eral ▁parl our ▁in ▁Bor ella . ▁The ▁final ▁r ites ▁was ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁Bor ella ▁C emetery ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Career ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁chief ▁cam er aman ▁of ▁the ▁C ey lon ▁studio . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁An anda ▁started ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁the ▁cinemat ograph er ▁with ▁the ▁film ▁Ge hen u ▁G eta . ▁Then ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁assistant ▁cinemat ograph er ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁Ran m uth u ▁Du wa , ▁first ▁colour ▁full - length ▁film ▁of ▁Sri ▁L anka . ▁Then ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁cinemat ograph er ▁in ▁several ▁block b uster ▁mov ies ▁such ▁as ▁N id han aya , ▁Gol u ▁H ada w ath a , ▁Mad ol ▁Du wa , ▁Ge hen u ▁Lam ai ▁and ▁A kk ara ▁P aha . ▁ ▁Later ▁he ▁started ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁film . ▁His ▁ma iden ▁cinema ▁direction ▁came ▁through ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁film ▁S ith aka ▁Mah ima . ▁The ▁first ▁film ▁he ▁directed ▁and ▁produced ▁was ▁Pr ash aw anna , ▁in ▁which ▁his ▁daughter ▁Sh y ama ▁played ▁a ▁dual ▁role . ▁Then ▁he ▁directed ▁the ▁popular ▁film ▁franch ise ▁Sh y ama ▁by ▁introdu cing ▁his ▁daughter ▁Sh y ama ▁An anda ▁into ▁silver ▁screen . ▁He ▁directed ▁four ▁films ▁in ▁Sh y ama ▁franch ise ▁- ▁M age ▁N ang i ▁Sh y ama , ▁Ch and i ▁Sh y ama