Daya Wimalaweera was born on 11 December 1937 in Grandpass, Colombo as the third of the family.
16 Facts About Daya Wimalaweera
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Daya Wimalaweera's father Sirisena Wimalaweera was a renowned lyricist, screenwriter, producer and filmmaker in Sinhala cinema.
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Daya Wimalaweera's father made many critically acclaimed films in early cinema including Amma, Saradiel, Asoka, Sirakaruwa and Wana Mala.
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Daya Wimalaweera died on August 24,1963, at the age of 62.
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Daya Wimalaweera was a bright student at the school, hence his father though that he would be a doctor one day.
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However, his father was upset about his work and Daya Wimalaweera was joined to his newly established "Nawajeewana" film studio which was established on 13 September 1951.
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Daya Wimalaweera has two elder sisters - Somawathi and Premawathi; and two younger brothers - Upasena and Ranjith.
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Daya Wimalaweera was married to Hyacinth Malani and the couple has three daughters.
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Daya Wimalaweera died on 12 August 2019 in a Private Hospital, Colombo at the age of 81.
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Daya Wimalaweera's body was kept at his residence at 154 A, Anderson Road, Dehiwala.
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Daya Wimalaweera first handled camera in the film Rodi Kella, even though prior to completing the shooting, his father died.
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Daya Wimalaweera entered the cinema as an assistant camera director in the film Ekamath Eka Rataka in his father's film.
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Daya Wimalaweera was the cameraman in the original Tamil language film, Thottakkari.
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In 1972, Daya Wimalaweera made his directorial debut with the film Veeduru Gewal where the screenplay by Tissa Abeysekara and based on a detective story.
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Daya Wimalaweera was the cinematographer in every film he directed except Raja Daruwo.
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Daya Wimalaweera becomes one of the most popular filmmakers of the era when the film industry is in a downturn.