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The Bridge on the River Kwai and Kitulgala, – By Sukumar Shan Source : Sri Lankan Planters (SLP) Official FB page The movie, explores the lives of British prisoners of war being held at a Japanese prison camp in Burma, was filmed in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) near the town of Kitulgala, which is known for its rainforests, adventure sports and activities. The movie was based on the 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle. Images of the contstruction of the bridge at Kitulgala as featured in the Illustrated London Newspaper of 9th November 1957. The First Bridge Built by L&T won an Oscar for the Film! The very first bridge built by ECC was in the mid-1950s. Interestingly, it was for the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. It took nearly eight months to build the wooden bridge, and just 30 seconds to blow it up by director David Lean’s ...