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Punya Heendeniya
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Nationality
Sri Lankan
Known for
actress
Name
Punya Heendeniya
Role
Actress
Movies
Gamperaliya, Ran Salu, Kurulu Bedda, Kaliyugaya, Sikuru Tharuwa
Punya Heendeniya was born in Sri Lanka. She married and had two children with her husband, they also had five grandchildren. Punya Heendeniya gave up acting in 1968, at the peak of her career, but starred in Kaliyugaya in 1983.
Filmography
1954-1955 Asoka (1955 film)- dance sequence choreographed by MasterPanibharatha; Director Sirisena Wimalaweera
1958 Deyyange Rate (The Country of Gods) - Director L. S. Ramachandra; novel by W. A. Silva
1965 Gamperaliya won "Golden Head of Palenque", Resena Mundial Film Festival in Acapulco, Mexico
1965- Punya Heendeniya represented Sri Lanka on World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York.
1966 Swarana Sankha Award, Best Actress Award, Parasathumal
1968- Sarasaviya Film AwardsSarasaviya Best Actress Award- Best Actress Award, Ran Salu
1985- Presidential Award- Kaliyugaya.
1998- to Celebrate 50 years of Sri Lankan Cinema a Rs10 stamp depicting Gamperaliya was issued.
2000-Lifetime achievement, President's Golden Lion Award
2008-Gamperaliya (Changement au village) shown in Cannes Film Festival as restored Classics.
2013-U.W.Sumathipala Lifetime Achievement Award
2015- Special Signis Salutation Award, -the highest award given by Signis Sri Lanka for a person who has contributed much for the development of media in Sri Lanka.
