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'''Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi''' (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019), popularly known as '''Chandra Kaluarachchi''', was an [[actress]] in [[Cinema of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan cinema]], theater and television.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.films.lk/sinhala-cinema-artist-chandra-kaluarachchi-398.html | title=Chandra Kaluarachchi filmography | publisher=Sinhala Cinema Database | accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref> Since her debut role as a 19-year-old woman in ''Raththaran putha'' by Arnold Wickramasuriya in 1962,<ref name=" Arnold ">{{cite news| title = Handahana with Arnold Wickramasuriya | publisher =Daily News(Sri Lanka| url= http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/10/19/arts02.htm}}</ref> Chandra was recognized for playing motherly and other figures on stage, film, radio and television serials.<ref name="Ahasin Wetunu Minissu">{{cite news | title = R R Samarakone's life comes in a biography | publisher = Daily News(Sri Lanka | url = http://www.dailynews.lk/features/r-r-samarakones-life-comes-biography | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131227155839/http://www.dailynews.lk/features/r-r-samarakones-life-comes-biography | archivedate = 2013-12-27 }}</ref>
'''Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi''' (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019), popularly known as '''Chandra Kaluarachchi''', was an [[actress]] in [[Cinema of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan cinema]], theater and television.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.films.lk/sinhala-cinema-artist-chandra-kaluarachchi-398.html | title=Chandra Kaluarachchi filmography | publisher=Sinhala Cinema Database | access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> Kaluarachchi is best known for performances in ''Welikathara'' (1971), ''Ira Madiyama'' (2003) and ''Nisala Gira'' (2007).


== Personal life ==
⚫
She died on 1 November 2019 at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hirunews.lk/227411/chandra-kaluarachchi-passed-away | title=Chandra Kaluarachchi passed away | publisher=Hiru News | accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref> She was the wife of musician Lakshman Wijesekara and mother of popular actress Ama Wijesekara. Kaluarchchi is best known for performances in Welikathara (1971), Ira Madiyama (2003) and Nisala Gira (2007) and numerous notable roles in television serials.
Chandra Kaluarachchi was born on 6 April 1943 and grew up in [[Narahenpita]], near Colombo.


⚫
She died on 1 November 2019 at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hirunews.lk/227411/chandra-kaluarachchi-passed-away | title=Chandra Kaluarachchi passed away | publisher=Hiru News | access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> She was married to musician and actor Lakshman Wijesekara. They had one daughter: Ama and one son: Vihanga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Famous characters in Sri Lanka who are married to older women - www.slsocialmedia.com |url=https://www.slsocialmedia.com/2020/02/famous-characters-in-sri-lanka-who-are.html |access-date=2021-12-01 |website=www.slsocialmedia.com}}</ref>
== Biography ==


