CINEMA

Bandaranyake started direction with ‘Hansa Vilak’ , a film which dealt with facets of a society at odds with itself in 1980. Followed by this he directed ‘Tunveni Yamaya’ (1983) and Suddilage Kathawa (1984) on similar social issues and ‘Bavaduka and Bavakarma’ (1997) which challenged the repressive dogma of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. He is placed among the ten best filmmakers in Sri Lankan cinema. His last films ‘Bhawa Karma’ in 1997 and there was no urge within him to do a film for the past 12 years. However after working on this documentary he feels encouraged to do a film again. Most probably at the end of this year he will start for working on a film and it will be a film within a minimum budget.