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Vijaya Kumaranatunga - විජය කුමාරතුංග ( 1945 - 1988 )

Known As : Vijaya Kumaranatunga
Real Name : Vijaya Kumaranatunga
Birthday : 1945-October-9
Died : 1988-02-16
First Released : Manamalayo 1967
Latest Released : Eya Obata Barai1998

Biography

Vijaya Kumaranatunga (October 9, 1945 - February 16, 1988) also Vijaya Kumaratunga was a popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga from 1978 to his assassination in 1988.

Family life
In 1978, Kumaratunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, daughter of the late Sri Lankan prime minister Solomon Bandaranaike and former prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Vijaya Kumaratunga and Chandrika Bandaranaike had two children,Dr Yasodhara Kumaranatunga Walker and Vimukthi Kumaratunga is a Veterinary Surgeon in UK.

Cinema career
Kumaratunga's first film was Hanthane Kathawa, in which he played the lead role. Since then, in a career that spanned nearly two decades, he acted in 114 films including Eya Den Loku Lamayek (1975), Ponmani (1977), Bambaru Avith (1977), Ganga Addara (1980), and Baddegama (1980). He also won several awards. He was voted most popular actor in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 1988. Vijaya performed in one English film, The God King and one Tamil film, Nanguran during his career.

Political career
He was also a politician, who started his political life in the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. He later joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was active in the presidential campaign of Hector Kobbekaduwa in 1982. After the election, he was jailed under the emergency regulations by JR Jayawardena for allegedly being a 'Naxalite' (a political creed hitherto and henceforth unknown in Sri Lanka), but he was never charged. He founded the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party (SLMP). He and his party argued for peace in the ongoing civil war in Sri Lanka.

Death and legend
He was shot in the head with a Type 56 Assault rifle outside his residence in the outskirts of Colombo on February 16, 1988 by Lionel Ranasinghe alias Gamini, who later confessed to the murder upon being questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Ranasinghe, in a 141 page statement, confessed that he was merely carrying out orders given to him by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ("People's Liberation Front"), an armed Marxist organization which is responsible for assassinations during the late 1980s. His death is still mourned by many people in Sri Lanka.