==Career==
=== Early life and education ===
Chandra Kaluarachchi grew up in [[Narahenpita]], near Colombo. Her early touches with nature. In the meantime the program named Lamapitiya was encouraged to pursue acting in radio. After leaving college she played the leading role in several Sri Lankan stage productions. Dramatist Premaranjit Tilakaratne A House without a roof ' he identifies produced 'Wahalak Neti Geyak'. It got recognition at the State Drama Festival 1964 winning awards for the Best Actress as Chandra Kaluarachchi.<ref name="Wahalak Neti Geyak">{{cite news| title = 'The Father' and the 'Ghosts' adopted for the Sinhala stage| publisher = sundayobserver (Sri Lanka)| url = http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/01/21/imp06.asp| access-date = 2013-12-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131227191540/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/01/21/imp06.asp#| archive-date = 2013-12-27| url-status = dead}}</ref> Chandra Kaluarachchi played a grandmother in the S. Karunaratne play ''Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila'' in 1967.<ref name=" Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila ">{{cite news| title = A Critique on the State Sinhala Drama Festival of 1966 | publisher = dailynews.lk (Sri Lanka)| url = http://archives.dailynews.lk/2007/11/14/art04.asp}}</ref> Dayananda Gunawardena’s Gajaman Puwatha, first in the genre of "docudrama", which he introduced to the Sinhala stage on 14 October 1975. It is colorful figure of Ranchagoda Lamaya was acted by her<ref name=" Gajaman Puwatha">{{cite news| title = Synthesis of literature and spectacle| publisher = island.lk (Sri Lanka)| url = http://www.island.lk/2006/10/28/satmag3.html}}</ref>
In the meantime the program named Lamapitiya was encouraged to pursue acting in radio. After leaving college she played the leading role in several Sri Lankan stage productions such as ''Wahalak Neti Geyak'' produced by dramatist Premaranjit Tilakaratne. It got recognition at the State Drama Festival 1964, where she won the Best Actress Award.<ref name="Wahalak Neti Geyak">{{cite news| title = 'The Father' and the 'Ghosts' adopted for the Sinhala stage| publisher = sundayobserver (Sri Lanka)| url = https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2007/01/21/imp06.asp| access-date = 2013-12-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131227191540/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/01/21/imp06.asp| archive-date = 2013-12-27| url-status = live}}</ref> Chandra Kaluarachchi played a grandmother in the S. Karunaratne play ''Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila'' in 1967.<ref name=" Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila ">{{cite news| title = A Critique on the State Sinhala Drama Festival of 1966 | publisher = dailynews.lk (Sri Lanka)| url = http://archives.dailynews.lk/2007/11/14/art04.asp}}</ref> Dayananda Gunawardena's ''Gajaman Puwatha'', first in the genre of "docudrama", which he introduced to the Sinhala stage on 14 October 1975.<ref name=" Gajaman Puwatha">{{cite news| title = Synthesis of literature and spectacle| publisher = island.lk (Sri Lanka)| url = http://www.island.lk/2006/10/28/satmag3.html}}</ref> Since her debut role as a 19-year-old woman in ''Raththaran putha'' by Arnold Wickramasuriya in 1962,<ref name=" Arnold ">{{cite news| title = Handahana with Arnold Wickramasuriya | publisher =Daily News(Sri Lanka)| url= http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/10/19/arts02.htm}}</ref> Chandra was recognized for playing motherly and other figures on stage, film, radio and television serials.<ref name="Ahasin Wetunu Minissu">{{cite news | title = R R Samarakone's life comes in a biography | publisher = Daily News(Sri Lanka | url = http://www.dailynews.lk/features/r-r-samarakones-life-comes-biography | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131227155839/http://www.dailynews.lk/features/r-r-samarakones-life-comes-biography | archive-date = 2013-12-27 }}</ref>


===Theatergraphy ===
==Theatergraphy==
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! Year || play || Writer !!Role !!Ref.
! Year || play || Writer !!Role !!Ref.
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''Monara Thenna || [[Dharmasri Munasinghe]]||Sanda ||
| 1968 || ''Monara Thenna'' || [[Dharmasri Munasinghe]]||Sanda ||
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''Rangadena Kapuwo''|| [[Malaka Dewapriya]]|| Hamine ||
| 2015 || ''Rangadena Kapuwo''|| [[Malaka Dewapriya]]|| Hamine ||
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2016/04/06/features/78383 |title=En earfull |publisher=dailynews |accessdate=28 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2016/04/06/features/78383 |title=En earfull |publisher=dailynews |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''Ekathena Kerakumae'' ||[[Malaka Dewapriya]]|| Manika || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2016/04/03/spe-the-03.asp |title=Earful of Visuals |publisher=sundayobserve |accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref>
| 2015 || ''Ekathena Kerakumae'' ||[[Malaka Dewapriya]]|| Manika || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2016/04/03/spe-the-03.asp |title=Earful of Visuals |publisher=sundayobserve |access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
<ref name="sinhala-cinema-artist">{{cite news| title = chandra-kaluarachchi|publisher= filmslk|url = http://www.films.lk/sinhala-cinema-artist-chandra-kaluarachchi-398.html}}</ref>
<ref name="sinhala-cinema-artist">{{cite news| title = chandra-kaluarachchi|publisher= filmslk|url = http://www.films.lk/sinhala-cinema-artist-chandra-kaluarachchi-398.html}}</ref>



