Kanyavi

{{Infobox film | name = Kanyavi <br> කන්‍යාවි | image = Kanyavi film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Siritunga Perera | producer = Cine Vision Lanka Films | writer = Siritunga Perera | based_on = | starring = Sanath Gunathilake <br> Meena Kumari <br> Pubudu Chathuranga | music = Premasiri Khemadasa | cinematography = K. D. Dayananda | editing = Stanley de Alwis | studio = | distributor = NFC Theaters | released = {{Film date|2009|12|04|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Sri Lanka | language = Sinhala | gross = | italic_title = | budget = }}

'''''Kanyavi''''' ({{langx|si|කන්‍යාවි|italic=yes}}) is a 2009 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Siritunga Perera and produced by Indika Wijeratne for Cine Vision Lanka Films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/12/30/art18.asp | title=Kanyavi a psychological human drama | work=Daily News | accessdate=30 December 2009}}</ref> It stars Sanath Gunathilake and Meena Kumari in lead roles along with Sathischandra Edirisinghe and Pubudu Chathuranga.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090802/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_04.html | title='Kanyavi' salutes the role of woman | publisher=Sunday Times | accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref> Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/04/21/?fn=sa16042117 |title=Sri Lankan Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827231707/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/04/21/?fn=sa16042117 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nation.lk/2008/08/17/enter4.htm | title=Kanyavi — A timeless partnership | publisher=The Nation | accessdate=26 February 2017}}</ref> The film introduced Dilani Madurasinghe to cinema for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sandeshaya.org/sri-lankan-sinhala-film-kanyavi-by-siritunga-perera-staring-sanath-gunathilaka-and-meena-kumari-at-sandeshaya-sri-lanka/ | title=Sri Lankan Sinhala Film Kanyavi by Siritunga Perera – starring Sanath Gunathilaka and Meena Kumari at Sandeshaya Sri Lanka | publisher=Sandeshaya | accessdate=26 February 2017}}</ref> It is the 1132rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016 | archive-date=23 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The film was successfully screened for 60 days at Ritz Borella and other NFC circuit cinema halls around the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100131/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_10.html |title='Kanyawi' continues |publisher=Sunday Times |accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=February 2017}}

==Cast== * Sanath Gunathilake as Janaka Senanayake * Meena Kumari as Imaya Senanayake * Dilani Madurasinghe as Kumari * Sathischandra Edirisinghe as Janaka's father * Pubudu Chathuranga as Madhava * Hyacinth Wijeratne as Janaka's mother * Himali Sayurangi as Tharushi Nadeesha * Seetha Kumari as Somawathi * Susila Kottage as Mrs. Charlot Sylvester * Upali Keerthisena as Madhava's servant * Kapila Sigera as Thug

==Soundtrack== {{Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Siyumali Piume | lyrics1= | extra1 = Amarasiri Pieris }}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:2009 films Category:2009 Sinhala-language films Category:2009 Sri Lankan films Category:2009 drama films Category:Sri Lankan drama films Category:Sinhala-language drama films