Bambaru Awith
1978, Sinhalese. Directed by Darmasena Pathiraja.
In a fishing village, Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman, but he exploits and feeds off the other fishermen. In this setting, members of the urban entrepreneurial youth. They have adapted to Western culture, dressing like Westerners and preferring Western music. Conflict arises between Anton Aiya and Baby Mahattaya (Victor), a representative of the urban youth. A middle-class leftist, Weerasena, is also part of this group. The arrival of these youths has clearly caused a social crisis requiring a solution, and all Weerasena can do is stand on a platform and deliver a speech that no one listens to. He finally leaves for the city.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Sinhalese
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Cast & crew
- Darmasena PathirajaDirector
- Vijaya KumaratungaVictor
- Malini FonsekaHelen
- Joe AbeywickramaAnton
- Wimal Kumara de CostaWeerasena
- Ruby de MelHelen's Mother
- Amarasiri KalansooriyaSanath
- Cyril WickramageCyril
- Daya ThennakoonFrancis
- W. JayasiriMichael
- Vincent VasAnton's Friend
- Somasiri DehipitiyaSeba
- S. H. SomapalaChristopher
Details
- Released
- 11 August 1978
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Written by
- Malini Pathiraja, Darmasena Pathiraja
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Bambaru Awith (1978) was directed by Darmasena Pathiraja and stars Vijaya Kumaratunga, Malini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrama.