Dhamma Jagoda (28 January 1941 – 4 February 1988) was the first Head of the Drama Unit at the National Television channel

Rupavahini The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; ta, இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika R ...

Corporation in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. 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 The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to the memory of Sri Lankan photographic artist Lionel Wendt. It combines live theatre and art exhibition, with two exhibition galleries and a theatr ...

, 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 Mahinda College is a Buddhist boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 1 March 1892 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. As of May 2022 it is a national school providing primary and secon ...

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

and

Nalanda College, Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = ...

Directed Play

* 1963 Vesmuhunu * 197
'Kora Saha Andaya'
The Lame and the Blind) script

Dharmasena Pathiraja Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘''enfant terrible'' of the '70s', and ...

Produced by Dhamma Jagoda * 1971 Malavun Nagiti * 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'' as Premasiri * ''

Madol Duwa ''Madol Duwa'' (Sinhala, ''Mangrove Island'') is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get ...

'' as Balappu * ''Mummulawela'' * ''Green Emerald''

Awards

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

References

External links

*
Dhamma Jagoda in Sinhala Cinema Databasewww.gratiaen.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jagoda, Dhamma 1941 births 1988 deaths Sri Lankan dramatists and playwrights Sri Lankan male film actors Sinhalese male actors Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Alumni of Mahinda College 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Sri Lankan male actors