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Vijaya: Back to silver screen
Award winning Film Director Udayakantha Warnasuriya’s long awaited cinematic masterpiece is now running to packed houses island-wide. The most modern digital technology, combined with a handpicked array of stars and a gripping story, make Hiripoda Wessa, a magnificent creation specially designed for today’s filmgoer.

Adorning the cinema screen in this high profile Sinhala film is veteran broadcaster and eminent compere, Vijaya Corea, who clearly displays his natural gift for film acting with aplomb.

In the early days of the silver screen, he was much sought after by film directors. Consequently, he starred in ‘Sujeewa’, ‘Sunethra’, ‘Sandamal’i, ‘Onna Babo Billo Enawa’, ‘Maruwa Samaga Vaasaya’ and ‘Jeevana Kandulu’ among others, wherein he starred alongside the late Gamini Fonseka and Vijaya Kumaratunga, Malini Fonseka, Sumana Amarasinghe, Nita de Silva, Tony Ranasinghe, Geetha Kumarasinghe and Ravindra Randeniya.

His unparalleled success in radio and showbiz subsequently did not allow him the time to continue in films, considering the demands on his time, the passage of which took him to the helm of broadcasting, signalling the zenith of his career, as Director General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.

Well, he is back again on the screen, demonstrating his most admirable gift and talent for film acting in Hiripoda Wessa which contains every ingredient necessary to thrill filmgoers beyond their expectations. Herer are some of the scenes of Vijaya in ‘Hiripoda Wessa’

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