{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Film
! Film
! Role
! Role
! Ref.
! Director
! Notes
|-
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Dahasak Sithuvili]]'' || Nilanthi's aunt || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/features/2020/01/30/15254/පමා-වුණොත්-මල-පරවෙයි | title=All about Dahasak Sithuvili | publisher=Sarasaviya | accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref>
| 1968 || ''[[Dahasak Sithuvili]]'' || Nilanthi's aunt || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/features/2020/01/30/15254/පමා-වුණොත්-මල-පරවෙයි | title=All about Dahasak Sithuvili | publisher=Sarasaviya | access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Mokada Une'' || Hamine || ||
| 1969 || ''Mokada Une'' || Hamine ||
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Romio-Juliet Kathawak'' || ||
| 1969 || ''Romio Juliet Kathawak'' || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Romeo Juliet Kathawak |url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/09/20/?fn=sa18092022 |access-date=2021-01-10 |website=Sarasaviya}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1969 || ''Bakmaha Deege'' || Panampallage Celestina Karunawathie || ||
| 1969 || ''Bakmaha Deege'' || Panampallage Celestina Karunawathie ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Lakseta Kodiya'' || Rani Vandurumana || ||
| 1970 || ''Lakseta Kodiya'' || Rani Vandurumana ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Thunman Handiya'' || Sophie ||| ||
| 1970 || ''Thunman Handiya'' || Sophie ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''Sidadiyen Hayak'' || ||
| 1970 || ''Sidadiyen Hayak'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''Welikathara'' || Bathik dress discusser || ||
| 1971 || ''Welikathara'' || Bathik dress discusser ||
|-
|-
| 1972 || ''Singappuru Chali'' || ||
| 1972 || ''Singappuru Chali'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1973 || ''Mathara Achchi'' || Sumitra's mother || ||
| 1973 || ''Mathara Achchi'' || Sumitra's mother ||
|-
|-
| 1973 || ''Hathdinnath Tharu'' || Siripala's mother || ||
| 1973 || ''Hathdinnath Tharu'' || Siripala's mother ||
|-
|-
| 1974 || ''Sihasuna'' || ||
| 1974 || ''Sihasuna'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1974 ||''Jeewana Ganga'' || ||
| 1974 ||''Jeewana Ganga'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1974 || ''Dinum Kanuwa'' || ||
| 1974 || ''Dinum Kanuwa'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1975 || ''Siril Malli'' || ||
| 1975 || ''Siril Malli'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1975 || ''Tharanga'' || Mrs. Silva || ||
| 1975 || ''Tharanga'' || Mrs. Silva ||
|-
|-
| 1976 || ''Asha'' || ||
| 1976 || ''Asha'' || ||
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| 1976 ||''Mangala'' || ||
| 1976 ||''Mangala'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1978 || ''Selinage Walawwa'' || Selina's mother || ||
| 1978 || ''Selinage Walawwa'' || Selina's mother ||
|-
|-
| 1978 || ''Sara'' || ||
| 1978 || ''Sara'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1979 || ''Wasanthaye Dawasak'' || Kalu Ethano || ||
| 1979 || ''Wasanthaye Dawasak'' || Kalu Ethano ||
|-
|-
| 1980 || ''Para Dige'' || ||
| 1980 || ''Para Dige'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1980 || ''Dandu Monara'' || Catherine || ||
| 1980 || ''Dandu Monara'' || Catherine ||
|-
|-
| 1981 || [''Aradhana'' || ||
| 1981 || ''Aradhana'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1981 || ''Vajira'' || Kamani's mother || ||
| 1981 || ''Vajira'' || Kamani's mother ||
|-
|-
| 1982 ||''Re Manamali'' || ||
| 1982 || ''Re Manamali'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1983 || ''Muhudu Lihini'' || ||
| 1983 || ''Muhudu Lihini'' || ||
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| 1992 || ''Bajar Eke Chandiya''|| ||
| 1992 || ''Bajar Eke Chandiya''|| ||
|-
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Seilama]]'' ||[[ H. D. Premaratne]]||
| 1993 || ''[[Seilama]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1997 ||''Sudu Akka'' || ||
| 1997 ||''Sudu Akka'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1994 || ''Yuwathipathi'' || Redi Nanda || ||
| 1994 || ''Yuwathipathi'' || Redi Nanda ||
|-
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Pawuru Walalu]]'' || Alice 'Nona' || [[Prasanna Vithanage]] || ||
| 1999 || ''[[Pawuru Walalu]]'' || Alice 'Nona' ||
|-
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Ira Madiyama]]''|| Duminda's mother || [[Prasanna Vithanage]] || ||
| 2003 || ''[[Ira Madiyama]]''|| Duminda's mother ||
|-
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Samanala Thatu]]''|| ||
| 2005 || ''[[Samanala Thatu]]''|| ||
|-
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Nisala Gira]]''|| Kudu Amma || ||
| 2007 || ''[[Nisala Gira]]''|| Kudu Amma ||
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Bora Diya Pokuna]]''|| Desmond's mother || ||
| 2015 || ''[[Bora Diya Pokuna]]''|| Desmond's mother ||
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 01:07, 20 April 2024

Chandra Kaluarachchi
Born
Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi

(1943-04-06)April 6, 1943
Narahenpita, Sri Lanka
DiedNovember 1, 2019(2019-11-01) (aged 76)
NationalitySri Lankan
Occupation(s)Film, Television, Radio and Stage actress
SpouseLakshman Wijesekara
ChildrenAma Wijesekara (Daughter) Vihanga Wijesekara (Son)

Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019), popularly known as Chandra Kaluarachchi, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.[1] Kaluarachchi is best known for performances in Welikathara (1971), Ira Madiyama (2003) and Nisala Gira (2007).

