Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer.
12 Facts About Somaratne Dissanayake
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Somaratne Dissanayake was the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka.
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Somaratne Dissanayake is the winner of the most number of international awards for cinema in Sri Lanka.
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Somaratne Dissanayake started the stage play, Mee Pura Wesio in 1984 and then a television drama, Iti Pahan in mid 1990s.
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Somaratne Dissanayake did not come to the cinema industry at once.
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Somaratne Dissanayake earned his MA in performing arts from the University of Sydney, Australia.
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Somaratne Dissanayake obtained his PhD in cinema from the University of Colombo.
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Somaratne Dissanayake made his debut in the Sinhala film in 2000 with a controversial but blockbuster film Saroja.
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Somaratne Dissanayake is well known for other films he directed and screened such as Punchi Suranganavi, Sooriya Arana, Samanala Thatu, Siri Raja Siri, Bindu and Siri Parakum.
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In 2016, Somaratne Dissanayake directed and screened the film Sarigama which was a sinhala remake of the world famous film The Sound of Music.
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Somaratne Dissanayake still holds the box-office record of films in the history of Sri Lankan cinema.
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Somaratne Dissanayake is married to producer and television host Renuka Balasooriya.