Joe Abeywickrama
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1927-06-22
Place of Birth:Rathnapura, Sri Lanka
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Thushara (1973)
Sampath, Thushara and Keerthi are batchmates. Sonia is a relation of Sampath. Thushara is Sampath's girl friend at campus. Sonia and Thushara are...
Baddegama (1980)
Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of...
The Road from Elephant Pass (2009)
The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 action thriller film produced, screen played and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from...
Loku Duwa (1994)
"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.
Death on a Full Moon Day (1997)
Drama about a father who refuses to believe in his son's death at war.
Aswasuma (2002)
An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him...
A Woman in a Whirlpool (1985)
Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable...
Kolomba Sanniya: Coming Sweet (1976)
Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and...
Bambaru Awith (1978)
In a fishing village, Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman, but he exploits and feeds off the other...
Mangrove Island (1976)
Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith...
Awaragira (1990)
Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama,...
Welikathara (1971)
An intense, cat-and-mouse drama between newly appointed ASP Randeniya and a local thug (Goring Mudalali). Randeniya's life gradually falls apart as...
The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions) (1987)
This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends...
The Girls (1978)
In rural Sri Lanka, two sisters pursue love and personal ambitions despite their family's strict social expectations. As class barriers and financial...
Thun Man Handiya (1970)
Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a...
Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon (1972)
Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.
Soldadu Unnahe (1981)
During Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on its eve, the holiday and the day after, and involves the participation of four oppressed souls: a World...
Parasathu Mal (1966)
The story follows Bonny Mahaththaya (Gamini Fonseka), a wealthy and hedonistic landowner who lives a life of wine and pleasure. His world is...
Rebellion (1978)
The film centered around the story behind national patriot Veera Puran Appu and his Matale rebellion in 1848 for the freedom from British. Though he...
Gehenu Geta (1959)
Gehenu Geta is a 1959 Sri Lankan film directed by Jyotish Sinha, Kingsley Rajapakse, and T. Somasekaran. The film stars Henry Jayasena, Kumari...
Cheriyo Captain (1995)
Cheriyo Captain is a 1995 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the second film...
Island of Treasures (1962)
The movie is about the discovery of an underwater treasure. It involves a mixture of ancient legends, human treachery and romance.
Sikuruliya (1975)
A naive village girl’s romantic dreams are shattered when she is forced into an abusive marriage with a cruel aristocrat. Stripped of her...
Thousand Thoughts (1968)
Lalith is a chief Clarke of a Government Department. He falls in love with Nilanthi, a newly recruited typist. But Nilanthi is attracted to another...
God King (1974)
Epic tale set in 5th century Sri Lanka, following the battle for the throne between Kassapa and his father King Dhatusena
Dheevari: Fisherman's Daughter (2006)
When a young Sri Lankan woman returns home to her fishing village after growing up in an orphanage, she is appalled by its feudal prejudices and...
Bawathra (2005)
An extraterrestrial spacecraft from a dying world crashes into an isolated rural community, leaving a single alien survivor stranded on Earth. To...