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Buddhisena Dayaratne Wickrama (born 19 January 1939 as Sinhala: බුද්ධි වික්‍රම), popularly known as Buddhi Wickrama, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.[1] He is most notable for the roles played in the television dramas "Tharadevi", "Suseema", "Boomarangaya" and "Amba Yahaluvo".[2]

Buddhi Wickrama බුද්ධි වික්‍රම
Born	Buddhisena Dayaratne Wickrama (1939-01-19) 19 January 1939 (age 83) Galle, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Heenatigala Sariputhra College Mahinda College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–2016
Spouse	Irangani Wannakukorala (m. 1975)
Children	Kushlani Wickrama

Personal life

He was born on 19 January 1939 in Heenatigala, Galle, Sri Lanka as the second child of the family. His father worked in the Department of Posts. He completed primary education from Heenatigala Sariputhra College and secondary education from Mahinda College.[3] He has one elder brother and two younger sisters.[2] His father died by cardiac arrest after seeing blood coming from the forehead of Buddhi after hit by a swing.[4]

She is married to Irangani Wannakukorala since 1975 and the couple has one daughter, Kushlani.[3] He met Iranganie while both of them working in the Ceramics Corporation.[4]

In 2014, he underwent a bypass surgery. After that he quit from the drama in 2016. After that the wound healed and treated for a long time. Due to varicose veins, the leg became clogged, and began to feel sick again. This situation has been slowly developing for about five years where his legs went numb. For about three and a half years, Wickrama was confined to a wheelchair. One day, while he got into the wheelchair and crashed into a wall. This results dislocation in the hip joint and he has been bedridden for about four months now. With that fall, it became unclear to speak.[5]

In the meantime in 2017, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[6]

Career

In his school times, he acted in the stage play Avurudda produced by Vinnie Vitharana. After that, he worked in the Department of Surveys in 1959 as a designer, where he met fellow actors Dhamma Jagoda, Santin Gunawardena, Shelton de Silva, and Mervyn Jayathunga.[4] During this period, Buddhi joined "Kala Pela" drama troupe founded by G. D. L. Perera.[2][7] In 1962, he made his first theatre appearance in GDL's play Magul Mathe. Then he performed in many stage plays such as Andare, Parasthawa, Kāmarē Porē, Janēlaya, Thotupala, Mehew Lokayak, Kontharē, Manaranjana Weda Warjana, Hotabari Yuddē,[8] Apāyē Avurudu,[9] and Sri Wickrama.[3] After joining the Survey Department, Buddhi joined the Ceramics Corporation.[6] His last stage was R. R. Samarakoon's Doovili.[10]

In 1964, he made his maiden cinema appearance in the film Saama directed by G. D. L. Perera.[4] Then in 1967, he acted in the film Sadol Kandulu. Meanwhile, he also acted in foreign films and serials such as:[10] Village by the Sea, Good Marriages, The Greatest Gift and Water.[3] He acted as a friend of Gorin Mudalali in the film Welikatara and as a 'robber' in the film Haralakshaya.[6]

His first television appearance came through the 1998 serial Eka Mawakage Daruwo directed by Lucien Bulathsinhala.[6] Then he appeared in more than 40 television serials in two decades, including: Kumarihami, Palingu Menike, Thara Devi, Doo Daruwo, Amba Yahaluvo, Gam Peraliya, Suseema, and Bawa Tharana as his final television appearance in 2012.[3][10] Among them is the role he played as Punsiri's father in the teledrama Du Daruwo and role 'Kendalanda' in the teen serial Amba Yahaluvo received critics acclaim and popularity.[4][2][11]

Selected television serials

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1965	Saama
1967	Sadol Kandulu
1968	Dahasak Sithuvili	Lalith's co-worker	[14]
1969	Romeo Juliet Kathawak		[15]
1971	Welikathara	Goring's associate	[16]
1971	Haara Lakshaya	1st beating victim	[17]
1974	The Greatest Gift
1975	Tharanga	Buddhi	[18]
1988	Amme Oba Nisa
1990	Vana Bambara
1994	Des Héros Ordinaires
1996	Amanthaya
1997	Tharanaya		[19]
1997	Les mystères de Sadjurah
1998	Dehena
1998	Anthima Reya
2000	Chakrayudha
2000	Rajya Sevaya Pinisai	Car robbery victim
2000	Un dono semplice
2003	Sudu Kaluwara	Registrar	[20]
2005	Water	Baba	[21]
2015	Lantin Singho

References

External links

• Buddhi Wickrama at IMDb

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