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Asoka (1955 film)

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Asoka
Directed bySirisena Wimalaweera
Screenplay byPiyasena Costa
Produced byDharmadasa Kulatunge
StarringAnanda Weerakoon, Vinodini, Eddie Yapa, Pushpa Janet
Music byKarunaratne Abeysekera (lyrics)
Herbert M. Senevirathne (lyrics)
Piyasena Costa (lyrics)
P. L. A. Somapala (music)
Release date
  • 4 March 1955 (1955-03-04)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Asoka is a 1955 Sri Lankan romantic musical based on the Bollywood film Sheesa.[1]

Cast

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  • Sumith Bibile as Sarath
  • Pushpa Janet as Asoka
  • Ananda Weerakoon as Harry
  • Punya Heendeniya
  • Eddie Yapa as Pattiya
  • Benjamin Fernando as Seeya
  • D. J. Samarakkody
  • Sumith Dissanayake as Doctor
  • Prema Kanthi
  • Wimala Kumari as Sisi
  • Sheela Renuka as Sarath's sister
  • S. H. Jothipala as Goviya
  • Oliver Silva as Thel Veda
  • Dharmadasa Kulatunga as Beggar
  • W. Chularatne as Donald
  • Noel Perera
  • Marcus Perera
  • N. R. Dias
  • G. S. B. Rani
  • Seetha Nanayakkara
  • E. Marshall Perera

Songs

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The songs were recorded by the cast for the movie and by prominent playback singers for general release:

  • "Katharagamey" – Jikki, Dharmadasa Walpola and chorus (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  • "Sataneki Jivithe" – Dharmadasa Walpola (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  • "Thanivay Upanne" – Mohideen Baig (lyrics by Abeysekera; melody from 1954 Bollywood film Dost)
  • "Maruwa Maruwa" – G. S. B. Rani Perera (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  • "Payana Sanda Sey" – G. S. B. Rani Perera and Dharmadasa Walpola (lyrics by Piyasena Costa)
  • "Adare Sagarey" – G. S. B. Rani Perera
  • "Prem Suwandai" – Dharmadasa Walpola and Chitra Somapala (melody from the song Äaja re Baalam""by Sandhya Mukherjee in the Hindi movie Ek Do Teen,1953.)
  • "Meka Thama Dewiangai" – Ananda Samarakoon, Dharmadasa Walpola and Mohideen Baig (A. J. Kareem and Haroon Lantra in movie)
  • "Loke Sihinayak" – Mohideen Baig and G. S. B. Rani Perera (lyrics by Abeysekera; melody from Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar's "Jaag Dard-e-Ishq Jaag" in 1953 Bollywood film Anarkali)
  • "Prem Pahana Niwa" – Mohideen Baig and G. S. B. Rani Perera (melody from 1953 Tamil movie Avan)
  • "Seeya Manamalaya" – Mohideen Baig and Dharmadasa Walpola (Eddie Yapa and A.J. Kareem in movie. Lyrics by Abeysekera)
  • "Prem Geethai Sangeethay" – Sathyawathi (Vindoini in movie) melody from : "Mai to chali re piya ke desh" by Geeta Dutt in the Hindi movie "Suhaag Sindoor", 1953

References

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  1. ^ Asoka (1955) - IMDb, retrieved 1 April 2023
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