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Dharmasiri Gamage | |
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| Born | 4 October 1930 Katamburawa, Ceylon |
| Died | 19 September 2004 (aged 64) Dambulla, Sri Lanka |
| Citizenship | Sri Lankan |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Film Directer, Script Writer, lyricist |
| Employer(s) | Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House, Colombo) |
| Notable work | Directing Puja Sinhala Film - 1986 |
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| Call sign | Best Travel Writer - 2002 (The Sri Lanka Environmental Journalist Forum) |
Dharmasiri Gamage Template:Lang-si was born on 4 October 1939[1][2] as the only son to the parents Maththaka Gamage Peter Appuhamy and Kalegana Arachchige Chandrawathi and the eldest brother to three sisters at Katamburawa, Urala, Wanduramba, Galle, Sri Lanka.[3]
Later, he became one one of the most senior journalists in Sri Lanka but his role of significance as a poet, lyric writer, author and film director is still being admired and has been regarded in the intellectual sessions among many Sri Lankan academics and many thousands of his students who are currently involved in journalism, art and literature in the country.[4]
The journalist.
In the beginning, U.A.S. Perera (Siri Aiya)[5][6] helped young Gamage to pave his path to journalism and therefore meeting Siri Aiya was undoubtedly a turning point of his life. From his childhood Gamage was very interested in arts and literature and was anxious to learn and practice Journalism. For him, Maligakanda Maha Bodhi Mandiraya[7] was an oasis and influence of Siri aiya was lamp-post that guided his future life.[8] Dharmasiri Gamage became a journalist joining Lankadeepa as a sub-editor in 1959 on an invitation of K. M. Sirisena was then the deputy editor of the Sinhala daily the Lankadeepa (then owned by the Times, Sri Lanka) while DB Dhanapala leading the newspaper as the founder editor. He practised journalism under such experienced characters of Sri Lankan journalism.[9] He joined Lake House in 1977 and worked for Dinamina, Janatha and Silumina.[10] Dharmasiri Gamage's Pahan Weta which was compiled weekly on Yovun Janatha[11] was publication of Lake House became widely famous as an early youth forum that opened newer threshold for the Sri Lankan young generation to improve and upgrade their skills and talents in art and literature.[12]
In Music.
It is significant that when Dharmasiri Gamage wrote his first lyrics Ho Mage Prema Matha in 1955 for Kala Suri G.S.B. Rani Perera who was a veteran singer in Sri lanka and a programme producer of then Radio Ceylon (Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) when he was just 16 years old.[13] Since then, Gamage had written many more than 200 lyrics for Sinhala songs with music composed by many music directors like Pandith W.D. Amaradeva, Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa and Dr.Rohana Weerasinghe and performed by various artists like Kala Suri G.S.B. Rani Perera, Pandith W.D. Amaradeva and Visharada Nanda Malini, Haroon Lanthra and which can be categorized in Music genre as Classic, Cinema, Pop and Amaradeva defined Subhavitha Sarala Gee and he helped B.K.D.P. Balasuriya to reorganize the Sinhala Gramophone Text Archive in early nineties.[14]
Contribution to Sinhala Cinema.
Dharmasiri Gamage earned reputation as a creative film director for the Sinhala film Puja in 1986[15] in which Daruduka Uhula, one of the most popular Sinhala cinema songs music composed by Dr.Khemadasa and sung by Pandith Amaradeva, was included.[16] Award winners Joe Abeywickrama and Amarasiri Kalansuriya[17] contributed to it in action.[18]
Gamage displayed his talents writing scripts to Dharmasena Pathiraja's Eya Dan Loku Lamayek (1977), Amaranath Jayathilake's[19]
Siripala Saha Ranmenika (1977) and Prof.Sunil Ariyaratne's Sarungale (1980).[20]
He wrote Sansara Gamane Thanha Asha music composed by Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa and sung by Pandith W.D. Amaradva for the
film Sanasuma Kothanada[21] directed by K.A.W. Perera[22] in 1963, Amma Warune music by Dr.Khemadasa and sung by Visharada Nanda Malini
for his own film Puja, are among the best acclaimed Sinhala film songs ever in the Sinhala cinema history,Ambapali
was another Sinhala film that Gamage wrote lyrics for.[23]
Final days.
After his retirement from Lake House, He was anxious to enjoy his final days as a traveller and published his own experiences
on his travels.[24] Gamage was well known as environment-lover and was honoured for his writings in 1999 as the Best Travel Writer
and in 2002 received an award by the Sri Lanka Environmental Journalist Forum for the best travel Writer.[25]
Dharmasiri Gamage, a pioneer of Sri Lankan journalism and a teacher to many of current journalists in Sri Lanka
and father to Anjana Gamage who follows her father's path as a journalist in lake House, passed away on 19 September 2004,
just 11 days earlier than Cinema Sakvithi Gamini Fonseka's death.[26]
See also.
- DB Dhanapala
- Gamini Fonseka
- Joe Abeywickrama
- Dharmasena Pathiraja
- W.D. Amaradeva
- Premasiri Khemadasa
- Premakeerthi de Alwis
- Nanda Malini
- B.K.D.P. Balasuriya
- Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
- Radio Ceylon
- List of Sri Lankan films
- Galle
References.
- ^ "DHARMASIRI GAMAGE DIES SUDDENLY WHILE TRAVELLING; FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles".
- ^ "Dharmasiri Gamage Memories of a father and hero".
- ^ "Dharmasiri Gamage dies at 65".
- ^ "Dharmasiri honoured at Jothi commemoration".
- ^ "Artistes of Ananda - Poet monks and student writers".
- ^ "Composer, musician Chandrasena".
- ^ "Col. Olcott started the Sinhalese National Educational Buddhist Fund in 1881. The T.S. appropriated the Found in 1885. I promose that the Maha-Bodhi Mandira, Maligakanda, be converted into a high grade Girl's School".
- ^ "meeting Siri Aiya was a turning point in his life".
- ^ "Five veteran journalists honoured".
- ^ "Appreciations".
- ^ "Yovun Janatha".
- ^ "Unfading star of the silver screen".
- ^ "SPOTLIGHT".
- ^ "Powerful songs apowerless".
- ^ "Puja".
- ^ "films list".
- ^ "Amarasiri Kalansuriya".
- ^ "Amarasiri Kalansuriya".
- ^ "Amaranath Jayathilake passes away".
- ^ "Professor Sunil Ariyaratne will deliver the commemorative oration".
- ^ "He directed the film' Sanasuma Kothanada 'for Mr.Somasiri Perera which won him the 'Sarasaviya' award for the best film of the year".
- ^ "The indefatigable master film-maker".
- ^ "Dharmasiri - a multi-dimensional journey through life".
- ^ "Traveller's tales from a veteran and b'day greetings to cinema's doyen".
- ^ "the Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF) recently nominated veteran journalist Dharmasiri Gamage as the Best Travel Writer for the year 2002".
- ^ "The last journey of two good old friends".
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