Hathara Denama Soorayo (1971 film)

Hathara Denama Soorayo (Sinhala: හතරදෙනාම සූරයෝ) is a 1971 Sri Lankan Sinhala action romantic film directed, produced and co-written by Neil Rupasinghe for Samudra Films.

[1] The four protagonist roles are played by Gamini Fonseka, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Anthony C. Perera and Senadeera Rupasinghe in lead roles along with Malini Fonseka and Sriyani Amarasena.

[9][10] On September 11, 1970, the filming began at the Hendala Vijaya studio, led by the owner of Cinemas K. Gunaratnam and Neil's father, David Rupasinghe, the owner of the Wattala Samudra Cinema.

Meanwhile, all the songs composed for the film by PLA Somapala were imitated tunes.

By the time the film was released, the curfew in the Western Province had not been completely lifted.

It was screened for more than 100 days at a number of leading cinemas including Gamini Theatre, Maradana.