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Films


Main Actor / Actor

No	Year	Name	Character	Director
1 )	1972	Me Desa Kumatada		Thimothy Weerarathna
2 )	1973	Thushara		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
3 )	1976	Diyamanthi		Wasantha Obeysekara
4 )	1976	Unnath Daahai Malath Daahai		Lenin Morais
5 )	1977	Sakunthala		Villiam Olamas
6 )	1978	Vishmaya		Charles Perera
7 )	1978	Kundala Keshi		Wimalanath Dissanayaka
8 )	1978	Sanda Vata Rantharu		Ananda Hewage
9 )	1981	Geethika		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
10 )	1983	Samanala Sihina		Premaweera Gunasekara
11 )	1991	Madhusamaya		K.A. Wijerathne
12 )	1980	Ganga Addara		Sumithra Peiris
13 )	1981	Anjaana		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
14 )	1982	Rahasak Nathi Rahasak		M.V. Balan
15 )	1980	Karumakkarayo		Tissa Abeysekara
16 )	1982	Maha Gedara		Tissa Abeysekara
17 )	1982	Kadawunu Poronnduwa (New)	Samson	Roy De Silva
18 )	1989	Kedapathaka Chaya		Wasantha Obeysekara
19 )	1976	Pradeepe Ma Weva		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
20 )	1990	Dese Mal Pipila		W. Wilfred Silva
21 )	1974	Susi		Sena Samarasinghe
22 )	1969	Hanthane Kathawa		Sugathapala Senarath Yapa
23 )	1970	Priyanga		Amaranath Jayathilake
24 )	1971	Ran Onchilla		Dharma Sri Kaldera
25 )	1971	Abhirahasa		Lenin Morais
26 )	1971	Kesara Sinhayo		Roland Amarasinghe
27 )	1974	Ahas Gauwa		Dharmasena Pathiraja
28 )	1973	Hathdinnath Tharu		Pathiraja L.S.Dayananda
29 )	1973	Dahakin Ekak		Meril Albert
30 )	1974	Duleeka		K.A.W. Perera
31 )	1975	Pem Kurullo		Luvi Vandastratan
32 )	1977	Maruwa Samaga Vase		Titus Totawatte
33 )	1990	Kristhu Charithaya	Jesus Christ	Sunil Ariyarathna
34 )	1993	Surayan Athara Veeraya		Roy De Silva
35 )	1986	Peralikarayo		Dinesh Priyasad
36 )	1975	Sikuruliya		H.D. Premarathna
37 )	1975	Lassana Dawasak		Nimal Silva
38 )	1975	Sangeetha		Thimothy Weerarathna
39 )	1995	Hitha Hoda Surayoo		Victor Manage
40 )	1978	Selinage Walawwa		Pathiraja L.S.Dayananda
41 )	1978	Babaru Awith		Dharmasena Pathiraja
42 )	1978	Sally		Syril P. Abeyrathna
43 )	1978	Kumara Kumariyo		Sudas Maskorala
44 )	1978	Anupama	Asitha	Sunil Ariyarathna
45 )	1979	Gahaniyak		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
46 )	1979	Podi Malli		Sunil Ariyarathna
47 )	1976	Ganga		Pathiraja L.S.Dayananda
48 )	1976	Adarei Man Adarei		Lenin Morais
49 )	1977	Hariyanakota Ohoma Thamai		Gamini Hewawitharana
50 )	1977	Hithuvoth Hithuvaamai		Lenin Morais
51 )	1977	Eya Dan Loku Lamayek		Dharmasena Pathiraja
52 )	1977	Pembara Madu		Sugathapala Senarath Yapa
53 )	1981	Suriyakantha		Vijaya Darma Sri
54 )	1979	Higana Kolla		K.A.W. Perera
55 )	1979	Monarathenna		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
56 )	1979	Eka Hitha
57 )	1979	Akke Mata Awasara		W. Wilfred Silva
58 )	1980	Tak Tik Tuk		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
59 )	1980	Kanchana		M.A. Sangadasa
60 )	1982	Nawatha Hamu Wemu		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
61 )	1982	Paramitha		Anton Gregory
62 )	1983	Sivu Ranga Sena		Roy Anuradha Sri Bandaranayaka
63 )	1983	Pasamithuro		Ananda Hewage
64 )	1989	Badulu Kochchiya	Dinesh	Kandapola Kumarathunga
65 )	1989	Mamai Raja		Sunil Soma Peiris
66 )	1989	Nommara 17		Hemasiri Sellapperuma
67 )	1989	Varadata Daduvam		Dinesh Priyasad
68 )	1990	Thanha Asha		Siril Weerasingha
69 )	1990	Veera Udara		Shirley P. Wijeratne
70 )	1987	Yugayen Yugayata		Lenin Morais
71 )	1987	Yukthiyada Shakthiyada		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
72 )	1987	Kavuluva		Danny W. Pathirana
73 )	1987	Raja Wedakarayoo		Sunil Soma Peiris
74 )	1987	Randamwel		Aleric Lionel Fernando
75 )	1987	Obatai Priye Adare		Sunil Soma Peiris
76 )	1984	Binaree Saha Sudu Banda	Sudu Banda	Kingsly Disanayaka
77 )	1984	Jaya Sikurui		Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
78 )	1974	Sanakeliya		Herbert Ranjith Peiris
79 )	1994	Vijaya Geetha		Kandapola Kumarathunga
80 )	1986	Jaya Apatai		Sunil Soma Peiris
81 )	1986	Devuduwa		Daya Wimalaweera
82 )	1986	Gimhane Gee Naadey		Dharma Sri Kaldera
83 )	1984	Birinda		Dayananda Jayawardane
84 )	1984	Rana Derana		Dilman Jayaratne
85 )	1984	Kokila		Villiam Olamas
86 )	1984	Welle Thenu Maliga		Shirley P. Wijeratne
87 )	1983	Samanala Sihina		Premaweera Gunasekara
88 )	1982	Mihidum Sihina		Daya Wimalaweera
89 )	1982	Yasa Isuru		Dharmasiri Gamage
90 )	1981	Hondama Naluwa		Sherly P.Wijerathna
91 )	1981	Valampuri		Bermine Lylie Fernando
92 )	1981	Beddegama	Babun	Dr. Lester James Peries
93 )	1980	Kiduru Kumari		Sunil Ariyarathna
94 )	1980	Para Dige		Dharmasena Pathiraja
95 )	1980	Raja Dawasak		Thimothy Weerarathna
96 )	1976	Vasana		K.A.W. Perera
97 )	1971	Hathara Denama Surayo		Neil Rupasinghe
98 )	1972	Edath Suraya Adath Suraya		Lenin Morais
99 )	1973	Hondama Welava		Lenin Morais
100 )	1978	Ahasin Polovata		Dr. Lester James Peries
101 )	1967	Manamalayo		T. Bawanandan
102 )	1969	Romio-Juliet Kathawak		G.D.L. Perera
103 )	1971	Samanala Kumariyo samaga Api Kawadath Soorayo		Wimaladasa Perera
104 )	1972	Vana Raaja		William Blakes
105 )	1972	Adare Hithenawa Dakkama		Neil Rupasinghe
106 )	1983	Sandamali		Milton Jayawardhana
107 )	1989	Randenigala Sinhaya		Ranjith Siriwardhana
108 )	1990	Saharawe Sihinaya		H.D. Premarathna
109 )	1987	Ahinsa		Malani Fonseka
110 )	1998	Eya Obata Barai		Sunil Soma Peiris
111 )	1994	Shakthi		Sherly P.Wijerathna
112 )	1990	Madhu Sihina		Daya Wimalaweera
113 )	1986	Puja		Dharmasiri Gamage
114 )	1982	Thakkita Tharikita		Anthony C. Perera
115 )	1982	Kiri Suwanda		Anton Gregory
116 )	1982	Bycikale		Danny W. Pathirana
117 )	1982	Sakvithi Suvaya		Gamini Fonseka
118 )	1981	Valampuri		Bermine Lylie Fernando


Producer

No	Year	Name	Character	Director
1 )	1971	Bindunu Hadawath		Luvi Vandastratan
2 )	1989	Varadata Daduvam		Dinesh Priyasad

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