Bandula Vithanage's niece Yashoda Wimaladharma is a popular actress in Sinhala television and cinema.
[8] Along with fellow dramatist Tony Ranasinghe, Vithanage produced the popular stage play Veniciye Velenda in 1980.
[4] He continued to produce several critically acclaimed foreign drama adaptations, which include Jean Anouilh's Becket, Romaya Gini Gani (based on Ray Cooney's Run for your wife), Sikuru Sanekeli.Senehebara Dolly (based on Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker), Hiru Dahasa (based on Wilder's Our Town), Macbeth (2006), Twelfth Night (1988), Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Comedy of Errors.
He worked with and assisted Vasantha Obeysekera in Wes Gaththo, and later acted in Dharmasena Pathiraja's Ahas Gawwa.
His most notable television production came through Bumuthurunu, Aththa Bindei and Asal Wasiyo,[2] which were telecast in Rupavahini.
[47] His play Sapaththu Kabalak Saha Maranayak won many awards at State Drama Festival in 1971 including Best Actress and Best Stage Designing.
On 30 January 2011, a felicitation program was held at John de Silva Theatre to celebrate 70 years of his life.