After school, Dharmakeerthi first joined the Department of Agriculture at Alston Place, Colombo as an overseer.
He saw Dharmakeerthi's acting skills in the dramas of the peasant army, who also produced the background music and art direction.
Raja Tilakaratne, who was a Lake House Dinamina Journalist, is a relative of the superintendent Jasinghe.
[2] His final cinema appearance came through 1988 film Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Sanda directed by Sumitra Peries.
Dharmakeerthi contested for the Horana seat from the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna in the 1960 general election.