title: Asoka (1955 film)
text: # Asoka (1955 film)
  
  Asoka is a 1955 Sri Lankan romantic musical based on the Bollywood film Sheesa.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Sumith Bibile as Sarath
  * Pushpa Janet as Asoka
  * Ananda Weerakoon as Harry
  * Punya Heendeniya
  * Eddie Yapa as Pattiya
  * Benjamin Fernando as Seeya
  * D. J. Samarakkody
  * Sumith Dissanayake as Doctor
  * Prema Kanthi
  * Wimala Kumari as Sisi
  * Sheela Renuka as Sarath's sister
  * S. H. Jothipala as Goviya
  * Oliver Silva as Thel Veda
  * Dharmadasa Kulatunga as Beggar
  * W. Chularatne as Donald
  * Noel Perera
  * Marcus Perera
  * N. R. Dias
  * G. S. B. Rani
  * Seetha Nanayakkara
  * E. Marshall Perera
  
  ## Songs
  
  The songs were recorded by the cast for the movie and by prominent playback singers for general release:
  
  * "Katharagamey" – Jikki, Dharmadasa Walpola and chorus (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  * "Sataneki Jivithe" – Dharmadasa Walpola (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  * "Thanivay Upanne" – Mohideen Baig (lyrics by Abeysekera; melody from 1954 Bollywood film Dost)
  * "Maruwa Maruwa" – G. S. B. Rani Perera (lyrics by Abeysekera)
  * "Payana Sanda Sey" – G. S. B. Rani Perera and Dharmadasa Walpola (lyrics by Piyasena Costa)
  * "Adare Sagarey" – G. S. B. Rani Perera
  * "Prem Suwandai" – Dharmadasa Walpola and Chitra Somapala (melody from the song Äaja re Baalam""by Sandhya Mukherjee in the Hindi movie Ek Do Teen,1953.)
  * "Meka Thama Dewiangai" – Ananda Samarakoon, Dharmadasa Walpola and Mohideen Baig (A. J. Kareem and Haroon Lantra in movie)
  * "Loke Sihinayak" – Mohideen Baig and G. S. B. Rani Perera (lyrics by Abeysekera; melody from Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar's "Jaag Dard-e-Ishq Jaag" in 1953 Bollywood film Anarkali)
  * "Prem Pahana Niwa" – Mohideen Baig and G. S. B. Rani Perera (melody from 1953 Tamil movie Avan)
  * "Seeya Manamalaya" – Mohideen Baig and Dharmadasa Walpola (Eddie Yapa and A.J. Kareem in movie. Lyrics by Abeysekera)
  * "Prem Geethai Sangeethay" – Sathyawathi (Vindoini in movie) melody from : "Mai to chali re piya ke desh" by Geeta Dutt in the Hindi movie "Suhaag Sindoor", 1953
  