Chandran Rutnam is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and entrepreneur.
Rutnam in 2006
Rutnam at the hangar of Asian Aviation Centre and Lionair
William Holden and Chandran Rutnam during the shooting of The Bridge on the River Kwai
Harrison Ford and Chandran Rutnam on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom which was shot in Hantana, Sri Lanka in 1983
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai, written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay ar
Chandran Rutnam
…America Association of Southern California (SLAASC). Rutnam was a school boy when David Lean arrived in Sri Lanka to shoot his Second World War epic, The Bridge on the River Kwai. The film crew hired a house that belonged to his parents for the shooting. Due to this exposure, to the consternation of his parents, he dropped out…
American theatrical release poster, "Style A"
The bridge at Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, before the explosion seen in the film.
A photo of Kitulgala, Sri Lanka in 2004, where the bridge was made for the film.