Manel Wanaguru Explained

Manel Wanaguru
Native Name:මානෙල් වානගුරු
Native Name Lang:si
Birth Date:18 October 1951
Birth Name:Manel Chinthamani Wanaguru
Birth Place:Colombo
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Years Active:1958–present
Spouse:Ananda Wickramage (m. 1984)[1]
Children:2
Father:Dudley Wanaguru
Mother:Indrani Dissanayake
Occupation:Actress

Manel Chinthamani Wanaguru (si|මානෙල් වානගුරු; born 18 October 1951), is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television.[2]

Personal life

Manel Wanaguru was born on 18 October 1951. Her father Dudley Samuel Wanaguru was also an actor in Sinhala cinema. Dudley was born on 16 December 1922 and died on 29 July, 2003. He was a past pupil of St. Joseph's College, Wattala. He made his debut acting through film Eda Ra and then acted in many films such as Daiwa Wipakaya, Hadisi Vivahaya, Gehenu Geta and Patachara. He also directed the film Sengawunu Menika.[3] Her mother was Indrani Dissanayake, who was a housewife. Manel has six siblings: Upendra, Lakshman, Tissa, Nihal, Tamara, and Rohan.[4]

Wanaguru is married to Ananda Wickramage, who is also a renowned actor and comedian. The couple has two sons - Janith Wickramage and Sanketh Wickramage, both are actors.[5]

Acting career

Selected television serials

Selected stage dramas

Filmography

Her maiden cinematic experience came through 1958 film Vanaliya directed by B.A.W. Jayamanne.[46]

Year Film Role Ref.
1958 Vanaliya
1973 Sadahatama Oba Mage
1973 Dahakin Ekek Shyama's friend
1974 Kasthuri Suwanda Letchemi [47]
1974 Dinum Kanuwa
1974 Wasthuwa
1975 Hitha Honda Minihek Caretaker
1975 Cyril Malli
1975 Kalu Diya Dahara
1975 Pem Kurullo
1975 Tharanga Tharanga [48]
1975 Amaraneeya Adare
1975 Kokilayo [49]
1975 Rajagedara Paraviyo
1976 Nilla Soya Nilmini 'Seetha' 'Meena' [50]
1977 Neela
1977 Hithuwakkarayo
1978 Tikira Geetha
1978 Sithaka Suwanda Lillian [51]
1978 Asha Desin
1978 Apsara [52]
1978 Kumara Kumariyo Princey Ranawaka [53]
1979 Samanmalee Kamini
1979 Hari Pudumai Rangan
1980 Doctor Susantha
1980 Seetha
1980 Raktha
1980 Sabeetha Chamila
1981 Sathkulu Pawwa Nimal's sister
1982 Sudu Ayya Susee
1982 Jeewithayen Jeewithayak
1982 Rahasak Nathi Rahasak
1982 Eka Diga Kathawak
1982 Kiri Suwanda
1983 Karate Joe
1984 Ranmalige Wasanawa Manel
1984 Kokila Manjula
1984 Namal Renu
1984 Hadawathaka Wedana
1984 Birinda
1985 Adarayaka Mahima Seetha Pararajasekaram
1985 Sudu Mama
1985 Du Daruwo
1986 Peralikarayo Ivonne
1987 Nommara Ekai Sharada
1989 Badulu Kochchiya
1990 Jaya Shakthi
1990 Walawwe Hamu
1990 Pem Rajadahana
1992 Okkoma Kanapita
1992 Kulageya Mervyn's elder sister
1993 Mawila Penewi Roope Hade
1993 Weli Sulanga Kathy
1994 Rajawanshen Ekek
1995 Ira Handa Illa
1997 Apaye Thappara Asu Haradahak
1997 Goodbye Tokyo
2001 Jolly Hallo Brando's mother [54]
2002 Surapurata Kanyaviyak [55]
2002 Cheriyo Holman [56]
2003 Numba Nadan Apita Pissu Sepalika's mother [57]
2006 Eka Malaka Pethi [58]
2006 Supiri Balawatha [59]
2010 Thank You Berty Opal [60]
2010 Viyapath Bambara [61]
2011 Sweet Angel [62]
2011 Gamani NGO Committee member [63]
2011 Putha Mage Suraya [64]
2012 Sihinaya Dige Enna Manel [65]
2013 Peeter One Dalryn [66]
2014 Que Sera [67]
2015 Sanjana [68]
2015 Lantin Singho Rupawathi Meniyo [69]
2017 Hima Tharaka [70]
2017 Nilanjana Shirani [71]
2017 Sellam Nethnam Lellam [72]
2018 Seya Convent Nun [73]
2018 Athuru Mithuru Hari Apuru [74]
2023 Meka Puduma Kathawak [75]
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Awards

