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Tamil cinema in Sri Lanka is not as developed as Sinhala cinema or its Indian counterpart, the Tamil cinema of Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is especially due to the high production rates of the influential commercial Tamil films from Tamil Nadu, India and the long run ethnic civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamils contributed significantly to Sinhala cinema as well as Indian Tamil cinema, also known as ''Kollywood''. Only a few Tamil language films were produced in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Earlier Tamil movies produced were all most destroyed or unrecovered due to civil war. ==Producers and directors== * S. M. Nayagam, a Sri-Lankan Tamil of Indian origin, was the first producer ever of a Sinhala film ''Kadawunu Poronduwa'' (roughly translated as "Broken Promise") which was produced in 1947. Since production and technical facilities were unavailable in Sri Lanka at the time all production work was completed in Madurai, South India. He went on to produce many other Sinhala films — ''Mathalang'', ''Ahankara Istree'' — and was the pioneer of the Sinhala cinema. * K. Gunaratnam was one of the most successful producers of early Sri Lankan cinema. With the popular and influential ''Sujatha'' Gunaratnam brought his Cinemas Ltd. company into original productions in 1953. Previously he had dubbed several Indian films into Sinhala. Over the span of the decade, Gunaratnam had hit after hit with such works as ''Warada Kageda?'', ''Radala Piliruwa'' and ''Saradam''. In the 1960s, Gunaratnam produced some sophisticated art films like ''Sandeshaya'' and ''Deewarayo'' which broke away from imitation of Indian cinema. *M. S. Anandan gained accolades with his camera work for Sri Lankan films like Golu Hadawatha and Nidhanaya. As a director he produced sophisticated commercial movies that were hugely popular in their time. * T. Somesekeran directed and produced the Sinhala movie ''Seda Sulang'', one of the most popular Sri Lankan films of the 1950s. It helped secure the star status of Sinhala actors Prem Jayanth and Florida Jayalath. *Robin Tampoe was one of the most prolific early Sri Lankan directors handling the rein on such works as ''Sudo Sudu'' (1965). He worked in genres including village folk drama, comedy and romance. Tampoe produced all of his films and had his own studio, R. T. *W. M. S. Tampoe directed several films including the popular 1963 ''Samiya Birindage Deviya''. He is the father of Robin Tampoe. *K. Venkat directed several Sinhala films in the 1960s and 1970s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sri Lankan Tamils in Sinhala Cinema」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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