Film

Nommara 17

1989 · 1h 47m · Action · Drama

Nommara 17 (Sinhala: නොම්මර 17) is a 1989 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma and produced by Preethiraj Weeraratne for Weeraratne Enterprises. It stars Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake and Jeewan Kumaranatunga in lead roles along with Mervyn Jayathunga, Freddie Silva and Sabeetha Perera. The music was composed by Ernest Soysa. It is the 691st film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was screened after the assassination of lead actor Vijaya Kumaratunga, which influenced the fans to come and watch his famous movie star for the last time on the silver screen. Thus recorded as one of the huge blockbuster hit in Sinhala cinema, which also won Sarasaviya Award as well. It successfully passed 200 days at theatres.

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Vijaya

Sanath Gunathilake

Naatha

Jeevan Kumaratunga

Inspector Mahesh

Sabeetha Perera

Vasanthi / Mrs Sabarathnam

Wilson Karunaratne

Wilson

Mervyn Jayathunga

Mervyn Jayasekara

Freddie Silva

Potato

Manel Chandralatha

Samanthie

Menik Kurukulasooriya

Radha

Teddy Vidyalankara

Teddy

Srinath Maldeniya

Police Chief

Preethiraj Weeraratne

Inspector Sabarathnam

Mahesh Jayasinghe

Brinjol

Lakmal Fonseka

Suppuwa

• Hemasiri SellapperumaDirector
• Preethiraj WeeraratneWriter
• M.S. AlimanEditor

Release date

July 21, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Sinhala

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Action, Drama