Nidhanaya

Nidhanaya

නිධානය

Black & White 35mm

Film No: 237  ·  Released: 03 Feb 1972

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Summary

NameNidhanaya / නිධානය
Film No237
Released Date03 Feb 1972
ColorimeterBlack & White
Video Format35mm
Duration110 min
Movie GroupSinhala
CategoryFamily
CompanyCeyloan Studio

International Awards

1 Silver Lion Award Venice International Film Festival Venice - 1972

National Awards

For The Film

1 Best Film 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972

For Artists

1 Best Director 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Dr. Lester James Peries
2 Best Actor 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Gamini Fonseka
3 Best Actress 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Malani Fonseka
4 Best Script Writer 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Tissa Abeysekara
5 Best Editor [2nd] 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Dr. Lester James Peries
6 Best Editor [2nd] 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Edwin Leetin
7 Best Editor [2nd] 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Gladvin Fernando
8 Best Cinematographer - Honor 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 M.S. Anandan
9 Best Music Director 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972 Premasiri Khemadasa

Superstition, religion, love and madness come into play in this Ceylonese drama. Willie is an architect and has many Western values. When he inherits the family house (and the family debts) he cannot forget the family superstition that a treasure is hidden beneath a rock and can be found if someone in the family marries a woman with certain beauty marks and then sacrifices her. Willie searches, and finally finds such a woman. He keeps his distance from her, as he plans to kill her, but when he falls ill, she nurses him back to health. This contact causes him to forget all about his plan. However, a financial reversal reminds him of it.

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