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Danushka Kumarathunga
Danushka Kumarathunga
Born	1 November 1990 (age 34); Matale Hospital, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Vijaya College, Matale
Occupation(s)	Film director, Screenwriter, Writer, Lyricist
Years active	2010–present

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Comment: At least all the Biography section is referenced by an interview. For a WP:BLP article, we need WP:SECONDARY sources. Suitskvarts (talk) 17:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment: All statements need to be sourced, for example the entire biography section. Greenman (talk) 19:45, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Chameera Danushka Kumaratunga, known professionally as Danushka Kumaratunga ( Sinhala: ධනුෂ්ක කුමාරතුංග ), is a Sri Lankan film director^[1], screenwriter, and film producer best known for his work in Sinhala cinema. He made his directorial debut with the film Reset (2024)^[2], produced by Canton Film Production, for which he was awarded the International Youth Film Festival merit award.

Also, Danushka Kumaratungais a Sri Lankan writer of Essence^[3]^[4]. Kumaratunga is a writer, lyricist, musical artist, creative director^[5] & journalist in Sri Lanka. Being a lyricist, Danushka Kumarathunga's creativity gave life to the rock music variation; Manusatha, with the musical legend Chitral Somapala.

Biography

Danushka Kumaratunga was born in Matale, Sri Lanka, on November 01,1990 and educated at Vijaya College, Matale. He pursued higher education in Cinema and Television at the University of Kelaniya and later furthered his studies in Writing and Communication at the University of Sri Jayawardenepura. Kumarathunga is songwriter, graphic designer, creative director^[6] and photographer^[7].His music career started in the year 2010. As a lyricist ^[8] , Kumarathunga's creativity was instrumental in the creation of the rock music piece "Manusatha" in collaboration with musical legend Chitral Somapala. Danushka works full-time at the University of Peradeniya and was formerly a freelance journalist for the Mawbima newspaper.

Author

Danushka Kumarathunga is the author of Essence^[9]^[10]. Essence is a different genre of design, and its page layout is in a Western magazine format. Danushka is a young Sri Lankan designer who always creates creative and different designs. Essence can be described as a creation that can give visual inspiration to the viewer.As a research work, Essence was a popular work among Sri Lankan readers.

Books

Essence, University of Peradeniya, ISBN 9786249832404^[11]

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Language
2024	Reset^[12]	Sinhala
2024	Kalopsia

Discography

Year	Song	Singer	Composer(s)	Writer	length	Ref.
2012	"Hitha Maage"	Nandana Senarathne	Ravindra Srinath	Danushka Kumarathunga	3:48
2013	"Hitha Gawa"	Fathima Ramzina	Yuki Nawarathne & Ruwan Meegaswatte	Danushka Kumarathunga	4:03
2013	"Oya Punchi As"	Ruwan Meegaswatte	Yuki Nawarathne & Ruwan Meegaswatte	Danushka Kumarathunga	3:36
2014	"Hithe Parana" (Cover song)	Yuki Nawarathne & Ruwan Meegaswatte	Yuki Nawarathne & Ruwan Meegaswatte	Danushka Kumarathunga	3:54
2014	"Me Seetha Pawane"	Ruwan Meegaswatte	Ruwan Meegaswatte	Danushka Kumarathunga	2:42
2015	"Vijaya Serade"	Danushka Kumarathunga	Krishantha Premachandra	Danushka Kumarathunga	3:43
2015	"Pata Gewa Adare"	Ruwan Kumara	Ruwan Meegaswatte	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:42	^[13]^[14]
2016	"Thatu Thibunata"	Dilani Kasturiarachchi	Thiyunuwan Prabuddhika	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:49
2016	"Waradhak Nokiyama"	Dayan Witharana	Darshana Wickramatunga	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:33
2017	"Himi Nowana"	Sandun Namal	Sanjula Himala	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:58
2018	"Mal Thuhinaye"	Roony (Indika Ruwan)	Aruna Gunawardhana	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:54
2019	"Manusatha"	Chitral Somapala	Chitral Somapala	Danushka Kumaratunga	3:44	^[15]

External links

References

[1] "'රීසෙට්' වැඩ අවසන්".

[2] "National Short Films".

[3] "Danushka Kumarathunga On Essence and Smart-Mobile Photography".

[4] "Danushka launches 'Essence' - English News Paper".

[5] "Danushka Kumaratunga: Essence of mobile photography".

[6] "ජංගම ඡායාරූපකරණය සහ ගීත රචනය තුළින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සුන්දරත්වය-ධනුෂ්ක කුමාරතුංග".

[7] "Danushka launches 'Essence'".

[8] "The Essence of Sri Lanka through Mobile Photography and Songwriting". 16 February 2022.

[9] "Creative Imagination Let Loose".

[10] ""Essence" – Smartphones to read life". 16 February 2022.

[11] "අපෙන් හැංගුන සුන්දර ගම්මාන වල දර්ශණ එකතුවක් පොතක් ලෙස එළිදකී".

[12] "'රීසෙට්' වැඩ අවසන්".

[:1-13] "The next singing sensation".

[14] "From lyrics to tunes".

[15] "Manusatha-Humanimal Chitral SomapalA".

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