Sirisena Wimalaweera was a Sri Lankan filmmaker and theater master.
13 Facts About Sirisena Wimalaweera
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Sirisena Wimalaweera made several critically acclaimed films from 1949 to 1960.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera is the first independent Sinhalese and Sri Lankan to direct a Sinhala film and first Sinhala Independent Producer.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera was a man of good knowledge about different languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, etc.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera has two daughters - Somawathi and Premawathi; and three sons, Daya, Upasena and Ranjith.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera's elder son Daya Wimalaweera was a popular film director, cameraman, script writer and a producer.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera came back to Sri Lanka and did many dramas and Sirisena Wimalaweera went to the Neptune studio in South India on November 19,1948 and spent eight months producing his first film Amma in 1949.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera directed many stage plays such as Gan Wathura, Seedevi, Amma, Rodi Kella and Heladiva Purangana.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera continued his film career by directing many films such as Pitisera Kella and Saradeyal in 1954, Podi Putha in 1955, Asoka in 1957, Ekamath Eka Rataka in 1958, Ma Alaya Kala Tharuniya in 1959, and many more.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera received an award for best film Podi Putha in 1956 as well as the film was critically acclaimed as his best film.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera directed the first film in Sri Lanka with cartoons, Ekamath Eka Rataka in 1958.
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In 1960, Sirisena Wimalaweera started the film Punchi Amma and introduced Tony Ranasinghe into the silver screen.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera's films attempted to stay true to Sinhala history and culture and are considered a step forward in Sinhala cinema.