Deepashika Awards

|-|| 1974 ||| Kasthuri Suwanda || Best Dramatic Performance ||

Deepashika Awards

|-|| 2021 ||| Contribution to Cinema || U.W. Sumathipala Lifetime[79] ||

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remarage Event of Manel and Ananda Wickramage . lkmegafuns . 30 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Manel Wanaguru මානෙල් වානගුරු films . 2021-06-06 . Digital Identity of Sinhala Cinema.
  3. Web site: Dudley Wanaguru . Daily Mirror. 30 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Film actor who has contributed to art for three generations: Dudley Wanaguru (1924 - 2002) . 2021-04-04 . Sarasaviya.
  5. Web site: ආනන්ද-මානෙල් විවාහයට ජනිත්ගෙන් සුබපැතුම් . Star Friends . 30 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Anne (2007–) . IMDb . 30 July 2019.
  7. Web site: 'Bath Amma': Dishing out family sentiments . Sunday Times . 25 April 2019.
  8. Web site: Bindunu Sith starts . Sarasaviya . 15 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Dedunnai Adarai . Timeout . 30 July 2019.
  10. Web site: Venturing 'beyond the rainbow' . Daily News . 30 July 2019.
  11. Web site: 'Gimhana Tharanaya' portrays family conflicts. Sunday Times . 29 November 2019.
  12. Web site: Girikula now in editing process . Daily Mirror . 30 July 2019.
  13. Web site: 'Hada Pudasuna': Portrays sacrifices in love . Sunday Times . 18 August 2019.
  14. Web site: Hoduwawa . Paradisaya . 30 July 2019.
  15. Web site: 'Kadulu Thahanchiya': tussle over the lead role . Sunday Times . 27 November 2019.
  16. Web site: 'Kammiththa' from Daya's comic story . Sunday Times . 29 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Kokila Ginna . Paradisaya . 30 July 2019.
  18. Web site: 'Maruk Mal': A tale of a'Kendaraya' . Sunday Times . 19 September 2019.
  19. Web site: Medagedara comes from tomorrow . Daily Mirror . 30 July 2019.
  20. Web site: 'Nadeeladiya': Tale of revenge . Sunday Times . 4 December 2019.
  21. Web site: 'Nisala Diya Sasala Viya': A love story . Sunday Times . 26 September 2019.
  22. Web site: Patalawilla . Paradisaya . 30 July 2019.
  23. Web site: 'Pata Veeduru': Drama off the beaten track . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  24. Web site: 'Pawani': Fight against the power of politics . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  25. Web site: 'Pem-Piya-Wara': Depicts a father . Sunday Times. 29 November 2019.
  26. Web site: 'Pooja' unspools on Sirasa TV . lankadesha. 30 July 2019.
  27. Web site: 'Prema Parami': Story of prince & princess . Sunday Times . 11 September 2019.
  28. Web site: 'Rangamadala Samugani': Ranwala's last act . Sunday Times . 2 September 2019.
  29. Web site: Preethiraj is ready with Rashmi . Daily Mirror . 30 July 2019.
  30. Web site: Ruwan Sakmana on Swarnavahini . The Island . 30 July 2019.
  31. Web site: Malani directs Lucky in 'Sahas Gaw Dura' . Sunday Times. 23 September 2019.
  32. Web site: Teledramas – Nalan Mendis. nalanmendis.com.
  33. Web site: 'Sanda Nodutu Sanda' : A political plot . Sunday Times . 29 September 2019.
  34. Web site: Sanda Numba Nam touches the pulse . The Nation . 20 November 2019.
  35. Web site: Sasara Sarani: Damitha's debut direction . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  36. Web site: Lucky handles a novel theme . Sunday Times. 23 September 2019.
  37. Web site: 'Sihina Kumari' awakes . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  38. Web site: 'Sihina Puraya' on seven families . Sunday Times . 31 May 2019.
  39. Web site: 'Sivusiya Gawwa': tale of a dramatist and his love . Sunday Times. 25 April 2019.
  40. Web site: 'Siw Siya Gawwa': A tender love story . Sunday Times . 27 November 2019.
  41. Web site: Janaka comes out with 'Urumaya Soya' . Sunday Times . 25 September 2019.
