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List of Sri Lankan films of the 1980s

Index List of Sri Lankan films of the 1980s

Films produced in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. [1]

55 relations: Aadara Hasuna, Aṅgulimāla, Amarasiri Kalansuriya, Anjaana, Athuru Mithuru, Avurududa, Beddegama, Biththi Hathara, Cinema of Sri Lanka, Dadayama, Deveni Gamana, Dharmasena Pathiraja, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Dharmasiri Gamage, Dommie Jayawardena, Doo Daruwo, Durga, Gamini Fonseka, Ganga Addara, Geetha Kumarasinghe, H. D. Premaratne, Henry Jayasena, Joe Abeywickrama, Kaliyugaya, Lester James Peries, Lists of Sri Lankan films, Madduma Bandara Ehelapola, Malini Fonseka, Punya Heendeniya, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Ravindra Randeniya, Rex Kodippili, Robin Fernando, Roy de Silva, Sabeetha Perera, Sanath Gunathilake, Saranga, Silva, Sita, Sri Lanka, Sriyani Amarasena, Sumitra Peries, Sunil Ariyaratne, Thunveni Yamaya, Tissa Abeysekara, Tissa Wijesurendra, Tony Ranasinghe, Vasanthi Chathurani, Victor Rathnayake, Vijaya Kumaratunga, ..., Vimana, Viragaya, Wimal Kumara de Costa, Yuganthaya, 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Expand index (5 more) »

Aadara Hasuna

Aadara Hasuna is a 1986 Sri Lankan film directed by H.D. Premaratne.

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Aṅgulimāla

Aṅgulimāla (Pāli language; lit. 'finger necklace'; sometimes also spelled in italic or Aṅgulimālya) is an important figure in Buddhism, particularly within the Theravāda tradition.

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Amarasiri Kalansuriya

Amarasiri Kalansuriya, popularly known as Kalan (born September 20, 1940), is an award-winning Sri Lankan actor.

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Anjaana

Anjaana (English: 'Unknown', Hindi: अन्जाना, Urdu: انجانا) is a 1969 Hindi film produced and directed by Mohan Kumar.

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Athuru Mithuru

Athuru Mithuru is a preschool education paper in Sri Lanka which prints in Sinhala language monthly.

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Avurududa

Avurududa අවිරැදු දා is a Sri Lankan Sinhala language film directed by Wimal Saman Jayaweera and Nimal Tennakoon, released on December 5, 1986.

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Beddegama

Beddegama is a village in Sri Lanka.

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Biththi Hathara

Biththi Hathara (බිත්ති හතර) is a 1982 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Parakrama de Silva and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineroo.

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Cinema of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the films made in Sri Lanka.

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Dadayama

Dadayama (The Hunt) (දඩයම) is a 1983 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Wasantha Obeysekara and co-produced by Rachin Chandrasiri, Sunil Jayasiri and P.A Somadasa for Canfo Films.

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Deveni Gamana

Deveni Gamana is a 1982 Sri Lankan film directed by H.D. Premaratne.

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Dharmasena Pathiraja

Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.

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Dharmasiri Bandaranayake

Kala Keerthi Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright.

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Dharmasiri Gamage

Dharmasiri Gamage (ධර්මසිරි ගමගේ) (4 October 1939 - 19 September 2004) was a journalist, poet, writer and film director.

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Dommie Jayawardena

Dommie Jayawardena (25 June 1927 – 28 December 1979) was a Sri Lankan actor and singer.

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Doo Daruwo

Doo Daruwo (Sinhala, "children") was one of the longest running Sri Lankan television serials, airing from 1990 to 1995.

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Durga

Durga, also identified as Adi Parashakti, Devī, Shakti, Bhavani, Parvati, Amba and by numerous other names, is a principal and popular form of Hindu goddess.

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Gamini Fonseka

Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka (Sinhala:සෙම්බුගේ ගාමිනි ශෙල්ටන් ෆොන්සේකා) (born 21 March 1936, died 30 September 2004) was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician.

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Ganga Addara

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Geetha Kumarasinghe

Kumara Vidugalage Dona Geetha Samanmalee Kumarasinghe (born 5 July 1955, in Badulla), popularly known as Geetha Kumarasinghe (ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ, is an award-winning Sri Lankan film actress. She made her debut in veteran director K. A. W. Perera's 1975 film, Wasana but it was Neil Rupasinghe's Lassana Kella which was released first. Since then, she has made her mark in over 80 movies, winning the prestigious Sarasaviya Best Actress Award four times, in 1991, 1996, 2000 and 2004. She was also one of the few actresses to receive the Sarasaviya Most Popular Actress Award several times.

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H. D. Premaratne

H.D. Premaratne (born 1944) was educated at Gurukula Vidyalaya in Kelaniya.

