Vijaya Kumaratunga
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Biography: Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (Sinhala: කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග Tamil: விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க); (9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), popularly known as Vijaya Kumaratunga, was a Sri Lankan film actor, playback singer, and a politician. One of the most popular icons in Sri Lankan cinema, He was married to former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaranatunga from 1978 until his assassination in 1988. He was the Founder of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka
Birthday: October 09, 1945
Deathday: February 16, 1988
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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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Mihidum Sihina
Overview: A young owner of a tea plantation falls in love with a gypsie woman and they face many obstacles in their way.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
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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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One League of Sky
Overview: Three young men have to face the realities of adult life as they move on from youthful frolicking to battle issues of unemployment, restlessness and the allure of the city. Two of them, Jaye and Gune, unlike their other friend who finds both a job and a wife, have only each other for company, In search of quick and easy money, they fall into hands of a scheming network of underworld figures.They become hustlers and decide to outwit their contact.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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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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Younger Sister
Overview: Dharmesena Pathiraja's only Tamil language film, Ponmani (Younger Sister) is about a starkly different socio-economic culture and political climate. Set in the northern city of Jaffna, it traces the fortunes and concerns of an economically depleted upper caste, lower middle class family. An evocative film about land, women, romance and tragedy, narrated in an idiom of understatement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1978-11-17
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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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White Flowers for the Dead
Overview: Dr. Sarath (Tony Ranasinghe) domineers over his timid wife Vineetha (Sriyani Amarasena). When she is to have a Caesarean delivery of their baby, Sarath refuses to be present even though he himself is a doctor. She dies during surgery and Sarath is forced to live with the spectre of his wife hanging over him.
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Original Language: si
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Nommara 17
Overview: Nommara 17 (Sinhala: නොම්මර 17) is a 1989 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma and produced by Preethiraj Weeraratne for Weeraratne Enterprises. It stars Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake and Jeewan Kumaranatunga in lead roles along with Mervyn Jayathunga, Freddie Silva and Sabeetha Perera. The music was composed by Ernest Soysa. It is the 691st film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was screened after the assassination of lead actor Vijaya Kumaratunga, which influenced the fans to come and watch his famous movie star for the last time on the silver screen. Thus recorded as one of the huge blockbuster hit in Sinhala cinema, which also won Sarasaviya Award as well. It successfully passed 200 days at theatres.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1989-07-21
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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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Life of Christ's
Overview: The film is based on the life of Jesus Christ until the crucifixion. It was the first Sinhala film based on Christianity and directed by a Buddhist.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1990-10-09
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Jaya Sikurui
Overview: Jaya Sikurui is the 597th movie in Sri Lankan cinema history.
Genres: Action
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1984-11-30
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The Secret
Overview: Abirahasa is the 231st movie in Sinhala cinema.
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Original Language: si
Release Date: 1971-08-04
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