Kadawunu Poronduwa
| Kadawunu Poronduwa | |
|---|---|
Rukmani Devi in a scene | |
| Directed by | Jyotish Sinha |
| Screenplay by | B. A. W. Jayamanne |
| Story by | B. A. W. Jayamanne |
| Produced by | Chitrakala Movietone Ltd & S.D.T.Appuhami |
| Starring | Rukmani Devi B. A. W. Jayamanne Peter Peiris Hugo Fernando Eddie Jayamanne Gemini Kantha |
| Cinematography | K Prabhakar |
| Edited by | Pakeer Saleh |
| Music by | Narayana Aiyar |
| Distributed by | Minerva Group |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema. The film was produced and filmed in India however, and was highly influenced by South Indian melodrama. It was first shown on January 21, 1947, at the Kingsley Cinema in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
A remake was released in 1982.