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Henry Jayasena

Kala Keerthi Dr Henry Jayasena (Sinhala: හෙන්රි ජයසේන) (6 July 1931 – 11 November 2009) born in Bendiyamulla, Gampaha was a Sri Lankan film actor and dramatist.

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Joe Abeywickrama

Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John "Joe" Abeywickrama (Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්‍රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), known as Joe Abeywickrama, was a Sri Lankan actor.

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Kaliyugaya

Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957.

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Lester James Peries

Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාභිමාන්‍ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

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Lists of Sri Lankan films

Films produced in Sri Lanka ordered by the date of release.

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Madduma Bandara Ehelapola

Madduma Bandara Ehelapola mostly known as Madduma Bandara was the second son of Ehelepola Maha Disawe the Dissava of Sabaragamuwa under the King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy Sri Lanka.

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Malini Fonseka

Wanniarachchige Malani Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malani Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947 in Kelaniya) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film actress, also known as the "Queen of Sinhalese cinema".

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Punya Heendeniya

Punya Heendeniya (De Silva Nanayakkara) is a Sri Lankan cinema actress who currently resides in England.

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbreviated as RSS (Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsēvaka Saṅgha, IPA:, lit. "National Volunteer Organisation" or "National Patriotic Organisation"), is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Ravindra Randeniya

Ravindra Randeniya (Born Boniface Perera) (born 5 June 1946) is a Sri Lankan actor and politician.

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Rex Kodippili

Rex Kodippili (Sinhala:රෙක්ස් කොඩිප්පිලි) is a Sri Lankan film actor and film director.

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Robin Fernando

Robin Fernando, (born in June 15, 1937 as රොබින් ප්‍රනාන්දු)) is an award-winning Sri Lankan cinema actor and former stunt coordinator. He started his career in the 1965 film Chandiya, and rose to prominence in with many lead roles and negative roles.

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Roy de Silva

Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, popularly as Roy de Silva, (රෝයි ද සිල්වා; 30 August 1937 - 30 June 2018) was an actor, Film director in Sri Lankan cinema.

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Sabeetha Perera

Warnakulasuriya Uswattha Liyanage Sabeetha Janaki Perera, popularly as Sabeetha Perera (born in December 1, 1962 as සබීතා පෙරේරා) is an award winning Sri Lankan actress, mainly works in cinema and television.

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Sanath Gunathilake

Somsiri Sanath Julien Gunatilake (Sinhala:සෝමසිරි සනත් ජුලියන් ගුණතිලක) is a Sri Lankan film actor and film director (born 27 October 1955).

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Saranga

Saranga (Punjabi) is a 1994 Pakistani Action film, directed by Mohammad Aslam Murad and produced by Rai Mohammad Yousuf.

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Silva

Silva is a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil.

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Sita

Sita (pronounced, Sanskrit: सीता, IAST: Sītā) or Seeta, is the consort of Lord Rama (incarnation of Vishnu) and an avatar of Sri Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess that denotes good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, and happiness.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sriyani Amarasena

Kalasuri Sriyani Amarasena is a Sri Lankan actress and producer.

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Sumitra Peries

Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema".

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Sunil Ariyaratne

Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne (born 1949) is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a lyricist.

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Thunveni Yamaya

Thunveni Yamaya (Third Part of the Night) is a 1983 black-and-white Sri Lankan film directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake.

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Tissa Abeysekara

Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, and screen playwright.

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Tissa Wijesurendra

Tissa Wijesurendra (Sinhala: තිස්ස විජේසුරේන්ද්‍ර) was one of Sri Lanka's popular film actors in the 1970s.

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Tony Ranasinghe

Ranasinghe Hettiarachchilage Ignatius Anthony Silva, or popularly as Deshabandu Tony Ranasinghe (31 July 1937 – 16 June 2015) was a veteran actor in cinema, teledrama and stage drama in Sri Lanka.

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Vasanthi Chathurani

Vasanthi Chathurani (Sinhala:වසන්ති චතුරානි) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress.

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Victor Rathnayake

Victor Rathnayake (Sinhala:වික්ටර් රත්නායක; born 18 February 1942) is a popular Sri Lankan musician.

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Vijaya Kumaratunga

Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග; விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), also known as Vijaya Kumaranatunga, was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaranatunga from 1978 until his assassination in 1988.

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Vimana

Vimāna is the mythological flying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics.

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Viragaya

Viragaya (Devoid of Passions) is a 1956 novel written by Martin Wickremasinghe.

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Wimal Kumara de Costa

Wimal Kumara de Costa (විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා) (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016) was a Sri Lankan actor most notable for his character roles in art films by directors like Dharmasena Pathiraja, Sunil Ariyaratne and Gamini Fonseka.

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Yuganthaya

Yuganthaya (Sinhala, The end of an era) is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1949.

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14th Moscow International Film Festival

The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1980s

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