Bandula Vithanage, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bandula Vithanage

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1940

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2014

Profession: screenwriter, writer, novelist

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bandula de Silva Vithanage (born 11 September 1940 – died 1 September 2014 as ?????? ???????) [Sinhala]) was an award-winning actor and director in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a translator, director, playwright and script writer.
One of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan art and drama, Vithanage has produced several critically acclaimed television serials and stage dramas during his five decades of drama career.
He is the pioneer to introduce Shakespearean theater to Sri Lankan theater with several plays such as Veniciye Velenda, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.He died on 1 September 2014 at Colombo National Hospital at the age of 73.