Changes in the Village

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Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.

Country:

Sri Lanka

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

105 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Lester James Peries

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Company:

Cinelanka

Cast:
Punya Hiendeniya

Nanda

Henry Jayasena

Pryal Weliweli

Wickrema Bogoda

Tissa

Trelicia Gunawardena

Anula

Gamini Fonseka

Jinadasa

Crew:
Lester James Peries

Director

Reggie Siriwardena

Writer

W.D. Amaradeva

Original Music Composer

Willie Blake

Director of Photography

Sumitra Peries

Editor