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Dharma Sri Munasinghe (March 1, 1930 – August 30, 2004) was a Sinhala radio playwright and film screenwriter and director, best known for his work as the writer of the famous Sinhala radio plays Muvan palessa and Monara thenna. He was also an award-winning Sinhala drama actor, and featured in the play Maname.
After completing his secondary education with Geography, Sinhala and Buddhist Civilization for G.C.E A/L, he attended the University of Peradeniya, where he continued to study drama under the guidance of Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Manoratne completed his master's degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, also obtaining a PhD ...
Attanayake joined with "Ranga Shilpa Shalika" at Lionel Wendt Art Centre to start stage drama acting. [10] She studied drama and theater under renowned dramatist Dhamma Jagoda, who converted her name into stage name "Manike Attanayake". [3] Her maiden stage drama acting came through Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname in 1976. [9]
Maname is generally considered the first real Sinhala drama, signalling the transition from the Nadagam or folk drama to the modern theatrical drama format. [5] After the successful venture, he continued as a playwright, developing his next stylist play Sinhabahu in 1961, which is widely considered as his best work.
Her drama career started with U.A.S Perera's Lama Pitiya program in Radio Ceylon.She sang the song Surathal Nangiye with U.A.S Perera and W. A. Wijepala in 1939. [5] Then in 1956, Gunawardena entered to stage drama with the main role as the first queen in play Maname by Ediriweera Sarachchandra.
Vaishnavee (Sinhala: වෛෂ්ණාවී, lit. 'The Goddess') is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. [2] The film stars Yashoda Wimaladharma, Thumindu Dodantenna and Jayalath Manoratne in lead roles along with Vasanthi Chathurani and Cletus Mendis.
Ilukpitiya Mudiyanselage Vijaya Nandasiri (6 May 1944 – 8 August 2016 as විජය නන්දසිරි) [1] was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. [2] Considered a leading dramatist in Sri Lankan cinema, [ 3 ] he was also a singer and a producer.
Nandasiri was the one who invited Mihirani for the drama Subha Saha Yasa in 1974. [7] They married in 1989. On 8 August 2016, Nandasiri died at the age of 69 while being taken to the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital after suffering from a cardiac arrest. [8] [9] [10] The couple has one daughter, Navanjana Dulanjali and one son, Rasanjana Suchitra. [4]