• Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered...
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  • Kadawunu Poronduwa is a 1982 Sinhala drama film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by his wife Sumana Amarasinghe. It is a remake of the first Sinhala...
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    Rukmani Devi (category Sri Lankan film actresses)
    'Broken Promise' (Kadawunu Poronduwa) was adapted into a film by B. A. W. Jayamanne. This was the first Sinhala film, Kadawunu Poronduwa, screened on January...
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  • Sri-Lankan Tamil of Indian origin, was the first producer of a Sinhala film Kadawunu Poronduwa (roughly translated as "Broken Promise"), which was produced in...
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  • (2015) Kadavulai Kanden (1963) Kadavulin Kuzhandhai (1960) Kadawunu Poronduwa: (1947 & 1982) Kaddish (1924) Kaddu Beykat (1975) Kadeddulu Ekaram Nela (1960)...
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    Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with Kadawunu Poronduwa produced...
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  • Eddie Jayamanne (category Sri Lankan male film actors)
    (1976). He reprised his role as Manappuwa in a remake of Kadawunu Poronduwa released in 1982. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire...
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    Vijaya Kumaratunga (category Sri Lankan male film actors)
    for the Katana seat in Parliament. Five years later, he was active in the 1982 presidential campaign of Hector Kobbekaduwa. After the election, he was accused...
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  • Mabel Blythe (category Sri Lankan film actresses)
    in the role originally done by Jemini Kantha in the remake of Kadawunu Poronduwa (1982) pairing with Eddie Jayamanne one last time. She was presented...
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  • Hugo Fernando (category Sri Lankan male film actors)
    composer of Sri Lankan cinema. Debuting in the first Sinhalese film Kadawunu Poronduwa, Fernando had an over 50-year career also as a lyricist, assistant...
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