Changes in the Village
6.7
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.
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Part of Koggala Trilogy
3 films
Cast
12 people
Punya Hiendeniya
Nanda
Also in
The Yellow Robe
Parasathu Mal
Henry Jayasena
Priyal Weliwela
Also in
Ghosts Can't Do It
Baddegama
Lester James Peries
Sumitra Peries
Reggie Siriwardena
Wickrama Bogoda
Tissa
Also in
Ponmani
Silence of the Heart
Martin Wickremasinghe
W.D. Amaradeva
Trelicia Gunawardena
Anula
Also in
Iqbal
Baddegama
Willie Blake
Gamini Fonseka
Jinadasa
Also in
The Treasure
Pawana Ralu Viya
Malini Fonseka
Also in
Baddegama
Bambaru Awith
Lester James Peries Director · Reggie Siriwardena Writer Martin Wickramasinghe Author
Worldwide gross $11K · First release July 21, 1963 · Produced in Sri Lanka
Box office
Worldwide gross
$10,716
Production
Cinelanka
Production
Sri Lanka
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ගම්පෙරලිය
Original language
Sinhala
Spoken on screen
Sinhala
Release dates
Russia · July 21, 1963
Limited theatrical · Moscow International Film Festival
Sri Lanka · January 1, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Russia
September 1, 1963 · Moscow Film Festival
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