Handaya
Handaya
1979 Sri Lankan film
Handaya (Sinhala: හඳයා) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala black-n-white children's film directed and produced by Titus Thotawatte for Thotawatte Salaroo.[1] The film is cited as a legend in Sinhala cinema history.[2] It stars many child actors along with Henry Jayasena, J.H.Jayawardana and Pearl Wasudevi in lead roles along with U. Ariyavimal and Gemunu Wijesuriya.[3] Music composed by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 434th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[4]
The film received mainly positive reviews from critics and awarded in many local and international film festivals.[5][6] Handaya received 8.8 of ratings from IMDb database.[7]