"Kadawunu Poronduwa"the first SriLankan film also had shown the rudiments of a film culture. 1971.No cinema springs from a social and a cultural vacuum All cinemas bear the imprint of the society, culture and the movement of history that gave rise to them.
I want to say a great film has been made of a great novel." British director Lindsay Anderson hailed "its elegiac, near-Chekhovian grace." References Playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra championed the film writing "At last a Sinhalese film has been made which we could show the world without having to hide our heads in shame. Scholar Regie Siriwardene was asked to script the film. Wickremasinghe was initially reluctant thinking it wouldn't make a good movie, but eventually agreed. Lester James Peries admired Martin Wickramsinghe's work and was inspired to attempt an adaption of Wickramasinghe's novel Gamperaliya into a movie in 1964. They have changed the earlier idyllic nature of their relationship is not recaptured. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa ( Gamini Fonseka), who is of the same class as them. They fall in love, but can not marry because Piyal is of a lower class. Piyal ( Henry Jayasena) is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda ( Punya Heendeniya), a member of an eminent family. In 2001, the film was identified as a world heritage by Cinema Thek Institute (CTI) in France. Subsequently it went out on general release in French cinemas. It was shown in Cannes Film festival in May 2008 under the French title Changement au village under section 'Restored Classics'. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.
The film won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the 1965 Sarasaviya Film Festival. The film was internationally acclaimed, receiving the Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 3rd International Film Festival of India and the Golden Head of Palenque in Mexico. The movie exemplifies Peries's use of family tensions to symbolize wider issues. The film was groundbreaking in Sinhala cinema shot entirely outside of a studio using one lamp and hand held lights for lighting. The film starts ensemble cast of several eras together including, Henry Jayasena, Punya Heendeniya, Wickrama Bogoda, Trilicia Gunawardena and Gamini Fonseka. Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries screenplay, dialogue and the script by Reggie Siriwardena and Tissa Abeysekara it was adapted from the novel Gamperaliya by Martin Wickramasinghe.
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