Henry Jayasena
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Biography: Kala Keerthi Dr. Bastian Koralage Henry Rudrigo Jayasena, popularly known as Henry Jayasena, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. With a career spanning more than four decades, Jayasena is considered one of the best dramatists in Sri Lankan drama.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Birthday: July 06, 1931
Deathday: November 11, 2008
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The River's Edge
Overview: England educated Dr. Sarath Pathirana (Vijaya Kumaratunga), who is willing to try out new methods to treat his patients, is directed towards a special patient by the Head Doctor (Henry Jayasena) at the mental hospital. This patient is a beautiful girl named Nirmala…
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Changes in the Village
Overview: Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa, who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1963-07-21
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Hansa Vilak
Overview: A married man (Nissanka) and woman (Miranda) find their lives disrupted after their affair is exposed by the police. Leaving their respective families, the two decide to live together. Shortly afterwards, Miranda secretly goes back to see her former husband. As paranoia mounts, Nissanka disintegrates psychologically to point where reality and fantasy are blurred.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1980-04-09
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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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Ghosts Can't Do It
Overview: Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-17
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Little Angel
Overview: Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars two child artists Tharaka Hettiarachchi and Nithyavani Kandasami in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Dilani Abeywardana.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-07-19
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Maruwa Samaga Wase - මරුවා සමඟ වාසේ
Overview: Based on the character of the infamous bandit Marusira, Maruwa Samaga Wase is another movie that was directed by Titus Thotawatte. Marusira A.K.A Siripala is a criminal who escaped death three times but was finally put to rest, which actually caused a huge controversy in society.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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