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BUDDHI VITHANARACHCHI A TRUE ICON IN MASS MEDIA, ELECTRONIC ,RADIO,TELVISION ,DARING BROADCASTER IN HIS  OWN INIMITABLE ELEGANCE HAD REMEDIED MANY FLAWS TO EMERGE TRIUMPHANTLY – By Sunil Thenabadu   To many, details of Buddhdasa Vithanarachchi in his influence to theatre ,mini screen and cinema are well known but details of his ancestral  Kegalla village ,his education, his contribution to the mass media are very much less known. In an interview he had with the presenter of Lines and Beyond channel Janaka Kumbukage , Buddhadasa had disclosed many facts which had not been recognized by  many. Some of the excerpts  are appended below. Though not a member of any political party having used his franchise at all elections for  fifty five years since he was eighteen years old has had all times poise to select to vote by reading the election manifestos of all parties carefully before casting his vote. However ...