  42. Web site: 'Visirinu Renu' shows the worlds of six women . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  43. Web site: Raja Kapilla - The show premieres today at 6.30 pm at the Lumbini Theater . Sarasaviya . 15 August 2019.
  44. Web site: Stella Setwela . timeout . 30 July 2019.
  45. Web site: "Su Saha Guru" on 22nd . Sarasaviya . 15 August 2019.
  46. Web site: Manel Wanaguru - මානෙල් වානගුරු . Sinhala Cinema Database . 30 July 2019.
  47. Web site: All about the film "Kasthuri Suwanda" . 2021-01-11 . sarasaviya.
  48. Web site: Tharanga film . Sinhala Cinema Database . 30 July 2019.
  49. Web site: Kokilayo . National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka . 30 July 2019.
  50. Web site: All about Nilla Soya . Sarasaviya . 3 March 2020.
  51. Web site: Sithaka Suwanda . National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka . 30 July 2019.
  52. Web site: Apsara . National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka . 30 July 2019.
  53. Web site: Kumara Kumariyo . National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka . 30 July 2019.
  54. Web site: ජෝල් හලෝ Jolly Hello . Rate Your Music . 23 February 2017.
  55. Web site: 'Surapurata Kanyaviyak': Mario's new film . Sunday Times. 29 November 2019.
  56. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009011501/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/09/24/?fn=sa15092427 . 9 October 2016 . dead .
  57. Web site: එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171029040022/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/10/22/?fn=sa15102213 . 29 October 2017 . dead .
  58. Web site: Ekamalaka Pethi (Petals of desire) - A triangular love story . Sunday Observer . 30 July 2019.
  59. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170919212511/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/01/07/?fn=sa16010720 . 19 September 2017 . dead .
  60. News: Tenny C. brings Berty . 17 June 2016. The Sunday Times. 2009.
  61. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
  62. Web site: Sweet Angel Sinhala Film . vodtv . 30 July 2019.
  63. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170713203352/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/06/09/?fn=sa16060929 . 13 July 2017 . dead .
  64. Web site: Putha Mage Suraya . vodtv . 30 July 2019.
  65. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911180811/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/07/07/?fn=sa16070722 . 11 September 2016 . dead .
  66. Web site: Bandu is back with Peter ONE . Daily News . 30 July 2019.
  67. Web site: Que Sera, a highly entertaining film . Sunday Observer . 30 July 2019.
  68. Web site: Sellapperuma returns with 'Sanjana' . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  69. Web site: Lantin Singho on 25th - ලැන්ටිං සිංඤෝ 25 එයි. Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
  70. Web site: Shines in Italy . Sunday Times . 30 July 2019.
  71. Web site: Nilanjana . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 March 2017.
  72. Web site: Sinhala screened films . Sarasaviya . 1 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105000540/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/11/02/?fn=sa17110223 . 5 November 2017 . dead .
  73. Web site: Seya - She Will Follow You . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730124456/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/07/27/?fn=sa1707271 . 30 July 2017 . dead .
  74. Web site: Two children's films coming today . Sarasaviya . 21 December 2018.
  75. Web site: Meka Puduma Lokayak . Sarasaviya . 23 January 2023.
  76. Web site: Plot of Kidnap . Sarasaviya . 21 August 2019.
  77. Web site: The love story of two like one . Sarasaviya . 22 October 2017.
  78. Web site: අපරාධයක් වසන් කළ නොහැකිය නුහුරු වෑයම . Sarasaviya . 23 October 2023.
  79. Web site: 'Veeraya Gedara Awaith' won big at Sumathi Awards 2020 . 2021-04-04 . Sarasaviya.

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