Balasooriya
• Rukmani Devi
• Rupa Devi
• Hugo Fernando
• Eddie Jayamanne
• Miriam Jayamanne
• Jemini Kantha
• Stanley Mallawarachchi
• D. T. Perera
• J. B. Perera
• Peter Peries
• Sina Pishpani
• S. S. Ponnisena
• Suriya Rani
• Rukmani Devi, B. A. W. Jayamanne, Peter Peiris, Miriam Jayamanne, Hugo Fernando, Stanley Mallawarachchi, Eddie Jayamanne, Gemini Kantha, Timothius Perera, J B Perera, Rupa Devi
• Wida Soyza