Mangrove Island (1976)
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
- Released
- 1976-04-02
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lester James Peries
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Joe Abeywickrama as Dharmasena Guru
- Ajith Jinadasa as Upali Giniwelle
- David Dharmakithri as Mudalali (Upali's father)
- Padmasena Athukorala as Jinadasa/Jinna
- Somalatha Subasinghe as Upali's Step Mom
- Denavaka Hamine as Net trapped homeowner
- Daya Alwis as Punchi Mahattaya
- Dhamma Jagoda as Balappu
- Trelicia Gunawardena as Dharmasinghe 'Hamine'