Attanayake Piyasena Ahangama as Abeyratne Devika Karunaratne as Muthu Menika Nawanandana Wijesinghe as Lavanis Dayananda Jayawardena as Martin Karu Nanayakkara as Stocky policeman G. W. Surendra as Speech giver G. R. Perera as Tarzan Kumara Chandra Kaluarachchi as Bathik dress discusser Elson Divithurugama as Wickrama's debator P. B. Miyalawa as Luncheon senior Buddhi Wickrama as Goring's associate Tudor Karunathilake as Police officer Production The film was shot in Point Pedro and was South Asia's and Sri Lanka's first to be done in cinemascope. It was a box office success after its first screening on October 27, 1971 and critically well received. Awards and nominations Presidential Film Award in 1999 Named 10th Best Sri Lankan Film of the first 50 years by Presidential council in 1997 References 1971 films Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present)