Veteran Sri Lankan Cinema/T.V Director and Producer Titus Thotawatte has passed away few hours ago at a Private Hospital in Colombo.He was 82 years old at the time of his death.Popularly known as "Mr.Ty " Mr.Thotawatte has made several Movies especially Children's Movies like "Handaya" which earned an International Award as well as the Sarasawiya Film Award in 1980.He was also dubbed several English Language Popular Cartoons to the Sinhalese including the famous American Cartoons "Bugs Bunny" and "Dr/DooLittle.His Most Popular Foreign Tele Drama Series dubbed to Sinhalese Language was Japanese Series "Oshin".
Mr.Thotawatte was born in 17th of April 1929 in Colombo and received his education from the Ananda College in Colombo.Few of the popular Sinhalese Movies he was directed are "Chandiya"(1965),"Kawuda Hari "(1969) and "Haralakshaya" (1971).
