Kaliyugaya is a 1981 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Kaliyugaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and follows the events of the film Gamperaliya. It was followed by the film adaptation of the third novel in Wickramasinghe's trilogy, Yuganthaya, in 1983.

Kaliyugaya
Punya Heendeniya as Nanda and Henry Jayasena (as Piyal) in a scene from the film
Directed by	Lester James Peries
Written by	A.J. Gunawardena
Starring	Punya Heendeniya Henry Jayasena Trilicia Gunawardena Wickrema Bogoda
Cinematography	Donald Karunarathne
Edited by	Gladwin Fernando
Music by	Premasiri Khemadasa
Distributed by	Tharanga Films
Release date	1982 (1982)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

It was a Director's Fortnight selection at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[1]

Synopsis

Piyal (Henry Jayasena) and Nanda (Punya Heendeniya) from Gamperaliya have now aged, and their children have left them. Priya reminisces on her life after her son sends her a letter from London accusing her and her husband of various faults.****

Production

The film features the four main actors of Gamperaliya; it was shot on 35mm and used eastmancolor.[2] The film also featured the famous stately home Lakshmigiri.[3]

Cast

• Henry Jayasena as Piyal
• Punya Heendeniya as Nanda
• Wickrama Bogoda as Tissa
• Trilicia Gunawardena as Anula
• Sanath Gunathilake as Alan
• Anoja Weerasinghe as Irene
• Asoka Peiris as Friend
• Tony Ranasinghe as Doctor
• Kamal Addararachchi
• Nawanandana Wijesinghe
• S. A. Jamis
• Tissa Udangamuwa
• Leena de Silva
• A. J. de Soysa
• Lal Peiris
• Sampath Wijesinghe

References

External links

• Sri Lanka Cinema Database
• Kaliyugaya at IMDb
• Kaliyugaya at AllMovie

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