Getawaarayo 1964 Gamini Fonseka Nilmini De Silva ගෙටවාරායෝ ගාමිණී ෆොන්සේකා සහ නිල්මිණි ද සිල්වා – by Patrick Ranasinghe
Getawarayo is a 1964 Sri Lankan drama film co-directed by Mike Wilson and Tissa Liyanasuriya and produced by Shesha Palihakkara. The film starring Gamini Fonseka in the lead role, along with Sobani Amarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema, Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya, and Tony Ranasinghe, made supportive roles. Screened on February 24, 1964, the film was a critically acclaimed production and a blockbuster.
The movie won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the 1965 Sarasaviya Film Festival A village fisherman, Jayasena Fernando (Gamini Fonseka) acquires a job in the city at the company where his friend Semanaris (Joe Abeywickrama) works. As Jaya becomes successful, he draws the ire of rich boatsman Lalith Hettiarachchi (Carl Gunasena) and the interest of his boss’s daughter Surangani (Nilmini De Silva). Jaya gradually forgets about his former girlfriend Karuna (Sobini Amarasinghe) after a misunderstanding with her brother(Vincent Vaas) and begins vying for Sue’s attention. In the end, Jaya realizes that Sue doesn’t matter to him and that he loves Karuna. He decides to go back home after beating Lalith in a motorboat race.
Karuna, however, has married when Jaya returns, and the film ends with him contemplating his future to the strains of Amaradeva’s voice. Tony Ranasinghe plays a newspaper reporter who is sympathetic to Jaya. Please note that the motorboat races at the end were Carlyle Ranasinghe and Bevis Da Silva. Kala Keerthi Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician. Often considered one of the greatest actors in Sinhala cinema, Fonseka dominated the industry in the 1960s and 1970s and won several Best Actor and Popular Actor awards throughout his career. Wikipedia Born: 21 March 1936, Dehiwala, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka Died: 30 September 2004 (age 68 years), Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka Spouse: Dorothy Margaret Valencia (m. 1962–2004) Children: Dammith, Thanuja, Chamila, Poornima, Kaushalya, Ishara Previous offices: Governor of the North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka (1995–1998) • See more Education: S. Thomas’ College.
Cast Gamini Fonseka as Jayasena ‘Jaya’ Fernando Joe Abeywickrama as Semaneris Sobani Amarasinghe as Karuna Karl Gunasena as Lalith Hettiarachchi Nilmini de Silva as Suranganie ‘Sue’ Frederick Vincent Vaas as Bandusena Tony Ranasinghe as Mr. Ilangakoon Paul Ekman as Paul Ekman Hector Ekanayake as Douglas ‘Dougie’ Ekanayake Thilakasiri Fernando as Jaya’s Thaththa Douglas Wickremasinghe as Mr. Frederick Lakshmi Bai as Maldeniya Hamine ‘Hani Hamy’ Devika Karunaratne as Jaya’s sister Bandu Munasinghe as Boxer M. A. Simeon as Semaneris’ derisive co-worker Pujitha Mendis as Bucket hat actor (Etha Gaw Ganan) Austin Abeysekara as Store Mudalali Dayananda Jayawardena as Bar visitor Donald Karunaratna as Dancer (Etha Gaw Ganan) Carlyle Ranasinghe and Bevis Da Silva. (motorboat races)
Patrick Ranasinghe
