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In 1981, Attanayake won the award for Best Actor at State Drama Festival for the role "Paththini" in the play Mini Salamba. She is one of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan television history. She acted in many popular serials including Palingu Manike , Ella Langa Walawwa , Yashorawaya , Parana Tawuma , Nelli Gedara and Anu Nawayen Nawaya .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
Sanath Wimalasiri (Sinhala: සනත් විමලසිරි, born 8 april 1974) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. [1] [2] Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Wimalasiri is also a talented singer, television host, School Teacher, Lecturer, Counsellor, Teacher Trainer and Specialist Human Skills Development Trainer.
Paara Dige (Sinhala: පාර දිගේ) is a 2021 Sri Lankan Thriller/Comedy-drama television series broadcast on Swarnavahini. [1] It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, produced by Chamara Samarawickrama and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara and Buddika Semasinghe.