Krishanadasa Narayana Bandaranayaka Brahmachari Mudiyanselage Parakrama Bandara Niriella, popularly as Parakrama Niriella, is a Sri Lankan director in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.
13 Facts About Parakrama Niriella
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One of the pioneer dramatists in Sri Lankan drama, Niriella is the founder of the "Janakaraliya" Drama troupe.
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Parakrama Niriella is a stage playwright, a film script writer.
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In 1971, Parakrama Niriella got the first job in the Sri Lankan Navy in Trincomalee in civil section.
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Parakrama Niriella started drama career with Gamini Haththotuwegama in 1970s in Sri Lanka's first street drama troupe.
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Parakrama Niriella worked as the street drama organizer in Haththotuwegama's street drama troop.
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Parakrama Niriella was the chief guest on the opening day of the International Drama Festival.
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Parakrama Niriella continued to produce many stage plays such as Vinischaya in 1979 and Galileo in 1983.
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Parakrama Niriella directed two feature films - Siri Medura in 1989 and Ayoma in 1995.
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In 1999, Parakrama Niriella handed over an alternative theater program to the National Youth Services Council.
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Parakrama Niriella produced the play Mati Karaththaya which won many awards at State Drama Festival.
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In 2016, Parakrama Niriella produced the Tamil version of Bertolt Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle" translated by Dr Kulanthai Shanmugalingam of Jaffna, with the title "Venkatti Vattam".
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In 2019, Parakrama Niriella produced two stage plays titled Wangagiriya and Gira Panthiya.