Adata Vediya Heta Hondai Explained

Adata Wadiya Heta Hondai
Director:	M. Masthan
Producer:	K. Gunaratnam
Screenplay:	Hugo Fernando
Starring:	Gamini Fonseka Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya Ananda Jayaratne Sandhya Kumari Vijitha Mallika
Music:	Karunaratne Abeysekera (lyrics) M. K. Rocksamy (direction) W. D. Amaradeva (composition)
Country:	Sri Lanka
Language:	Sinhala

Adata Vediya Heta Hondai (Sinhala, Tomorrow Is Better Than Today) is a 1963 Sri Lankan film directed by Indian filmmaker M. Masthan and produced by producer K. Gunaratnam.^[1] The film starring Gamini Fonseka and Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya. It was a box office success in the country.^[2]

Plot

• Gamini Fonseka as Gamini
• Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya as Sriyani
• Ananda Jayaratne as Ananda
• Sandhya Kumari as Sandhya
• Vijitha Mallika as Vijitha
• Nelson Karunagama as Doctor
• Ignatius Gunaratne
• Alfred Edirimanne as Alfred 'Thaththa'
• Thalatha Gunasekara
• Hugo Fernando as Gabriel 'Mudalali'
• Anthony C. Perera
• Christy Leonard Perera
• H. D. Kulatunga as Sandhya's Thaththa
• Herbert Amarawickrama
• Kalyani Perera

Songs

• "Sandun Gase"  - J. A. Milton Perera and Mallika Kahawita
• Sethsiri Sethsiri"  - Latha and chorus
• "Soka Susum Marathe"  - Latha Walpola
• "Baloli Loli"  - Indrani Wijebandara
• "Baloli Loli"  - Latha Walpola
• "Rasadun Netha Di"  - Latha Walpola
• "Amma"  - Latha Walpola and chorus

Notes and References

1. Web site: All about the film "Adata Wadiya Heta Hondai" . 2021-01-12 . sarasaviya.
2. Book: Savarimutthu, Ranee . On the development of Sinhala cinema, 1947-1967 . 1977. 79.