Mangrove Island

04/02/1976

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1hr 32min

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STORY

Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Joe Abeywickrama
  • Ajith Jinadasa
  • David Dharmakithri
  • Padmasena Athukorala
  • Somalatha Subasinghe

    Directors

  • Lester James Peries
  • Sumitra Peries

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • Sinhalese

Cast

Joe Abeywickrama

Dharmasena Guru

Ajith Jinadasa

Upali Giniwelle

David Dharmakithri

Mudalali (Upali's father)

Padmasena Athukorala

Jinadasa/Jinna

Somalatha Subasinghe

Upali's Step Mom

Denavaka Hamine

Net trapped homeowner

Daya Alwis

Punchi Mahattaya

Trilicia Gunawardena

Dharmasinghe 'Hamine'