Handaya (1979)

Original title

හඳයා

Directed by

Titus Thotawatte

Genre

family, drama

Country

Sri Lanka

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children get into adventures and face challenges in their everyday lives in Sri Lanka. The story follows their friendships and small struggles growing up.

whimsicalnostalgiclightheartedgentleslow-pacedinnocentmelancholicblack-and-white

What happens

Handaya (Sinhala: හඳයා) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala black-n-white children's film directed and produced by Titus Thotawatte for Thotawatte Salaroo. The film is cited as a legend in Sinhala cinema history. It stars many child actors along with Henry Jayasena, J.H.Jayawardana and Pearl Wasudevi in lead roles along with U. Ariyavimal and Gemunu Wijesuriya. Music composed by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 434th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film received mainly positive reviews from critics and awarded in many local and international film festivals. Handaya received 8.8 of ratings from IMDb database. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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