Sarungale

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| name = Sarungale
සරුංගලේ

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| director = Sunil Ariyaratne

| producer = Y.M. Karunathilake
Ranjith Palansuriya

| writer = George Lesley Ranasinghe

| based_on = Dharmasiri Gamage

| starring = Gamini Fonseka
Veena Jayakody
M. Abbas
Wimal Kumara de Costa

| music = Victor Ratnayake

| cinematography = W. A. B. de Silva

| editing = Gladwin Fernando

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| released = {{Film date|1979|03|02|df=yes|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/features/2019/10/10/10478/බඹරිඳු-බඹරිඳු-කුමට-වඩින්නේ | title=All about Sarungale | publisher=Sarasaviya | access-date=29 February 2020}}}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = Sri Lanka

| language = Sinhala
Tamil

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Sarungale (The Kite) ({{langx|si|සරුංගලේ|italic=yes}}) is a 1979 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Y.M. Karunathilake.{{cite web | url=https://www.films.lk/yakadaya-sinhala-film-1138.html | title=Yakadaya - යකඩයා cast | publisher=Sinhala Cinema Database | access-date=29 February 2020}} It stars Gamini Fonseka and Veena Jayakody in lead roles along with M. Abbas] and Wimal Kumara de Costa.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023476/ | title=Sarungale (1979) cast | publisher=IMDb | access-date=29 February 2020}} Music composed by Victor Ratnayake. It is the 413th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | access-date=29 February 2020}}

The film deals with the inter-ethnic, communal violence between Sinhalese and Tamils. It demonstrate the ambivalence of the Sinhala socio-political establishment towards the Tamil people.{{cite web | url=https://newsin.asia/remembering-gamini-fonseka-sri-lankan-cinemas-super-star/in-sarungale-a-film-made-in-karaveddi-in-tamil-speaking-north-sri-lanka/ | title=In Sarungale, a film made in Karaveddi, in Tamil-speaking North Sri Lanka | publisher=newsin | access-date=29 February 2020}}{{cite journal | url=https://sljh.sljol.info/articles/abstract/10.4038/sljh.v40i0.7230/ | title=Justifying Communal Violence, Recuperating Militancy: Sunil Ariyaratne's Sarungale and Gamini Fonseka's Nomiyena Minisun | year=2014 | publisher=Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities | doi=10.4038/sljh.v40i0.7230 | access-date=29 February 2020| last1=Jayasena | first1=Nalin | journal=Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities | volume=40 | page=55 | doi-access=free }}{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Conveying-the-message-of-reconciliation-to-society-through-films/172-110404 | title=Conveying the message of reconciliation to society through films | publisher=Daily Mirror | access-date=29 February 2020}}

The film won several awards at OCIC film awards ceremony including Best Script.{{cite web | url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2010/09/19/spe11.asp | title=The last journey of two good old friends | publisher=Sunday Observer | access-date=29 February 2020}} Farina Lai won the Live Talent Award, while Wimal Kumara de Costa and Gamini Fonseka won Special Jury Award at the ceremony. The film also won the Best Actor award and Best Supporting Actress award at 10th Sarasaviya Film Awards held on March 29, 1980, finished fifth with 27978 votes.{{cite web | url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2012/11/22/?fn=sa12112212 | title=Sinhala screened films | publisher=Sarasaviya | access-date=29 February 2020}}