Director

Darmasena Pathiraja

Directing

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1510169

IMDb ID: nm1217568

Known for: Directing

Born: March 28, 1943

Died: January 28, 2018

Age: 74

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2014

Years active: 47

Wikidata: Q972060

Also known as

Dharmasena Pathiraja

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Director (9)Script (1)

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Biography

Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) 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'. He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet.

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