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Nationality
  
Sri Lankan

Name
  
Dhamma Jagoda


Role
  
Film actor

Movies
  
Madol Duwa

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Born
  
January 28, 1941 (
1941-01-28
)

Other names
  
Dharmapala Kalahe Jagoda

Occupation
  
Film ,Television and Stage director, Actor, Teacher

Spouse(s)
  
Sunethra Sarachchandra, Manel Jagoda

Children
  
Nipunika Jagoda, Ranga Jagoda, Dharshana Jagoda, Dinindu Jagoda

Died
  
February 4, 1988, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Palingu Menike Wrap Party 1983 /02


Dhamma Jagoda (born 28 January 1941, died 04 February 1988) was the first Head of the Drama Unit at the National Television channel Rupavahini Corporation in Sri Lanka. He was a pioneer theater and television play director and actor in Sri Lanka. He inaugurated the first theatre school (the Lionel Wendt Kala Kendra Ranga Shilpa Shalika) at Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo 7, in the 1970s and it was the foundation for many artists who have emerged in Sri Lanka in recent years. Dhamma Jagoda was educated at Mahinda College, Galle.

Contents

Directed Play

  • 1963 Vesmuhunu
  • 1971 Malavun Nagiti
  • Kora saha Andaya (The Lame and the Blind) script Dharmasena Pathiraja Produced by Dhamma Jagoda
  • Moscow GiniGani
  • Sakala Jana
  • Hotabariyudde
  • Kuriru Ranga( Play of cruelty)
  • Parasthawa and Porisadaya
  • Directed Television Play

  • Palingu Menike
  • Mihikathage Daruvo
  • Dimuthu muthu
  • Performed Play

  • 1963 Kuveni
  • 1968 E. M. Forster’s A Passage To India:
  • 1976 Nattukkari
  • Punchi Palingurena
  • Maname
  • Kelani Palama
  • Muhudu Puttu
  • Kontara
  • Performed Film

  • Mahagedara
  • Madol Duwa
  • Mummulawela
  • Green Emerald
  • Awards

  • 1963 Best Actor- role of 'Kawlavsky' for "Ves Muhunu"
  • References

    Dhamma Jagoda Wikipedia