Thank You Berty

Thank You Berty
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Sinhala	තෑන්ක් යු බර්ටි
Directed by	Tennyson Cooray
Written by	Tennyson Cooray
Produced by	Jagath M. Yapa
Starring	Tennyson Cooray Bandu Samarasinghe Anusha Damayanthi Dilhani Ekanayake Ananda Wickramage Anton Jude
Cinematography	Lalith Thomas Nimalsiri Rosa
Edited by	Prasad Lad, Chennai
Music by	Somapala Rathnayake
Production company	Galuku Entertainment
Distributed by	EAP Films [1]
Release dates	August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07) (Australia) November 25, 2011 (2011-11-25) (Sri Lanka)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhalese

Thank You Berty (Sinhala: තෑන්ක් යු බර්ටි) is a 2010 Sinhalese language Sri Lankan action comedy film written by Tennyson Cooray as his directorial debut and starring a number of Sri Lankan comedians, including Bandu Samarasinghe, Dilhani Ekanayake, Ananda Wickramage, Mahendra Perera, Anusha Damayanthi, Nilanthi Dias, and Cletus Mendis.[2][3] The film had its world premiere August 7, 2010, in Melbourne, Australia.[4]

Plot

The life of Berty, the middle aged bachelor, changes when he meets Sanda, a nursery school teacher, who hails from a very rich family. He falls madly in love with her, and Berty’s attempt to actualize this one sided love is the plot to the play.

Berty’s best friend, Norty, is married to Matilda. Being a father of nine children, Norty always attempts to make easy money. When Berty confides his secret love, the latter advises him to get rich to win the girls heart and invites him to join him in the journey of making quick and easy money.

Berty and Norty in their journey to make easy money brings fits of laughter during the incidents they encounters.

Cast

• Tennyson Cooray as Birty
• Bandu Samarasinghe as Norty
• Dilhani Ekanayake as Harry's Daughter
• Anton Jude as Minister
• Ananda Wickramage as Mr. Harry
• Mahendra Perera as William Silancer, Sanda's Father
• Nilanthi Dias as Sandakomali
• Ronnie Leitch as Munidasa, Driver of Sanda's Father
• Priyankara Perera as Norty's Student
• Susila Kottage as Berty's Mother
• Anusha Damayanthi as Matilda, Norty's Wife
• Cletus Mendis as Police Inspector
• Manel Wanaguru as Opal
• Wimal Kumara de Costa as Security officer
• Ariyasena Gamage as Solbari
• Samanthi Lanerolle as Tamil servant
• Susila Kuragama as Kuri
• Premadasa Vithanage as Opal's Husband
• Rajitha Hiran
• Jeevan Handuneththi
• Mahinda Pathirage as SMS Reality show promoter
• Don Guy as Police Officer
• Teddy Vidyalankara
• Janesh de Silva as Police Constable
• Chathura Perera as Police Constable
• Kapila Sigera as Chandana, Silancer's servant

Tracklisting

Composed by Somapala Rathnayake. Singers are Sangeeth Wijesuriya and Uresha Ravihari.

1. Chuttan Battichchi - Sangeeth Wijesuriya, Uresha Ravihari

References

1. "'Thank you Berty' A tale of an old bachelor". Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. staff (2009). "Tenny C. brings Berty". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
3. Sujeewa (14 August 2009). "ටෙනී සතුටු සිනා මැද "තැන්ක්‌ යු බර්ටි" අරඹයි" (in Sinhala). Divaina. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
4. staff. "Comedy Masterpiece: Thank You Berty". thankyouberty.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

External links

• Official website as archived January 6, 2014