18 Facts About Wickrama Bogoda

Bogoda Appuhamilage Don Wickrama Bogoda, popularly known as Wickrama Bogoda, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater.

Wickrama Bogoda was born on June 16,1940, to a middle-class family during the war years.

Wickrama Bogoda's father worked in the Ceylon Electricity Board and his mother was a school teacher.

Wickrama Bogoda never had any inclination to be an actor and did not have an atmosphere at home or influence for acting.

Wickrama Bogoda's father encouraged him to concentrate on studies and gain an opportunity for a respectable government job.

Wickrama Bogoda became a close associate of Sugathapala De Silva and members of the drama group.

At the age of 21, Wickrama Bogoda made his screen debut, under the direction of veteran film director Dr Lester James Peiris, in the film Gamperaliya.

Wickrama Bogoda has the continuous opportunity to act in these 3 movies as the character, Thissa.

Wickrama Bogoda has intensively used his physical and psychological involvement to make the fictitious character come alive before an audience, who had read about the defeated lover, in the novel.

Wickrama Bogoda strongly characterized Sugath than acting as Sugath which made a popular Character of "true defeated lover" among movie buffs.

Wickrama Bogoda did not like to accept all the offers that not matching his instinctual impetus.

Wickrama Bogoda's acting career ended in 1985 after Kaliyugaya, the 3rd episode of the Gamperaliya saga.

Wickrama Bogoda maintained a notable space between his acting career, personal and family life.

Wickrama Bogoda had his own set of hobbies; Bogoda was a good-reader and was fond of literature of varying genres.

Wickrama Bogoda is a self-contained man who had his own business to take care of and was never dependent on cinema.

Wickrama Bogoda was one of the most popular actors in the late 1960s; especially his contribution to Golu Hadawatha earned him that popularity and he became popular as Sugath.

Wickrama Bogoda earned respect among professional cinema artists for his memorable performances and charismatic screen presence.

Today, the novel Golu Hadawatha is not much known among the young generation, but the movie has a popular reception over the YouTube, the young generation who view the movie explains it as a romantic Sinhala movie for all seasons of the romance and love genre and acclaimed Wickrama Bogoda has performed as real Sugath who shows vulnerability and frustrated in his attachment to Dhammi.