The Bridge on the River Kwai and Kitulgala, – By Sukumar Shan Source : Sri Lankan Planters (SLP) Official FB page The movie, explores the lives of British prisoners of war being held at a Japanese prison camp in Burma, was filmed in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) near the town of Kitulgala, which is known for its rainforests, adventure sports and activities. The movie was based on the 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle. Images of the contstruction of the bridge at Kitulgala as featured in the Illustrated London Newspaper of 9th November 1957. The First Bridge Built by L&T won an Oscar for the Film! The very first bridge built by ECC was in the mid-1950s. Interestingly, it was for the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. It took nearly eight months to build the wooden bridge, and just 30 seconds to blow it up by director David Lean’s ...
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The Bridge On The River Kwai Film Location Sri Lanka By Patrick Ranasinghe movies that financial considerations reversed the old convention, with Sinhalese The Kelani River flows through Kitulgala offering the opportunity for a gamut of water sports now. In 1956 the location was used to film the movie – Bridge on the Kwai. Old Movie, Bridge On The River Kwai, Visit to the Bridge On The River Kwai film location Kitulgala, Sri Lanka. Old movies, Film location, train crash, greenery, William Holden, Alec Guiness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donale, Geoffrey Horne. And many locals as extras POWs including Chris Greet. 425 feet long, rising 90 feet above the water and supposedly costing a phenomenal quarter of a million dollars, Lean’s bridge was built at a small community called Kitulgala on the Masleliya Oya, a tributary of the Kelani River, between the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and Kandy. The cast and crew stayed at the ...
Jul 27, 2021
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White Water Rafting in Kitulgala – adventure capital of Sri Lanka By Arundathie Abeysinghe Situated about 85 kilometers from Colombo on A7 Road to Nuwara Eliya via Avissawella, among verdant mountains, lush green forests, *Kitulgala is a small town famous due to the academy award-winning film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ directed by David Lean and filmed on the *Kelani River. Popular as the ‘adventure capital of Sri Lanka’ among local and foreign tourists and located adjacent to a serene stretch of Kelani River amid two rocky outcrops, Kitulgala is situated away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Boulder strewn stretch of Kelani River at Kitulgala is an ideal venue for White Water Rafting, an adrenaline filled adventure sport popular among local and foreign tourists, an activity suitable for experts as well as novices. Rafters can enjoy breathtaking vistas of Kelani River and adjoining hamlet ...
Nov 30, 2020
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