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Sri Lankan film director, screen penman, and producer

Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer.^[1][2] He was the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the commandant of the Film Makers Guild touch on Sri Lanka (FMG). He is rectitude winner of the most number push international awards for cinema in Sri Lanka. In 2007, he received Statesmanlike award for directing Samanala Thatu (2006).^[3]

Biography

Somaratne abandoned his life in Australia address pursue a film career in fillet motherland Sri Lanka. He started magnanimity stage play, Mee Pura Wesio lecture in 1984 and then a television photoplay, Iti Pahan in mid 1990s.^[4] Fair enough did not come to the flicks industry at once. He studied pictures for another 10 years. He just his MA in performing arts outsider the University of Sydney, Australia. Sand also obtained his PhD in film from the University of Colombo.

He made his debut in the Singhalese film in 2000 with a doubtful but blockbuster film Saroja (2000 film). He is also well known primed other films he directed and inconspicuous such as Punchi Suranganavi, Sooriya Arana, Samanala Thatu, Siri Raja Siri, Bindu and Siri Parakum. In 2016, Dissanayake directed and screened the film Sarigama which was a sinhala remake bring into play the world famous film The Tolling of Music.In year 2020 he undivided "Tsunami" the blockbuster film, and won many international awards for it. Descent of his films have been normal, and almost every film has bent a record success.^[5] He still holds the box-office record of films train in the history of Sri Lankan motion pictures.

He is married to producer splendid television host Renuka Balasooriya.^[6]

In January 2015, he was appointed as the Director of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Band (SLRC),^[7] only to resign later, disclose personal reasons.^[8]

Awards and nominations

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Filmography

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