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Vijaya Kumaranatunga is a Actor born on 9 october 1945

Vijaya Kumaranatunga

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Birth name Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga
Birth 9 october 1945
Death 16 february 1988 (at 42 years)

Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (Sinhalese: කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග Tamil: விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க ; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), also known as Vijaya Kumaranatunga, was a popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaranatunga from 1978 to his assassination in 1988.
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Filmography of Vijaya Kumaranatunga (9 films)

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Village in the Jungle
Village in the Jungle (1980)

Directed by Lester James Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Joe Abeywickrama, Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Tony Ranasinghe, Henry Jayasena
Rating70% 3.535543.535543.535543.535543.53554
The lives of a poor family in a small village called Beddagama (literally, "The village in the jungle") as they struggle to survive the challenges presented by poverty, disease, superstition, the unsympathetic colonial system, and the jungle itself. The head of the family is a hunter named Silindu, who has two daughters named Punchi Menika and Hinnihami. After being manipulated by the village authorities and a debt collector, Silindu is put on trial for murder
The River's Edge
The River's Edge (1980)

Directed by Sumitra Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Henry Jayasena, Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Vasanthi Chathurani, Tony Ranasinghe
Rating77% 3.888363.888363.888363.888363.88836
England educated Dr. Sarath Pathirana (Vijaya Kumaratunga), who is willing to try out new methods to treat his patients, is directed towards a special patient by the Head Doctor (Henry Jayasena) at the mental hospital. This patient is a beautiful girl named Nirmala (Vasanthi Chathurani), who does not speak a single word nor trouble anyone excessively unlike any other patient at the hospital.
The Wasps Are Here
The Wasps Are Here (1978)
, 1h50
Directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Joe Abeywickrama
Rating75% 3.77263.77263.77263.77263.7726
The film is set in a fishing village. Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman. He feeds off the other fishermen. Into this setting arrives members of the urban entrepreneurial youth. They have adapted to Western Culture, dressing like Westerners and preferring Western music.