Joe Abeywickrama
Also Known As: Joe Abeywickrema
Biography: Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama, populalry as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rathnapura, Sri Lanka
Birthday: June 22, 1927
Deathday: September 21, 2011
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Gender: Male
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Thushara
Overview: Sampath, Thushara and Keerthi are batchmates. Sonia is a relation of Sampath. Thushara is Sampath's girl friend at campus. Sonia and Thushara are friends. Sonia's father and Sampath's mother tries to make them marry but Sampath doesn't have any romantic feelings for Sonia. So Sonia and specially her father does things to put apart Thushara and Sampath. One is to tell fake things to Thushara's father about Sampath and make him disappointed. Another one is attacking Sampath at a club. The story goes on as Sampath persists those challenges and finally marries Thushara and at the end of the film we get the feeling that Sonia and Keerthi find love between them too.
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Original Language: en
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Village in the Jungle
Overview: Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Road from Elephant Pass
Overview: The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 action thriller film produced, screen played and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from Elephants Pass by Nihal De Silva
Genres: War
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2009-11-22
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Loku Duwa
Overview: "Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Death on a Full Moon Day
Overview: Drama about a father who refuses to believe in his son's death at war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1997-01-03
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The Compensation
Overview: An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life. Opening with the funeral of the elderly Guneris' wife the film follows the revelation of his past which is filled with a number of tragic events including a triple murder he had committed 52 years ago.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-02-22
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A Woman in a Whirlpool
Overview: Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable Suddhi has to depend on Sirimewan Mudalalie, a shrewd businessman from town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Kolomba Sanniya
Overview: Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Denewake Hamine are notable for containing the first depiction of best comedy in a Sinhala film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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The Wasps Are Here
Overview: Set in a fishing village named Kalpitiya, this movie explores tradition and exploitation because of capitalism in this small village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1978-08-11
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Mangrove Island
Overview: Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success
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Original Language: si
Release Date: 1976-04-02
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Awaragira
Overview: Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Iranganie Serasinghe and Tony Ranasinghe in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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Welikathara
Overview: An intense, cat-and-mouse drama between newly appointed ASP Randeniya and a local thug (Goring Mudalali). Randeniya's life gradually falls apart as he wages war against Goring Mudalali's crime syndicate, erupting in a shocking climax.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1971-10-27
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The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)
Overview: This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends and relatives. The English translation of the title, "The Way of the Lotus" implies Aravinda as Lotus-rising above dirt and mud to blossom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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The Girls
Overview: The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1978-03-17
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Thun Man Handiya
Overview: Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
Overview: Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-26
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