Kele Handa Explained

Kele Handa
Director:B. A. W. Jayamanne
Producer:B. A. W. Jayamanne
Screenplay:W. H. Silva
Starring:Rukmani Devi, Stanley Perera, Rita Ratnayake, Eddie Jayamanne, Mabel Blythe
Music:Herbert M. Senevirathne (lyrics)
S. S. Weada (music)
Country:Sri Lanka
Language:Sinhala

Kele Handa is a 1953 Sri Lankan romantic musical starring Rukmani Devi, Stanley Perera, Eddie Jayamanne, Rita Ratnayake and Mabel Blythe. It is based on a popular Sinhala novel by W. A. Silva.

The adaption was successful due to the book being widely read in school as part of the curriculum and schools brought in students on buses to see the film. It is technically poor and was shot inside a studio though the story pertained to village life.

Plot summary

Love story of Malini, a village girl who goes to town to see the Vel festival and falls in love with a rich gentleman John Jayapala who pretends to be of low class.

Cast

Songs