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{{Infobox film
| name = Amma
| image =

| caption =
| director = [[Sirisena Wimalaweera]]
| producer = Navajeewana Film Co. (company)
| screenplay = Sirisena Wimalweera (story, play, and screenplay)<br>Krishnan (screenplay)
| starring = [[Eddie Junior]]<br />[[Pearl Vasudevi]]<br />[[D. R. Nanayakkara]]<br />N. R. Dias
| music = C. N. Pandurangan
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| country = Sri Lanka
| released = {{Film date|1949|08|19}}
| runtime =
| language = Sinhala
| budget =
}}

'''''Amma''''' is a 1949 Sri Lankan film directed by [[Sirisena Wimalaweera]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nandana |title=Sri Lankan cinema and indian influence |url=https://english.mirrorarts.lk/ar/chat/486-sri-lankan-cinema-and-indian-influence-3 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=english.mirrorarts.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sunday Times Mirror Magazine Section |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/000102/tv.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.sundaytimes.lk}}</ref> It was adapted from one of his plays that bore the same name. The cast included Eddie Junior, [[Pearl Vasudevi]], [[D. R. Nanayakkara]] and N. R. Dias and was filmed at the Neptune Studio in [[Madras]], India.

It was screened at the Central Cinema in [[Maradana]].

==Plot==
Story involving a mother.

==Cast==
*[[Pearl Vasudevi]] as Nila: lead female character
*[[D. R. Nanayakkara]] as Saranapala
*[[Eddie Junior]] as Tilaka: lead male character
*Upasena Wimalaweera as Young Tilaka
*Murin Nissanka as Viola
*R. Marshal Perera as Romeo
*Carmen Vanidoti as Juliet
*N. R. Dias as Juwanis
*R. H. Nicholas Perera as Jomi
*Sumana Ranasinghe as Noiyahami
*Turin Silva
*Asilin Ranasinghe
*S. H. Jothipala as Samson

==Songs==
*"Harida Viman" – Pearl Vasudevi
*"Dawasak Da (virindu)" – Upasena Wimalaweera
*"Jeevitha Yatho" – Pearl Vasudevi
*"Kama Deiyange Rupe" – D. R. Nanayakkara and Murin Nissanka
*"Paya Wala Gabi" – Upasena Wimalweera and female cast member
*"Mang Paninewa Kalani Gange" – R. Marshal Perera and Carmen Vanidoti
*"Gala Kadagena" – N. R. Dias
*"Hawa Pare Durai" – B. F. de Silva and Eddie Junior
*"Marga Erelana" – D. R. Nanayakkara
*"Karadara Bariye" – R. H. Nicholas Perera and Sumana Ranasinghe

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan films based on plays]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by C. N. Pandurangan]]

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