Changes in the Village

Changes in the Village — Plot

Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.

• Release date
• July 21, 1963
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Lester James Peries

Changes in the Village — Cast

Punya Hiendeniya Nanda Henry Jayasena Priyal Weliwela Wickrama Bogoda Tissa Trelicia Gunawardena Anula Gamini Fonseka Jinadasa Malini Fonseka