Cheriyo (film series)

Cheriyo is a Sri Lankan film series centered on a series of comedy action films, produced by TK Films and RS Films and distributed by EAP cinema theaters.[1][2][3][4]

Cheriyo
Created byRoy de Silva
Original workCheriyo Doctor (1991)
Films and television
Film(s)List of films
Audio
Soundtrack(s)See below

Overview

The franchise consists of four films in the Cheriyo series, Cheriyo Doctor (1991), Cheriyo Captain (1995), Cheriyo Darling (1996) and Cheriyo Holman (2002). The first three films of the franchise was directed by Roy de Silva with his screenplay and dialogues. The film Cheriyo Doctor was produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films, cinematography by S. A. Gafoor and edited by S. V. Chandran.[5] The second film Cheriyo Captain was produced again by Thilak Atapattu, cinematography by G. Nandasena and edited by Densil Jayaweera.[6] Third film Cheriyo Darling was co-produced by director Roy de Silva with his wife Sumana Amarasinghe for Roy-Sumana Films (RS Films). The film cinematography done by J.J. Yogaraja and edited by Densil Jayaweera.[7] The final film of the franchise, Cheriyo Holman was directed by Parakrama Jayasinghe and co-produced by Raj Ranasinghe and Thilak Atapattu. Cinematography by G. Nandasena and edited by M. S. Aliman. All four films were music directed by Somapala Rathnayake.[8]

History
Film SL release date Director(s) Producer(s) Story by Composer(s) Status
Cheriyo series
Cheriyo Doctor October 11, 1991 Roy de Silva Thilak Atapattu Roy de Silva Somapala Rathnayake Released [9]
Cheriyo Captain October 13, 1995
Cheriyo Darling October 25, 1996 Sumana Amarasinghe
Cheriyo Holman May 24, 2002 [10] Parakrama Jayasinghe Thilak Atapattu
Raj Ranasinghe		 Clive Martens

Timeline
Year Feature films
1991 Cheriyo Doctor
1995 Cheriyo Captain
1996 Cheriyo Darling
2002 Cheriyo Holman

Films

Cheriyo Doctor (1991)
Main article: Cheriyo Doctor

Cheriyo Doctor, centering on the incidents occur within a mental hospital run by Professor. Incidents starts when Nurse Surangi falls in love with one of fake patient Chaminda Randenigala. After series of comedy incidents, Chaminda's friend Nalin also attended to the hospital with fake illness and Chaminda's realized that his sister Madhu falls in love with Nalin. However, Chaminda's mother Nayana Randenigala opposes their romantic behaviors and locked Madhu. With the help of hospital staff, Chaminda and Nalin fight against Nayana's thugs and win their fiancees.[11]

Cheriyo Captain (1995)
Main article: Cheriyo Captain

Cheriyo Captain, centering on the incidents occur between an army group and a guerrilla group. Army group led by Captain Doson commands seven funny soldiers - Huntin, Ping Pong, Bantum, Kang Kung, Pabul, Tom Tom accompany with Tarzan. Guerrilla group led by Alphonsus who kidnap Varuni, only daughter of General Tagore. Captain Doson has informed to rescue Varuni and bring the guerrillas down. Along the course, Varuni's boyfriend Rahal and his friend joined the army troop at the jungle. After series of comedy events, army troop rescued Varuni and meantime destroy the bridge that connect the Army territory and Alphosus territory.[12]

Cheriyo Darling (1996)
Main article: Cheriyo Darling

Cheriyo Darling, centering on the incidents occur when a popular actress Miss Sweetie attends to the mental hospital run by Professor. All the male workers at the hospital start to flirt around her to win her heart. Meanwhile, Sweetie's boyfriend enters to the hospital with a fake mental illness. However, after series of comedy incidents Gulliver and his henchman rushed to the hospital and looking to kidnap Miss Sweeties. With the final battle initiated by hotel workers, Gulliver flees with his troop and Miss Sweetie joins with her boyfriend and leave the hospital.

Cheriyo Holman (2002)
Main article: Cheriyo Holman

Cheriyo Darling is set in a hotel. Many people visit the hotel and reserve their rooms. Meanwhile the hotel is haunted by a ghost, "Mohini" (Dilhani) and all people are afraid of her horror incidents. Further information about the ghost is exhibited in the last part of the film. Until that moment, the film revolves around comedic incidents as well as hotel workers flirting with a beautiful girl, later known as the ghost.

