Swarna Mallawarachchi

Swarna Mallawarachchi

Born: August 1, 1948
in Sri Lanka
Swarna Mallawarachchi is a Sri Lankan film actress, also known as the "Golden star of Sinhalese cinema". She began her acting career whilst still a schoolgirl - starring in the 1966 released Sinhalese film Sath Samudura directed by Siri Gunasinghe. During a career that spans over 40 years, Swarna has won the 'Best Actress Award' 26 times.

Movies for Swarna Mallawarachchi...

Let Her Cry
Title: Let Her Cry
Released: May 12, 2016
Type: Movie
When an alluring young undergrad becomes infatuated with her nearly retired professor, she stirs up the man's humdrum home life in a most unusual way.
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Thanha Rathi Ranga
Title: Thanha Rathi Ranga
Character: Manorani
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Three friends embark on a journey to a land that was once forbidden but a sudden encounter forces them to return to yet another land of turmoil and terror.
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Moon Lady
Title: Moon Lady
Released: August 22, 1998
Type: Movie
A Sri Lankan movie
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Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I
Title: Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I
Character: Nona Hami
Released: May 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.
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Anantha Rathriya
Title: Anantha Rathriya
Released: January 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Suwisal has turned 40. He's a forgetful businessman, a philanderer, indifferent to life around him, including his young and lovely fiancée. A visit to the house of his childhood triggers memories that continue to cascade when he is called for jury duty to hear the case against Piyum, a servant he seduced and abandoned 20 years before. Now a prostitute, she is on trial for murder.
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Mee Haraka - මී හරකා
Title: Mee Haraka - මී හරකා
Character: Yamuna
Released: December 9, 1994
Type: Movie
An illiterate and sexually frustrated young man finds himself attracted to a chic woman from the city who has come to his rural village as a school teacher.
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Inbetween
Title: Inbetween
Character: The Walking Woman
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A semi-autobiographical account of a move from Sri Lanka to Britain, which explores "being inbetween East/West, mother/father, male/female". The filmmaker was born in Sri Lanka and brought up in the traditions of European culture and Roman Catholicism. He moved to England to live and work, and the film, which combines drama and documentary, is a personal account of his "negotiation of his personal history".
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Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa
Title: Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa
Character: Heen kella
Released: December 30, 1988
Type: Movie
Voted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll
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A Woman in a Whirlpool
Title: A Woman in a Whirlpool
Character: Suddi
Released: March 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable Suddhi has to depend on Sirimewan Mudalalie, a shrewd businessman from town.
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The Hunt
Title: The Hunt
Character: Rathmali
Released: June 11, 1984
Type: Movie
A woman plots her revenge after being duped by a slick, ruthless man who impregnates her and tries to bail her out of marriage.
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Chanchala Rekha
Title: Chanchala Rekha
Released: December 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Chanchala Reka is a Sri Lankan sinhala film released in 1981.
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Hansa Vilak
Title: Hansa Vilak
Released: April 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A married man (Nissanka) and woman (Miranda) find their lives disrupted after their affair is exposed by the police. Leaving their respective families, the two decide to live together. Shortly afterwards, Miranda secretly goes back to see her former husband. As paranoia mounts, Nissanka disintegrates psychologically to point where reality and fantasy are blurred.
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Younger Sister
Title: Younger Sister
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
Dharmesena Pathiraja's only Tamil language film, Ponmani (Younger Sister) is about a starkly different socio-economic culture and political climate. Set in the northern city of Jaffna, it traces the fortunes and concerns of an economically depleted upper caste, lower middle class family. An evocative film about land, women, romance and tragedy, narrated in an idiom of understatement.
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One League of Sky
Title: One League of Sky
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Three young men have to face the realities of adult life as they move on from youthful frolicking to battle issues of unemployment, restlessness and the allure of the city. Two of them, Jaye and Gune, unlike their other friend who finds both a job and a wife, have only each other for company, In search of quick and easy money, they fall into hands of a scheming network of underworld figures.They become hustlers and decide to outwit their contact.
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Sath Samudura
Title: Sath Samudura
Character: Soma
Released: February 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Sath Samudura is a landmark Sri Lankan film directed by professor Siri Gunasinghe and released in 1967. This film was critically acclaimed and is considered a major work in Sri Lankan cinema. It depicts the plight of fishermen living in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.