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Punya Heendeniya

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Punya Heendeniya
පුණ්‍යා හීන්දෙනිය
Born
Heendeniya Vidanaralalage Punya Heendeniya

(1938-07-31) 31 July 1938 (age 85)
Gampaha, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationMirigama Central College
Occupation(s)Film actor, singer, screenwriter
Years active1955-1983
SpouseMilroy Nanayakkara
Children2

Heendeniya Vidanaralalage Punya Heendeniya (born 31 July 1938: Sinhala: පුණ්‍යා හීන්දෙනිය), popularly as Punya Heendeniya, is a former Sri Lankan cinema actress who resides in England.[1][2][3]

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Personal life

Punya Heendeniya was born on 31 July 1938 in Mirigama, Sri Lanka as the fifth child in a family with seven siblings.[4] Her father M. A. Hindeniya was a land owner and planter in Mirigama. Her mother, D. L. Kahawitage was from Panadura. She was first educated at Mirigama Primary School (currently known as Dudley Senanayake College). She went to Mirigama Maha Vidyalaya after the age of six to study in English medium. She was also a member of the school netball team.[5] Poet P. K. D. Seneviratne is a paternal relative of Punya.[5]

She married Milroy Nanayakkara and had two children with her husband.[citation needed] After the marriage, she left the cinema and settled in England. Her son Anupama Nanayakkara is a specialist doctor. When Anupama was a child, he came to Sri Lanka in 1982 at the invitation of the Lester James Peiris and acted as the son of Nanda and Piyal in the film Kaliyugaya. Punya's daughter, Purnami is a doctor.[5]

Career

She learned dancing under S. Panibharatha. Then Punya got to play the lead role in the ballet Ditti Mangalika staged by Panibharatha at school. She also learned music under her school master, S. D. David Appuhamy. For her acting and musical talents, she was assisted by the college principal K. A. Pannaratne. Panibharatha was assigned to do a dance performance in Sirisena Wimalaweera's film Asoka where Punya had the opportunity to perform in that dance item.[5]

Then she went to the office of Heladiva Art Company in front of the Jethavanaramaya Temple on Armor Street, Colombo to meet the film production lawyer Somaratne who searched a fresh face for the latest film Deyyange Rate. After seeing her, Somaratne introduced Punya to Tamil director Ramachandran. They selected Punya for the lead role 'Katherina' in the film. After the film, she acted in the films Sri 296 and Suneetha where the shooting was done in India. Then in 1961, she played the lead role of blockbuster film Kurulu Bedda. After Kurulu Bedda, Punya starred in the film Sikuru Tharuwa with the lead role.[5]

John Amaratunga, the producer of the Sikuru Tharuwa selected Punya for the lead role in the film Gameperaliya directed by Lester James Peries.[5] In 1968, she won the award for the Best Actress at 5th Sarasaviya Awards for her role in the film Ransalu.[6] Although she gave up acting in 1968, at the peak of her career, she made comeback in the film Kaliyugaya in 1983 for which she received a merit award at Presidential Film Awards. In 2013 Sumathi Awards, she was honored with U.W. Sumathipala Memorial award.[7]

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref.
1955 Asoka dance item
1958 Suneetha
1958 Deyyange Rate Katherina
1959 Sri 296 Leela
1961 Kurulu Bedda Ranmenike [8]
1963 Sikuru Tharuwa Anula
1963 Gamperaliya Nanda [9]
1966 Parasathu Mal Kamala [10]
1967 Ran Salu Sujatha 'Suji' Ratnasooriya
1968 Ranwan Karal
1983 Kaliyugaya Nanda

Awards

  • 1964- Eksath Rasika Sangamaya Best Actress Award, Gamperaliya
  • 1964- Sarasaviya Film Awards- Best Actress Award, Best film, Gamperaliya
  • 1964- Best Actress Proficiency Award, Sikuru Tharuwa
  • 1965 Gamperaliya won "Golden Peacock Award" Grand Prix International Film Festival of India, New Delhi
  • 1965 Gamperaliya won "Golden Head of Palenque", Resena Mundial Film Festival in Acapulco, Mexico[11]
  • 1965- Punya Heendeniya represented Sri Lanka on World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
  • 1966 Swarana Sankha Award, Best Actress Award, Parasathumal
  • 1968- Sarasaviya Film AwardsSarasaviya Best Actress Award- Best Actress Award, Ran Salu
  • 1985- Presidential Award- Kaliyugaya.
  • 1998- to Celebrate 50 years of Sri Lankan Cinema a Rs10 stamp depicting Gamperaliya was issued.
  • 2000-Lifetime achievement, President's Golden Lion Award
  • 2008-Gamperaliya (Changement au village) shown in Cannes Film Festival as restored Classics.[12][13]
  • 2013-U.W.Sumathipala Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2015- Special Signis Salutation Award, -the highest award given by Signis Sri Lanka for a person who has contributed much for the development of media in Sri Lanka.
  • 2016 - Sarasaviya Abhimani (Legendary) Award.

References

  1. ^ "Punya Heendeniya (de Silva), the evergreen silver screen star". Sunday Observer. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. ^ ""Gamperaliya, changement au village" : Un grand cinéaste est né... En 1963". Le Monde.fr. 5 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Our Heritage".
  4. ^ "Punya Heendeniya career". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Mirigama Beauty Punya Heendeniya who polished Sinhala cinema". Silumina. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ^ "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  7. ^ "ITN bags highest number of Awards at Sumathi Awards Nite". ITN News. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  8. ^ "All about urulu Bedda". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ "All about the blockbuster film "Gamperaliya"". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  10. ^ "All about "Parasathu Mal"". sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  11. ^ "|| Artscope". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  12. ^ http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Pdf/General/pdf-9135.pdf[dead link]
  13. ^ "Spectrum | Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

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