Denavaka Hamine

1906 - 2002

Kalasuri Dona Meraya Denawaka was a Sri Lankan actress. "The grand old lady" was known for portraying elderly characters. Hamine was born 20 February 1906 in Imbulgoda, Gampaha. She was by profession a school teacher until a chance encounter with G. D. L. Perera when she accompanied a young actress to a theatrical audition, led to her winning the role of an elderly mother in Perera's play Kandulu. Due to her masterful performance in the role, Perera brought Hamine into his drama group Kala Pela; she would play in Kala Pela productions like Manamalayo, Sakkarawattang and Sama and was honored with a merit award at the 1964 Arts Council Drama Festival for her role in Totupola. Hamine's debut film role was in the film adaption of Sama by Perera reprising the role she had popularized in the play. In Sath Samudura she played the mother of two fishermen to much critical rave. She was presented a Best Character Actress Award for the role by a special government council. It was delivered on stage by the then Sri Lankan prime minister Dudley Senanayake. In the 1970s, Hamine had major roles in Tun Man Handiya, Desa Nisa Kolomba Sanniya and Matara Achchi.

Фильмы

Kolomba Sanniya

Manik Sandrasagara

Joe Abeywickrama, Eddie Jayamanne

Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Denewake Hamine are notable for containing the first depiction of best comedy in a Sinhala film.

Kolomba Sanniya

1976

комедия

Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව

Lester James Peries

Joe Abeywickrama, Ajith Jinadasa

Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success

Mangrove Island

8.3 ⚠️ 1976

Hansa Vilak

Dharmasiri Bandaranayake

Vasanthi Chathurani, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake

A married man (Nissanka) and woman (Miranda) find their lives disrupted after their affair is exposed by the police. Leaving their respective families, the two decide to live together. Shortly afterwards, Miranda secretly goes back to see her former husband. As paranoia mounts, Nissanka disintegrates psychologically to point where reality and fantasy are blurred.

Hansa Vilak

8.0 ⚠️ 1980

Шри-Ланка, драма

තුංමං හංදිය

Joe Abeywickrama, Denavaka Hamine

Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy.

Thun Man Handiya

7.8 ⚠️ 1970

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Steven Spielberg

Харрисон Форд, Kate Capshaw

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.5 1984

США, боевик

Chanda Kinnari - චන්ද කින්නරී

Asoka Handagama

Hemasiri Liyanage, Swarna Mallawarachchi

A Sri Lankan movie

Moon Lady

6.6 ⚠️ 1998

Шри-Ланка, драма

සත් සමුදුර

Siri Gunasinghe

Cyril Wickramage, Denavaka Hamine

Sath Samudura is a landmark Sri Lankan film directed by professor Siri Gunasinghe and released in 1967. This film was critically acclaimed and is considered a major work in Sri Lankan cinema. It depicts the plight of fishermen living in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.

Sath Samudura

5.3 ⚠️ 1967

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