Dharmasena Pathiraja

Dharmasena Pathiraja (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan movie director, screenwriter and educator.^[1] He was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was known for his movies Eya Dan Loku Lamayek (1975) and Bambaru Avith (1978).^[2]

Pathiraja started his academic career at the University of Kelaniya as an assistant lecturer. Later he worked as a lecturer in several Sri Lankan universities, including, University of Jaffna, University of Ruhuna and University of Colombo.

Pathiraja died in Kandy on 28 January 2018 from a respiratory tract infection at the age of 74.^[3]

References

1. "This is not my best". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
2. "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
3. "Film director and screenwriter Dharmasena Pathiraja passes away". Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

Other websites

• Sri Lanka Sinhala Films Database - Dharmasena Pathiraja
• Dharmasena Pathiraja on IMDb
• One League of Social Consciousness:Dharmasena Pathiraja Speaks Archived 2010-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Conversation with Sri Lankan Director Dharmasena Pathiraja Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine