Daya Alwis

Acting

Daya Alwis

Born 1942-11-07 13 films

Thuiappuarachchi Don Daya de Alwis (7 November 1942 – 27 April 2015), widely known as Daya Alwis, was a versatile Sri Lankan actor, screenwriter, director, and dramatist who left a lasting mark across Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. He holds the historic distinction of being the first individual in Sri Lanka to win awards covering all three major performing mediums: stage, cinema, and teledrama.

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Filmography

13 films
Paththini poster

Kannagi (Pooja) born in the Chola kingdom, one of the three kingdoms in South India around 1,500 ye…

Paththini

★ 4.0 2016

August Drizzle poster

A film that touches Life, Death and Expectations.One Person’s death fans the flame of expectations…

August Drizzle

★ 6.5 2011

Weesi Dela poster

Nirmal lives in a small village with his father and a beautiful sister, Sirima. The family is shatt…

Weesi Dela

★ 9.0 1997

The Storm poster

Maruthaya is a very honest, daring, and dramtic exposure of the traumatic experiences of an honest…

The Storm

★ 0.0 1995

Mee Haraka poster

An illiterate and sexually frustrated young man finds himself attracted to a chic woman from the ci…

Mee Haraka

★ 10.0 1994

Maya poster

The story follows a seven-year-old girl from an aristocratic family who is brutally murdered and su…

Maya

★ 0.0 1984

Handaya poster

Sooppuwa, a young boy is unhappy with Sena, who has been given the responsibility of looking after…

Handaya

★ 5.0 1979

Bambaru Awith poster

In a fishing village, Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fi…

Bambaru Awith

★ 6.8 1978