Personal life

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Chandra Kaluarachchi was born on 6 April 1943 and grew up in Narahenpita, near Colombo.

She died on 1 November 2019 at the age of 76.[2] She was married to musician and actor Lakshman Wijesekara. They had one daughter: Ama and one son: Vihanga.[3]

Career

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In the meantime the program named Lamapitiya was encouraged to pursue acting in radio. After leaving college she played the leading role in several Sri Lankan stage productions such as Wahalak Neti Geyak produced by dramatist Premaranjit Tilakaratne. It got recognition at the State Drama Festival 1964, where she won the Best Actress Award.[4] Chandra Kaluarachchi played a grandmother in the S. Karunaratne play Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila in 1967.[5] Dayananda Gunawardena's Gajaman Puwatha, first in the genre of "docudrama", which he introduced to the Sinhala stage on 14 October 1975.[6] Since her debut role as a 19-year-old woman in Raththaran putha by Arnold Wickramasuriya in 1962,[7] Chandra was recognized for playing motherly and other figures on stage, film, radio and television serials.[8]

Theatergraphy

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Radiography

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Year play Writer Role Ref.
1968 Monara Thenna Dharmasri Munasinghe Sanda
2015 Rangadena Kapuwo Malaka Dewapriya Hamine

[9]

2015 Ekathena Kerakumae Malaka Dewapriya Manika [10]

Filmography

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[11]

Year Film Role Ref.
1968 Dahasak Sithuvili Nilanthi's aunt [12]
1969 Mokada Une Hamine
1969 Romio Juliet Kathawak [13]
1969 Bakmaha Deege Panampallage Celestina Karunawathie
1970 Lakseta Kodiya Rani Vandurumana
1970 Thunman Handiya Sophie
1970 Sidadiyen Hayak
1971 Welikathara Bathik dress discusser
1972 Singappuru Chali
1973 Mathara Achchi Sumitra's mother
1973 Hathdinnath Tharu Siripala's mother
1974 Sihasuna
1974 Jeewana Ganga
1974 Dinum Kanuwa
1975 Siril Malli
1975 Tharanga Mrs. Silva
1976 Asha
1976 Mangala
1978 Selinage Walawwa Selina's mother
1978 Sara
1979 Wasanthaye Dawasak Kalu Ethano
1980 Para Dige
1980 Dandu Monara Catherine
1981 Aradhana
1981 Vajira Kamani's mother
1982 Re Manamali
1983 Muhudu Lihini
1984 Shirani
1984 Hima Kathara
1986 Athuru Mithuru
1990 Himagira
1992 Bajar Eke Chandiya
1993 Seilama
1997 Sudu Akka
1994 Yuwathipathi Redi Nanda
1999 Pawuru Walalu Alice 'Nona'
2003 Ira Madiyama Duminda's mother
2005 Samanala Thatu
2007 Nisala Gira Kudu Amma
2015 Bora Diya Pokuna Desmond's mother

References

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  1. ^ "Chandra Kaluarachchi filmography". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Chandra Kaluarachchi passed away". Hiru News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Famous characters in Sri Lanka who are married to older women - www.slsocialmedia.com". www.slsocialmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. ^ "'The Father' and the 'Ghosts' adopted for the Sinhala stage". sundayobserver (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  5. ^ "A Critique on the State Sinhala Drama Festival of 1966". dailynews.lk (Sri Lanka).
  6. ^ "Synthesis of literature and spectacle". island.lk (Sri Lanka).
  7. ^ "Handahana with Arnold Wickramasuriya". Daily News(Sri Lanka).
  8. ^ "R R Samarakone's life comes in a biography". Daily News(Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27.
  9. ^ "En earfull". dailynews. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Earful of Visuals". sundayobserve. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  11. ^ "chandra-kaluarachchi". filmslk.
  12. ^ "All about Dahasak Sithuvili". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Romeo Juliet Kathawak". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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