Priyankara Rathnayake Explained

Priyankara Rathnayake
ප්‍රියංකර රත්නායක
Birth Date:June 3, 1964
Birth Place:Sri Lanka
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Alma Mater:University of Kelaniya
Years Active:1988–present
Occupation:Actor, Dramatist, Lecturer

Priyankara Rathnayake (born June 3, 1964 as Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රියංකර රත්නායක) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.[1] Highly versatile actor mostly engaged in theater and cinema, Rathnayake is a lecturer and Head of Drama & Theatre and image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts in University of Kelaniya by profession.[2]

Personal life

He started drama career under Somalatha Subasinghe's children and youth theater and state drama school. Then he joined Rajitha Dissanayake's drama troupe.[3]

He entered to University of Kelaniya in 1989 and obtained the Bachelor of Arts Special Degree (Honours) in 1992. He completed Master of Arts Degree in Drama and Theatre from University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2005. He is working as a lecturer and visiting lecturer for mass media, drama and theater as well as performing arts in University of Peradeniya, National School of Drama, Tower Hall Theatre Foundation and Sripalee campus of University of Colombo.

Acting career

Rathnayake is credited for introducing famous plays by Sophocles to the Sri Lankan theater with the titles Oedipus and Ada Vage Davasaka Antigone.[4] He also directed Aristophanes' play Lysistrata in 2015 as Visekariyo. In 2016, he directed William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with the title Premawantha Kumarayo.[5]

In 2016, a four-day theater festival was held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo from June 7 to 10 daily at 7 pm.[6]

Notable works

Selected television serials

Author work

He wrote several books related to drama and media. One of them is Natya Vicharaya.[24]

Filmography

Rathnayake started his film career with Thunweni Aha back in 1996, directed by Anura Chandrasiri.[25] His most popular cinema acting came through films Irasma, Bandhanaya and Dedunu Akase.[26]

Year Film Role Ref.
1996 Thunweni Aha Vimukthi
2000 Rajya Sevaya Pinisai Janaka shooter
2003 Irasma Tharintha Wijesundera [27]
2005 Guerilla Marketing [28]
2008 Prabhakaran Piyasoma [29]
2008 Aba Yakchanda [30]
2017 Bandhanaya Ariyapala [31]
2017 Dedunu Akase Dance teacher [32]
2019 Sulanga Apa Ragena Yavi Edward [33]
2022 Ashawari [34]
2022 Hithumathe Jeewithe IP Dasanayake [35]
2023 Kandak Sema [36]
TBD Gunananda Himi Migettuwatte [37]

Awards and accolades

He has won several awards at the local stage drama festivals and television festivals.[38] [39]

Presidential Awards

|-|| 1999 ||| Dorakada Marawa || Best Screenplay ||

Sumathi Awards

|-|| 2001 ||| Abhisamaya || Merit Award ||

Raigam Tele'es

|-|| 2012 ||| Sulangata Enna Kiyanna
Kadadora || Merit Award ||

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Priyankara Ratnayake career . Rate Your Music . 30 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Priyankara Rathnayaka . University of Kelaniya . 30 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Regardless of who you are, the cinema and the cinema are still close to the people - Priyankara . Navaliya. 30 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Live on, Classics ! . Daily News . 30 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Priyankara Rathnayake's "Premawantha Kumarayo" on stage tomorrow . Daily News . 30 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Priyankara Rathnayake Drama Fest in Colombo . Daily Mirror . 30 July 2019.
  7. Web site: Rajitha back with Bakamuna . Sunday Times . 30 December 2019.
  8. Web site: A Festival of Sinhala Drama . Daily FT . 30 July 2019.
  9. Web site: Poth Gullee Stage Play . yamu.lk. 30 July 2019.
  10. Web site: Shakespeare gets a creative Sinhala twist . Sunday Observer. 30 July 2019.
  11. Web site: Dreams back on the stage 'Sihina Horu Aran' . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  12. Web site: "විසේකාරියෝ" කැළණියේදී- සැප්තැම්බර් 18 . Boondi . 30 July 2019.
  13. Web site: 'Abhisamaya' portrays tale of a widow . Sunday Times . 16 August 2019.
  14. Web site: 'Ahanna Kenek Na' by Sunil Costa . Sarasaviya . 26 September 2019.
  15. Web site: Adding colour to character . Daily News . 17 August 2019.
  16. Web site: 'Dhawala Yaamaya' on Sirasa . Sunday Times . 11 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Of love and old Friendship . Sunday Times . 29 November 2019.
  18. Web site: Farming family drama to hit mini screen . Sri Lankna Mirror. 30 July 2019.
  19. Web site: 'Maheshika' has unusual theme . Sunday Times . 16 August 2019.
  20. Web site: 2021-12-10 . "Manikkawatha": The television is ready for a turning point in the art of teledrama - ITN News රස බර . 2021-12-16 . ITN News . si-LK.
  21. Web site: Sakarma soon on ITN . 2021-04-04 . Sarasaviya.
  22. Web site: 'Satya' embarks on social reform and pays with his life . Sunday Times . 19 September 2019.
  23. Web site: 'Vishwanthari': World Class literature on miniscreen . Sunday Times . 8 December 2019.
  24. Web site: Natya Vicharaya by Priyankara Rathnayaka . Sarasavi Book shop . 30 July 2019.
  25. Web site: Priyankara Rathnayaka - ප්‍රියංකර රත්නායක films . Sinhala Cinema Database. 30 July 2019.
  26. Web site: Priyankara Rathnayaka filmography . IMDb . 30 July 2019.
  27. Web site: Children's film on parental love . Daily News . 11 March 2017.
  28. Web site: 'Marketing' at its best . Sunday Times . 4 December 2019.
  29. Web site: Prabhakaran: striving for an imaginary state . Daily News . 11 March 2017.
  30. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606105346/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/03/10/?fn=sa16031022 . 6 June 2017 . dead .
  31. Web site: New Horror Sri Lankan Movie - භීෂණයේ අලුත් කතාවක් සිනමාවට . Sarasaviya . 30 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170404110014/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/03/30/?fn=sa1703301 . 4 April 2017 . dead .
  32. Web site: Dedunu Akase plot . Sarasaviya . 30 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170620035655/http://sarasaviya.lk/2017/05/25/?fn=sa1705251 . 20 June 2017 . dead .
  33. Web site: Sulanga Apa Ragena Yavi - සුළඟ අප රැගෙන යාවි . Sinhala Cinema Database . 23 March 2019.
  34. Web site: Ashawari: This is not a love story . 2021-04-26 . Sarasaviya.
  35. Web site: The supreme brotherly love of society . Sarasaviya . 11 July 2019.
  36. Web site: Sumithra Rahubadda's 'Kandak Sema' Movie To Be Screened Soon . Asian Mirror . 3 April 2018.
  37. Web site: Film on greatest religious icon . The Sunday Times . 3 April 2018.
  38. Web site: Sumathi Award winners in each year. www.sumathiawards.lk.
  39. Web site: Raigam Tele'es 2011 award winners. Sarasaviya. 2019-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170413053404/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2011/05/26/_art.asp?fn=sa11052613&pn=20. 2017-04-13. dead.

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