Charles Dayananda Arts in Sri Lanka Charles Dayanand Arts in Sri Lanka
| Dayananda Gunawardena | |
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| Born | Hettipathirannehelage Dayananda Gunawardena (1934-10-15)xv Oct 1934 Sri Lanka |
| Died | 24 June 1993(1993-06-24) (aged 58) General Hospital, Colombo |
| Resting identify | Udugampola, Ehelagahahena |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Other names | 'Jubal'[ane] |
| Education | Ananda College |
| Occupation | playwright thespian, lyricist, Sri Lankan dramatist, radio play producer, and writer |
| Years active | 1961-1993 |
| Spouse(due south) | Irangani Ranatunga |
| Children | three |
| Website | www.dayanandagunawardena.org |
Hettipathirannehelage Dayananda Gunawardena (Sinhala: දයානන්ද ගුනවර්ධන) (15 October 1934 – 24 June 1993), meliorate known as Dayananda Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan playwright, role player, lyricist, dramatist, radio play producer, and Sinhala Radio Play writer.
Early on life [edit]
Dayananda Gunawardena[ clarification needed ] was born in Liyanagoda, Pannipitiya in Sri Lanka. His father, Don Simon, was an English teacher. Gunawardena completed his schooling at the Ugampola Government Schoolhouse (1943–46) and connected education at the Veyngoda Regime Secondary School (1946–51). Beginning in 1951, he attended Ananda College in Colombo.
While at school, he was active in many societies such as the drama society, in which he acted equally the Junior Cadet Captain, and won the trophy of "best cadet".[2]
Gunawardena besides served every bit the vice-president of the college geographic society. At Ananda College he was awarded the D.B. Jayatilleke Literary Award and the Amarasena Art Honor. In 1957 he joined the University of Peradeniya and completed his Full general Arts Qualifying Examination. He married Irangani Ranatunga of Gampaha on 28 September 1967 and they had three children.[ii]
Career [edit]
Theater [edit]
Gundwardena's get-go notable play was Nari Bena (1961), based on a Sinhala folk story. Popular musician Lionel Algama helped write some of its memorable songs, such as " Ahala malin gas pirila balanna hari lassanai " and " Kumatada sobaniye kandulu salanne ". It became popular and continued to be performed for forty years.[3] [4] His next play, Bakmaha Akunu (1962), based on the French drama The Marriage of Figaro, was made into a movie. Kaamare Pore (1962), produced as a unmarried stage drama in Sinhala, is an adaptation of the play Box and Cox past English playwright John Maddison Morton. It was get-go staged without songs.[three] Gunawardena produced sixteen plays. Peculiarly notable are Gajaman Puwatha (1975) and Madhura Javanika (1983).[ane] He directed NariBena under the Cultural Substitution Programme (1978).
He formed the Nalu Kirthi Sabha Theatre Group in the 1970s.[5] Gunawardena is credited with introducing docudramas to the Sinhala theatre and with showcasing the talent of Sinhala poet Gajaman Nona.[3] His Gajaman Puwatha (1976) was the first Sinhala play to adopt the docudrama mode.[6] Another notable play of Gunawardana is Madhura Javanika (Joyous Scenes).[ane] This drama picks up the menses of war between kings Rama and Ravana, noteworthy events in the country's history and the influence of the western invaders on Sri Lankan civilisation with the dramatized chronicle of the Hingala (Sinhala) people. It continues into modernistic times where women seek employment in Dubai equally housemaids.[1] In 2007 some of his plays were restaged in an endeavour to raise funds for reviving public interest about his works.[v]
Idiot box [edit]
He produced programs for Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1961–1989). He directed programs there for Audio Research (1989–1990) and English Service (1990–1992).
Pedagogy [edit]
He attended the International Student and Youth Festival (Moscow, 1957). He was the Sri Lankan Representative at the International Drama Federation and Study of Drama in Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Russian federation (1962). He was awarded the Republic Scholarship for Study of Radio and Tv set at BBC by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1966). He served as the Sri Lankan Representative at the Offset Tv Festival of the Not-Aligned (1979). He conducted inquiry on Buddhism and Korean Theatre following a scholarship awarded past the South Korean International Cultural Foundation (1991).
Works [edit]
Gunawardena produced works for theatre, television set and cinema:[two]
Theatre [edit]
- Swarnathilaka– 1958 – Produced past Kegalu Vidyalaya Drama Society
- Paraassa – 1959 – Staged by National Drama Circle
- NariBena -1960 – First Production for Thurstan College Drama Social club, 1961 – 2d Product for Amateur Drama Lodge
- Kamare Pore – 1960 – Adaptation from English Drama "Box and Cox"
- Emathi Pattama– 1960 – Adaptation from the Bulgarian Drama "Golemanov"
- Pinguththara– 1961 – Produced by the Sinhala Social club of the University of Colombo
- Bakmaha Akunu– 1963 – Adaptation of the French Drama "Marriage of Figaro" (Introduced the Revolving Stage to Sri Lanka for the first time)
- Denna Depole– 1964 – Produced from Hemasiri Prewardhana's script
- Jasaya Saha Lenchina– 1965
- Jeevana Vanchawa hewath Ibikatta– 1965
- Vikaraye Akaraya– 1967 – Produced for the Drama Festival of 'Lassana' Newspapers
- Kabaye Habe– 1971
- Padmawathi– 1974 – Produced along with Lakshman Jayakody after editing the original publication of Charles Dias
- Gajaman Puwatha – 1975
- Banku Natakaya - 1977 - Produced for the 10th Anniversary of the People's Banking concern
- Madhura Javanika– 1983 – Produced in association with Jones Overseas 1984 – Winner of Peace Honour (Drama)
- Ananda Jawanika– 1986 - Awarded Best Direction and Special Award for Script at the 1987 Land Drama Festival. In add-on, certificates awarded for Best Music, Stage Management and Acting.
- Mathaka Bhaktha– 1990 – Produced on the invitation of the Police Sub Services Headquarters
Picture show [edit]
Bak maha Deege– 1969 (Following the Bakmaha Akunu Drama)
Performed films [edit]
- Kurulu Bedda
- Ran Salu
- Wesathuru Siritha
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "'Jubal' remembered with 'Madhura Javanika". Sunday Times. nine July 2000. Retrieved 15 Baronial 2015.
- ^ a b c "dayanandagunawardena's web". dayanandagunawardena dot org.
- ^ a b c "Theatre Festival". sundaytimes. Retrieved 4 March 2007.
- ^ "Phase play festival to commemorate Dayananda Gunawardena". Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Gajaman Puwatha". sundayobserver. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved eleven November 2007.
- ^ "Dayananda's Gajaman Puwatha to keep boards once more". sinhalaya. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
External links [edit]
- Dayananda Gunawardena at IMDb
- Sanhinda Programme about, Dayananda Gunawardena
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayananda_Gunawardena
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