Thun Man Handiya Plays List of plays written by Sekera Swarnathilaka Daskon Kundalakesi Kantharaya Chora Pabbatha Vidura Sora Pawwa Sasa Jathakaya Hansa Geethaya Nava Baga Sanda Saddhantha Sabba Nadee Vankagatha Amaraneeyathvaya Mudu Puttu (with Gunasena Galappatthi) Notable songs written by Sekera Sandakath Pini Diya - Music Composer Lionel Algama & Vocalist Dr Pandith W.D. Amaradeva from Sinhala movie Parasathu Mal Me Sinhala Apage Ratayi – Nanda Malini, music composer Pandit W. D. Amaradeva, from Sinhala film Saravita Sannaliyane – W. D. Amaradeva, music composer Pandit W. D. Amaradeva Seethala Diya Piri Sunila Vilai – Sunil Edirisinghe, music composer Dr. Rohana Weerasinghe Adawan Desin – Victor Ratnayake, music composer Somadasa Alvitigala, from Sinhala film Wes Gaththo Wakkada langa -w.d amaradeva Rathnadeepa Janmabhoomi Ase Mathuwena Kandulu Bindu Gena -W.D Amaradeva Siri Lanka Ratama Api "Mage deshaya awadhi karanu mena piyanani", a translation into Sinhala of the patriotic Rabindranath Tagore poem "Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo" Etha Kandukara Himaw Arane - W. D. Amaradeva, music composer Lionel Algama Anna Balan Sanda - Edward Jayakody Dathe Karagata Simba Sanasannata - W. D. Amaradeva, Wimala Amaradewa Awards 1956 – Dina Dina Award for the painting Mahabinishkramana at the Annual Art Exhibition organised by the Jathika Kala Peramuna. 1965 – Merit Award for the Best Lyricist at the Film Festival of Lanka Industrial Exhibition for the song "Atha Gavu Ganan Durin" in Sinhala film Gatavarayo. 1968 – Award for the Best Lyric Writer for the song "Sinidu Sudu Mudu Thalave" composed for the film Sath Samudura (Directed by Dr Siri Gunasinghe) at the Sarasaviya Film Festival. 1970 – Receives the award for the Best Lyricist for his song "Ratakin Ratakata" in the Sinhala film Binaramalie at the Sarasaviya Film Festival. 1970 – Mahagama Sekera's film Thun Man Handiya receives the Friendship Award from Rajaye Lipikaru Seva Sangamaya. 1971 – Thun Man Handiya wins him the award for the Most Promising Director at the Awards Festival of the Film Critics and Journalists of Ceylon in 1970 – 1971. 1972 – Receives the Hela Vidu Saviya Kumaratunga Memorial Award for his Patriotic Songs. See also W.D. Amaradeva Sandakath Pini Diya References External links Mahagama Sekara Mahagama Sekera Official Website Laudatory essay Lanka library 1929 births 1976 deaths Sri Lankan poets Sri Lankan lyricists Sri Lankan songwriters Sri Lankan Buddhists Sinhalese writers 20th-century poets