Nayagam on behalf of Chitrakala Movietone Ltd. The film was produced by Sundaram Madhuranayagam generally known as S.M. Thus the screening of ‘Broken Promise’ was indeed of historic importance and was duly acknowledged so by the country’s most senior Minister and future Prime Minister being present as Chief Guest at the first screening. Until then films shown in the island were in languages like English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil or Telugu but not in Sinhala. It was the first-ever Sinhala “talkie” meaning a film where the characters on screen spoke and sang in the Sinhala language.
‘Kadawunu Poronduwa’ was no ordinary film. The presence of Senanayake, who was also then the leader of the House, at the first screening of a film denoted the importance of the event.
Senanayake went on to become the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon as Sri Lanka was known then, within a year of this premiere. Senanayake, Minister of Agriculture and Lands under the State Council system of governance during the penultimate stages of British rule. History was made 70 years ago when the film ‘Kadawunu Poronduwa’ (Broken Promise) premiered at the Kingsley Theatre in Colombo on 21 January 1947.
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