#Sinhala novels list full#

In 1973, he wrote the screenplay of Titus Thotawatte's film Mangala.Book: Sinhala Novel and the Public Sphere: Three Illustrative Moments He wrote the screenplay in the film and also played a minor role. ДЄfter the success of the film, he was then involved in the film Radala Piliruwa. Critics pointed out that Ilangaratne's innovative acting is due to the politics and satirical dialogue that accompanies the success of the film. Then he went to India in 1953 for filming and later got the opportunity to act in the film Warada Kageda. After the failure in politics in 1948, he was later introduced to film producer K. Later, when the novel was made into a film, he had to write the screenplay as well. Since then, he made the plays Manthari Hamuduruwo, Nataka Ata, Mokada Mudalali and Nikan Awa. Ilangaratne first published a play called Haramitiya. Ilangaratne retired from politics on 12 April 1986. In 1974 he served as acting prime minister. He was re-elected in the 1970 general election from Kolonnawa and was appointed to the cabinet with the portfolios of Foreign and Internal Trade, thereafter Trade and Public Administration and Home Affairs. He returned to parliament from a by-election in 1967 from the Kolonnawa electorate and sat in the opposition. He lost his seat in the 1965 general election losing to M. In 1964, the government nationalized private petroleum companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, transferring its assets to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. In 1963, he was appointed Minister of Finance and then Minister of Internal and External Trade in 1964. In his tenor he established the People's Bank, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, the government nationalized private insurance companies and formed the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and nationalized the Bank of Ceylon. He was appointed Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping by Bandaranaike widow Sirima Bandaranaike who became Prime Minister having lead the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the July election. He contested and was elected in the general elections of March 1960 and July 1960 from Hewaheta. Dahanayake, serving from September 1959 to December 1959 when he was removed from the cabinet by Dahanayake. Following the Bandaranaike assassination, Ilangaratne was appointed Minister of Home Affairs by the new Prime Minister W. He established the Employees' Provident Fund for the benefit of employees in the private sector and had the Labour day declared. Prime Minister Bandaranaike appointed him to his cabinet as the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services. Bandaranaike in his newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Ilangaratne contested the 1956 general election from Galaha and re-entered to the House of Representatives in the landslide victory the Sri Lanka Freedom Party gained defeating Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke. The following year he contested the by-election in the Kandy electorate as an independent socialist candidate defeating Fredrick de Silva, he entered the House of Representatives of Ceylon and was sworn in on. In 1947, Ilangaratne left his post in the General Clerical Service and contested the Kandy electorate in the 1947 general election as a socialist candidate, but lost to George E.

In 1941, he tried his hands at acting playing King Dhatusena in the play of the same name by Gunasila Witanansa. Ilangaratne left school after passing the London matriculation exam upon which he opted not to further his studies in London and joined the government service as a clerk in the General Clerical Service. They had four children Sandhya, Rohana, Upeksha and Udaya. His wife was elected as the member for Kandy (1949-1952) and Galagedara (1970-1977).

On 4 September 1944 Ilangaratne married Tamara Kumari Aludeniya in Gampola. Ilangaratne wrote three plays while in school ( Akikaru Putha, Himin Himin and Anda Nanda).

He began attending school in 1917 at Galagedera Vidyalaya and received his secondary education from St. His father was a well-known general practitioner of traditional ophthalmology.

#Sinhala novels list full#

According to the surname of the mother party 'Ilangandavunda Mudiyanselage', he used the name 'Ilangaratne' and the full family name of the father party. The family name of the father was 'Navaratne Rajakaruna Wasala Tikiri Mudiyanselage'. Ilangaratne was born on 27 February 1913 in Hataraliyadda Ceylon as the fourth child in a family with seven siblings.