Akkara Paha (Sinhala, Five Acres of Land) is a 1970 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries, with the screen play dialogue and script by Tissa Abeysekara.

The film stars Milton Jayawardena as Sena, Anoma Wattaladeniya as Sadha and Malini Fonseka as Kumari.

[1] Tissa Abeysekera adapted Madawela S. Rathnayake's book as a follow-up to Golu Hadawatha.

Sena (Milton Jayawardena) is sent to a boarding school at a well-to-do city university by his family who mortgage everything they own to pay for his education.

The impoverished family takes on the titular scheme offered by the government to settle the North Central province.