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Occupation  Actor
Education  Dharmaraja College
Role  Actor
Name  Amarasiri Kalansuriya
Years active  1969–2009

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Born  September 20, 1940 (age 75) (1940-09-20) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Spouse(s)  Ajantha Thalatha Kumari Ekanayaka
Awards  Best Supporting Actor in Presidential Award (1986)Best actor award (1974)
Movies  Hanthane Kathawa, Ahas Gauwa, Apeksha
People also search for  Dharmasena Pathiraja, H. D. Premaratne, Sugathapala Senarath Yapa

Mata mathaka vidihata with amarasiri kalansuriya 07th january 2014


Amarasiri Kalansuriya, popularly known as Kalan (born September 20, 1940), is a Sri Lankan actor. He was born in Kandy, and is an alumnus of Dharmaraja College.

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Kalansuriya made his first film appearance alongside Vijaya Kumaratunga in Hanthana Kathawa. His next film Ahas Gauwa won him a best actor award in 1974.

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Early life

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Kalansuriya was born in September 20, 1940 in Sri Lanka to Kalansuriya Francis Appuhami and Bengamuwa Arachchige Podi Hamine. Kalansuriya attended Dharmaraja College in Kandy. Kalansuriya was thrust into a parent role at the age of 17 when his mother died and he was left to take care of his three brothers. Kalansuriya left the world of film behind, finding work as a casual laborer earning RS 1.75 per day. Kalansuriya began his career life from the Agricultural Department in Mahiyanganaya as a minor worker. After that he worked as a lance corporal in Sri Lankan Air Force for six years. Then worked in Mallika Studio in Mahanuwara and then he worked in Mahanuwara Lion Cafe.

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After a quarrel with a boss he vowed to not work under anyone and went off to pursue less strict work. In this pursuit he saved up Rs. 300 and started a small business selling clothes in Kegalle and Peradeniya. Successful he moved up into tailoring and owned two tailor shops. Here he got the chance to make clothes for the army and rub shoulders with rising political figures like Lalith Athulathmudali.

Acting career

Kalansuriya accepted an invitation from H. D. Premaratne to star in the film Apeksha in 1978. His second film after the hiatus, Parithyagaya, won him more awards from OCIC and Sarasaviya. He won Best Supporting Actor for Puja in Presidential Award in 1986. Kalanasuriya had a leading role in the first television serial made in Sri Lanka, Dimuthu Muthu directed by D. B. Nihalsinghe. After another hiatus, Kalansuriya returned to film with Shilpa Denumena in 2001.Directed by Rodney Widanapathirana

Notable Films

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Selected notable films:

Personal life

Amarasiri Kalansuriya and Ajantha Thalatha Kumari Ekanayaka get married in December 18 ' 1971. And this couple have three children, Duminda, Madumathi, Vindya.


Amarasiri Kalansuriya Mata Mathaka Vidihata with Amarasiri Kalansuriya 07th January 2014

References

Amarasiri Kalansuriya Wikipedia