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- Birth nameKalukapuge Don David
- David Dharmakirthi was born on September 1, 1913 in Padukka, Sri Lanka. He was an actor and writer, known for Salli Malli Salli (1958), Athulweema Thahanam (1966) and Sirimalee (1959). He died on September 10, 1987 in Sri Lanka.
- His first cinema acting came through 1953 film Sujatha directed by T. R. Sundaram. During his visit to the studio in India to film Sujatha, his father and friend T. Somasekaran both died.
- He also worked as a film assistant director, dialogue writer and a story writer in 1958 film Salli Malli Salli. In this film he emerged as a character actor.
- In 1981, he acted in the film Aradhana as a merciful father. He won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 1982 Sarasaviya Awards for that acting. This was the only award he received in 35 years of film career.
- He was an actor of the early Sri Lankan cinema.
- He acted with his son Sarath Dharmakeerthi in the 1984 film Parasathuro.
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