# Kanyavi

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{{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](/source/Sanath_Gunathilake) <br> Meena Kumari <br> [Pubudu Chathuranga](/source/Pubudu_Chathuranga) 
| music          = [Premasiri Khemadasa](/source/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](/source/Sri_Lanka)
| language       = [Sinhala](/source/Sinhalese_language)
| gross          = 
| italic_title   = 
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Kanyavi''''' ({{langx|si|කන්‍යාවි|italic=yes}}) is a 2009 [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)n 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](/source/Sanath_Gunathilake) and Meena Kumari in lead roles along with [Sathischandra Edirisinghe](/source/Sathischandra_Edirisinghe) and [Pubudu Chathuranga](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka).<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](/source/Sanath_Gunathilake) as Janaka Senanayake
* Meena Kumari as Imaya Senanayake
* Dilani Madurasinghe as Kumari
* [Sathischandra Edirisinghe](/source/Sathischandra_Edirisinghe) as Janaka's father
* [Pubudu Chathuranga](/source/Pubudu_Chathuranga) as Madhava
* [Hyacinth Wijeratne](/source/Hyacinth_Wijeratne) as Janaka's mother
* [Himali Sayurangi](/source/Himali_Sayurangi) as Tharushi Nadeesha
* [Seetha Kumari](/source/Seetha_Kumari) as Somawathi
* [Susila Kottage](/source/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

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