Mangrove Island

Overview

Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success

Cast

Joe Abeywickrama

Dharmasena Guru

A

Ajith Jinadasa

Upali Giniwelle

D

David Dharmakithri

Mudalali (Upali's father)

P

Padmasena Athukorala

Jinadasa/Jinna

S

Somalatha Subasinghe