He worked in genres including village folk drama, comedy and romance. Robin Tampoe was one of the most prolific early Sri Lankan directors, handling the reins on such works as Sudo Sudu (1965).It helped secure the star status of Sinhala actors Prem Jayanth and Florida Jayalath. Somesekeran directed and produced the Sinhala movie Seda Sulang, one of the most popular Sri Lankan films of the 1950s. As a director he produced sophisticated commercial movies that were hugely popular in their time. Anandan gained accolades with his camera work for Sri Lankan films like Golu Hadawatha and Nidhanaya. In the 1960s, he produced some sophisticated art films like Sandeshaya and Deewarayo which broke away from imitation of Indian cinema. Over the span of the decade, Gunaratnam had hit after hit with such works as Warada Kageda?, Radala Piliruwa and Saradam. Previously he had dubbed several Indian films into Sinhala. company into original productions in 1953.
With the popular and influential Sujatha Gunaratnam brought his Cinemas Ltd. Gunaratnam was one of the most successful producers of early Sri Lankan cinema. He went on to produce many other Sinhala films - Mathalang, Ahankara Istree - and was the pioneer of Sinhala cinema. Since production and technical facilities were unavailable in Sri Lanka at the time all production work was completed in Madurai, South India. Nayagam, a Sri-Lankan Tamil of Indian origin, was the first producer of a Sinhala film Kadawunu Poronduwa (roughly translated as "Broken Promise"), which was produced in 1947.
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