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D. R. Nanayakkara, the Glossary

Don Ruter Nanayakkara (15 March 1915 – 4 January 1989) was a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema as well as in British drama.^[1]

27 relations: Academy Awards, Amma (1949 film), Ataweni Pudumaya, Beddegama (film), Beyond Justice, Bicycle Hora, Binaramalee, British Ceylon, Chandiya (film), Cinema of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Dahasak Sithuvili, Dematagoda, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Kadawunu Poronduwa, Kolonnawa, Kurulu Bedda, Lester James Peries, Lingam, Rekava, Shiva, Sikuru Tharuwa, Sirisena Wimalaweera, Sri Lanka, Steven Spielberg, United Kingdom, White Flowers for the Dead.
20th-century Sri Lankan male actors
Actors from Colombo

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Amma (1949 film)

Amma is a 1949 Sri Lankan film directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera.

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Ataweni Pudumaya

Ataweni Pudumaya is a 1968 Sri Lankan film directed by S. Mastan and produced by K. Gunaratnam.

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Beddegama (film)

Beddegama (The Village in the Jungle) is a 1980 Sinhala drama film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka.

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Beyond Justice

Beyond Justice, also known as Desert Law, Law of the Desert and Maktub, Law of the Desert, is a 1991 Italian action-thriller film directed by Duccio Tessari that was shot in Morocco.

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Bicycle Hora

Bicycle Hora is a 1968 Sri Lankan Black and white thriller film directed by K.A.W. Perera and produced by E. A. P. Edirisinghe for EAP Films.

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Binaramalee

Binaramalee (බිනරමලී) is a 1969 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed and produced by Mudalinayaka Somaratne as his maiden directorial venture.

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British Ceylon (Britānya Laṃkāva; Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies from 1833 to 1931 and finally the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948, was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948.

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Chandiya (film)

Chandiya is a 1965 Sri Lankan action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte.

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Cinema of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.

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Dahasak Sithuvili

Dahasak Sithuvili is a 1968 Sri Lankan film directed by G. D. L. Perera and produced by Hela Kala Pela.

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Dematagoda

Dematagoda is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on a story by George Lucas.

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Kadawunu Poronduwa

Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema.

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Kolonnawa

Kolonnawa (කොලොන්නාව, கொலன்னாவ) is a town located on the eastern boundary of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Kurulu Bedda

Kurulu Bedda is a 1961 Sri Lankan drama directed by L. S. Ramachandran and written by P. K. D. Seneviratne.

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Lester James Peries

Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාභිමාන්‍ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

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Lingam

A lingam (लिङ्ग, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism.

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Rekava

Rekava (Sinhala for "Line of Destiny") is a 1956 film based on village life and mythical beliefs in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon).

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Sikuru Tharuwa

Sikuru Tharuwa is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama directed by L. S. Ramachandran and written by P. K. D. Seneviratne.

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Sirisena Wimalaweera

Sirisena Wimalaweera (සිරිසේන විමලවීර; born 23 June 1901 – died 24 August 1963) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker and theater master.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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White Flowers for the Dead

Ahasin Polowata (English: White Flowers for the Dead, අහසින් පොලොවට.) is a 1978 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr Lester James Peries and written by Tissa Abeysekara.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._R._Nanayakkara

Also known as D.R. Nanayakkara.