Music was always an integral part of Sinhala cinema and here again the local producers depended heavily on Indian musicians. They not only provided the music but used Indian tunes for the film songs.

Gamini gave an astounding performance acting as a Tamil in Sunil Ariyaratne’s ‘Sarungale’. He played Nadarajah, the Jaffna Tamil clerk in a story that highlighted both the anti-Tamil communal violence ...