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Mangrove Island (1976)

Directed by Lester James Peries

Overview

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

Length 92 minutes

Actors

Joe Abeywickrama | Ajith Jinadasa | David Dharmakithri | Padmasena Athukorala | Somalatha Subasinghe | Denavaka Hamine | Daya Alwis | Trilicia Gunawardena