Thumindu Dodantenna

Acting

Thumindu Dodantenna

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Thumindu Dodantenna is a prominent Sri Lankan actor, screenwriter, and university lecturer widely recognized for his contributions to cinema, television, and theater. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Jehan Fernando in the critically acclaimed thriller television series Koombiyo.

Known for

The Underpants Thief poster
10.0

The story revolves around the character of a man with a less spoken mental condition, Sam, He is a man who steals and keeps women's panties. His brother's wife Nayani is persecuted for behaving like her husband's younger brother was sexually abused. But she gets used to it and takes the initiative to rehabilitate him

The Underpants Thief

2021

Nela poster
NR

Nela, a plain-faced girl from a poor family, falls in love with George, a wealthy blind man. When George begins a procedure to restore his eyesight, Neal fears that he will find her ugly and put an end to their romance. George, a blind, handsome and wealthy boy, and Nela, an ugly poor girl, whose life is going just as they planned until the arrival of a stranger to their life, and he sees the reality of the world. Where Nela could not face reality and sacrificed her life for the sake of true love.

Nela

2018

Koombiyo poster
9.1

35 year old bachelor Jehan and his partner in crime Priyantha try to exploit the loopholes in the law in order to make a living.Koombiyo tells the story of Jehan Fernando, who has neither family nor home and lives alone in an abandoned building complex in Colombo. He accidentally meets Hiruni and Priyantha Mahaulpathagama in a public bus when Priyantha is coming to Colombo on his search for a job. Jehan convinces Priyantha to abandon the job he is going for and join Jehan's company Purchasing Lanka instead, which delivers retail items to customers claiming they are from supermarkets when in reality they are bought from the local flea markets. Priyantha starts living with Jehan while being a partner in his business and they quickly become good friends.

Koombiyo

2017

A Level poster
8.7

After getting through the O/L Examination with outstanding results, Anuththara with his friends eagerly look forward to experience their final years in school as seniors in the A/L class. They befriend Ahinsa and the other new girls who join their school. Ahinsa draws everyone’s attention for her smartness as well as her cheerful yet mysterious behaviour. Her irregular school attendance and the rumours circulating about her, make the others suspect that there’s a hidden story behind her cheerfulness.

A Level

2017

Ritigala Jayasena and the Hidden City poster
NR

In Sinhalese folklore, Mahasona (also spelled Maha Sona or Maha Sohona) is one of the most feared and powerful demons (Yaksas) in Sri Lanka. His name translates to "The Great Demon of the Cemetery" or "Great Graveyard Spirit".

Ritigala Jayasena and the Hidden City

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Dhara poster
NR

Deep in the mountains, Sharadha, a Sri Lankan rebel, is seriously injured after attacking an army base and is rescued by the young monk Samitha. While Sharadha recovers in the temple, she and Samitha find their respective beliefs put to the test. Can a rebel woman and a young monk, who embody collective action seeking freedom from oppression and an individual meditation in pursuit of inner freedom, essential needs for survival and uncontrollable desire, coexist in peace in the same space?

Dhara

2026

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 8 titles

Nela poster
NR

Nela, a plain-faced girl from a poor family, falls in love with George, a wealthy blind man. When George begins a procedure to restore his eyesight, Neal fears that he will find her ugly and put an end to their romance. George, a blind, handsome and wealthy boy, and Nela, an ugly poor girl, whose life is going just as they planned until the arrival of a stranger to their life, and he sees the reality of the world. Where Nela could not face reality and sacrificed her life for the sake of true love.

Nela

2018

A Level poster
8.7

After getting through the O/L Examination with outstanding results, Anuththara with his friends eagerly look forward to experience their final years in school as seniors in the A/L class. They befriend Ahinsa and the other new girls who join their school. Ahinsa draws everyone’s attention for her smartness as well as her cheerful yet mysterious behaviour. Her irregular school attendance and the rumours circulating about her, make the others suspect that there’s a hidden story behind her cheerfulness.

A Level

2017

U Turn poster
7.5

‘U-Turn’ follows the story of a reporter; Raveena who gets unvoluntary involved in a murder case conducted by the police as she investigates accidents on a flyover.

U Turn

2019

Father of Independence poster
5.8

As the rage against British colonization in Sri Lanka continues, civilians are having a new hope about their new activists.

Father of Independence

2018

Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara poster
4.0

Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. This historical biographical film film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha.

Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara

2018

The Tree Goddess poster
NR

Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930’s, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a demonic love story, the narrative follows a puppet-maker who’s set to be married to a young girl. Unfortunately, the girl elopes with her secret lover. Devastated, the grieving puppet-maker ends up carving a puppet in her likeness, which eventually comes to life, setting in motion a fantastical chain of events.

The Tree Goddess

2018

August Drizzle poster
6.5

A film that touches Life, Death and Expectations.One Person’s death fans the flame of expectations in another. the life that begins with that expectation ultimately ends in death. Loneliness, loss of social contacts and deceit are the underlying human conditions of the film.

August Drizzle

2011

Matha poster
NR

Two lovers, Yoga and Parvathi, meet on the battlefield of the Sri Lankan civil war. As the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attack the Sri Lankan army and tighten their grip on the Tamil people, Yoga and Parvathi struggle with feelings for each other and their own commitments to the LTTE. Parvathi's family is relocated to a concentration camp and Yoga is sent on a mission to Colombo by a jealous LTTE commander. But they soon meet again in battle and Parvathi becomes pregnant with Yoga's child. In the final days of the war, the Sri Lankan army closes in on the LTTE and rescues the Tamil refugees, and the lovers desperately flee the army and the LTTE for the sake of their baby.

Matha

2012

Series credits