Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri lankan film director and screenwriter (1943-2018) · Sri Lanka · On the map · Directors · Died at 74
Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘enfant terrible of the '70s', and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Sri Lankan cinema’s 'second revolution'.
Dharmasena Pathiraja is read about 8.5 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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2018Died28 January 20182014
MetamorphosisFilm, Director, Writer2006
In Search of a RoadFilm, Director, Producer2002
Some Day in the FutureFilm, Director1981
Soldadu UnnaheFilm, Director1980
Along the RoadFilm, Director1978
Bambaru AwithFilm, Director, Writer1977
PonmaniFilm, Director1975
How to Be an AdultFilm, Director, Writer1974
One League of SkyFilm, Director1943Born28 March 1943
MetamorphosisFilm, Director, Writer2006In Search of a RoadFilm, Director, Producer2002Some Day in the FutureFilm, Director1981Soldadu UnnaheFilm, Director1980Along the RoadFilm, Director1978Bambaru AwithFilm, Director, Writer1977PonmaniFilm, Director1975How to Be an AdultFilm, Director, Writer1974One League of SkyFilm, Director1943Born28 March 1943People around Dharmasena
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About this person
He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet.
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2018 · aged 74
