Dharmasena Pathiraja passes away

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Award winning film director and screen writer Dharmasena Pathiraja passed away at the age of 74 at a private hospital in Kandy this morning.

The funeral will take place today (28) at 4 pm at the Kandy Mahaiyyawa Cemetery. The remains now lie at the Nuwara Mal Shalawa (Funeral Parlour), Keppetipola Road, Kandy.

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ANTON Sunday, 28 January 2018 09:31 AM

GREAT DIRECTOR WHO HELPED MAINTAIN QUALITY OF SINHALA CINEMA, , HE DID NOT COPY INDIAN MOVIES LIKE THAT MADAM WHO STARTED DESTROYING FILM INDUSTRY, .... MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.

Missaka Sunday, 28 January 2018 10:21 AM

I still love that film "Bambaru Awith". Its a great lost to the country and mainly for the Film Industry.

Thivanka Sunday, 28 January 2018 10:54 AM

Baburu Evith excellent movie I have seen!

Kumara Dharmarathne Sunday, 28 January 2018 03:33 PM

"Accept my deepest sympathy on this great loss to the nation."

udey Sunday, 28 January 2018 08:44 PM

who could forget "Kadulla" teledrama. A masterpiece. It literally tells the rise of the elite of this country from humble beginnings. Great loss to the country.

Kaboos Monday, 29 January 2018 08:40 AM

The versatile director great loss for the country. .Even our death a simple funeral ceremony.

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