Cast and characters
Cast Film & Character
Cheriyo Doctor
(1991)		 Cheriyo Captain
(1995)		 Cheriyo Darling
(1996)		 Cheriyo Holman
(2002)
Bandu Samarasinghe Marmite Huntin / Fruit Salad Marmite
Tennison Cooray Hospital attendant Bantum Doctor Dunath Mala
Joe Abeywickrama Professor Captain Doson Professor
Freddie Silva Doctor Coco / Virindu singer Ping Pong Doctor Coco
Sumana Amarasinghe Nayana Randenigala Teena Madam
Nawanandana Wijesinghe Patient Tom Tom Formalin
Manel Chandralatha Nurse Nancy Nurse
Cletus Mendis Cleet Alphonsus
Sanath Gunathilake Chaminda Randenigala Rahal
Sabeetha Perera Surangi Varuni
Shashi Wijendra Nalin Rahal's friend
M. V. Balan Security guard Pabul
Wimal Kumara de Costa Kang Kung Vegemite
Susila Kottage Guerrilla girl
Mark Samson Mark Alphonsus' henchman
Lilian Edirisinghe Head nurse Mrs. Rambo
Teddy Vidyalankara Chance's henchman
Nihal Silva Doctor Ko
Nadeeka Gunasekara Madhu
Sunil Hettiarachchi Tarzan
Mervyn Jayathunga General Tagore
Sanoja Bibile Miss Kitty
Ronnie Leitch Madha Kess
Baptist Fernando Mr. Fernando
Bertrum Perera Gulliver
Ravindra Randeniya Professor
Dilhani Ekanayake Miss Sweetie Mohini
Ananda Wickramage
Manel Wanaguru

Technical crew
Technical aspect Film & crew
Cheriyo Doctor
(1991)		 Cheriyo Captain
(1995)		 Cheriyo Darling
(1996)		 Cheriyo Holman
(2002)
Assistant director Anton Kingsley
Nishantha Pradeep		 Anton Kingsley
Bandula Ekanayake		 Chandana Edisiringhe Saman Silva
Make-up Ebert Wijesinghe Hemantha Gamage Manoj Selvaraj
Sound coordination George Manatunga Lionel Gunaratne
Sound Engineer M. A. A. Alwis Lionel Gunaratne
Stunt direction Teddy Vidyalankara Lal Kumara
Choreography Ronald Fernando Channa Wijewardena
Art direction Mohan Adams Saliya Dias
Roshan Warnakulasuriya
Lyrics Premakeerthi de Alwis
Somapala Leelananda
Alanson Mendis		 Hemasiri Halpita
Somapala Leelananda		 Hemasiri Halpita
Ananda Padmasiri

Soundtracks

Cheriyo Doctor
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Gee Nada Pawethe"Gratien Ananda, Latha Walpola 
2."Sihina Lathaviya"Ananda Perera, Maya Damayanthi 
3."Latin American song"Sunil de Silva 
4."Sakala Sarin Piri"Freddie Silva 
5."Vikara Loke"Freddie Silva 
6."Bar Bar Eken Bila"Freddie Silva 

Cheriyo Captain
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Lo Balana Devide"Latha Walpola 
2."Sansara Gee Raavaye"Gratien Ananda, Latha Walpola 
3."Cheriyo Kiyala Me Api Yanne"Gratien Ananda, Freddie Silva, Bandu Samarasinghe, Jayantha Rathnayake, Yohan Arjun 
4."Wedath Agei Hithath Hondai"Gratien Ananda, Bandu Samarasinghe, Yohan Arjun 

Cheriyo Doctor
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Me Eka Eka Jathiye Leddu"Freddie Silva, Ronnie Leitch 
2."Muhude Inne Eka Maluwado"Ronnie Leitch 
3."Ruwa Manamalai"Nirosha Virajini 
4."Monalisa Monalisa"Ananda Perera 
5."Sudu Suranganavi"Gratien Ananda, Latha Walpola 
6."Me Asai Bayai Mage"Freddie Silva and film crew 

References
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