Kamal Addararachchi

Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal (born on 5 February 1962: Sinhala: කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි),^[1][2] popularly known as Kamal Addararachchi, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television, as well as a singer and presenter. He made his debut as an actor in Gamini Fonseka's 1981 film Sagarayak Meda, whilst he was a still a student at school. Since the late 1970s, he has appeared in a variety of roles in many films and teledramas. He has acted in over 40 films, 20 teledramas and six stage plays,^[3] and won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award for his role of Sobana in Jayantha Chandrasiri's film Agnidahaya in 2002.^[4]

Kamal Addararachchi කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි
Born	Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal (1962-02-05) 5 February 1962 (age 62) Sri Lanka
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, teacher
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Anurani Addararachchi
Awards	Sarasaviya Best Actor Award (2002)

He also made a mark as a singer in 1993 with "Unmadawoo," a duet with Damayanthi Jayasooriya, which was featured in the film Saptha Kanya. He was also the host of the first three seasons of Sirasa Superstar, a reality show,^[5] and the first season of Hiru Mega Stars.

Background

He completed his education from Wesley College, Colombo.^[6]

He showed an initial interest in artistic work, and this prompted him to do music, Sinhala literature, Kandyan Dancing and debating, all at the same time. He even worked as the secretary of the 'Sinhala Literary Society' whilst at school.^[7]

He is married to Anurani Addararachchi and has two sons. He was an English teacher as well.

Career

The play Ane Ablick was staged in Colombo in 1978, marked Kamal's first significant public theatre performance.^[8] Addararachchi, who broke into the silver screen with Gamini Fonseka's Sagarayak Meda, rose to immense popularity with hits such as Saptha Kanya.^[6]

He is noted^{[according to whom?]} for his performances in films such as Saptha Kanya by H. D. Premaratne and Agnidahaya by Jayantha Chandrasiri, and teldramas like Hiruta Muvaven by Herbert Ranjith Peiris, Rathu Rosa by Ranjan De Silva, and Weda Hamine and Dandubasna Maanaya by Jayantha Chandrasiri.^[6]

His performance on the mini screen for Dandubasna Maanaya was twice rewarded at the inaugural Sumathi Tele Awards ceremony in 1995, when he received the award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the Most Popular Actor Award.

In July 2012, he appeared his first music video, with Mahendra Perera and Dayan Witharana, for the song "Hithagaawa" by Tilan Fernando. The music video was directed by Prasanna Andradi and released in the first week of December 2012.^{[citation needed]}

He has not appeared in a teledrama since 2005.^[9][10]

Awards

1995 – Sumathi Best Supporting Actor Award
1995 – Sumathi Most Popular Actor Award
1996 – Best Supporting Actor Presidential Award
2002 – Sarasaviya Best Actor Award
2019 – Best Actor Presidential Award

Filmography

Year	Film no.[11]	Film	Role	Ref
1981	488	Sagarayak Mada		[12]
1982	537	Paramitha	Thaaraka	[13]
1983	548	Kaliyugaya		[14]
1987		Sathyagrahanaya		[15]
1988	674	Gedara Budun Amma	Ruwan	[16]
1991	718	Paradise		[17]
1993	782	Saptha Kanya	Akhil Ruwanwalla	[18]
1994	796	Ekada Wahi	Charlie
1995	831	Maruthaya		[19]
1995	836	Awaragira	Dayaweera	[20]
1996	860	Loku Duwa	Duminda	[21]
1996	864	Bithu Sithuwam		[22]
1997	880	Mahamera Usata		[23]
1997	886	Bawa Karma	Appu	[24]
1998	895	Sathutai Kirula Ape	Shane
1998	902	Julietge Bhumikawa	Devinda Dassanayake	[25]
2001	953	Kinihiriya Mal	Sanka	[26]
2002	976	Seethala Gini Kandu	Rohana	[27]
2002	978	Kalu Sudu Mal	Ravindra Kumara alias Dilip	[28]
2002	990	Salelu Warama	Suren Galappaththi	[29]
2002	996	Agnidahaya	Sobana	[30]
2004	1041	Mille Soya	Maxi	[31]
2004	1045	Randiya Dahara	Captain Samantha Weerasuriya	[32]
2005	1048	Asani Warsha	Sanjeeva Godakumbura	[33]
2005	1050	Guerilla Marketing	Thisara Dissanayake	[34]
2006	1070	Samaara	Kalana	[35]
2006	1074	Rana Hansi	Inspector
2006	1080	Sewwandi	Pradeep
2012	1169	Maatha		[36]
2012		Light in the Yellow Breathing Space	Short film	[37]
2012	1177	Colour	Adithya Devawansha	[38]
2013	1199	Doni	Senaka Gunawardena
2014	1213	Thanha Rathi Ranga	Chandare	[39]
2015	1238	Address Na	Sathgunawath Pinsara	[40]
2018	1310	Gharasarapa	Sandares Edirisinghe
2019	1321	Ginnen Upan Seethala	Rohana Wijeweera

Songs

Songs by Kamal Addaraarachchi

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thun Sitha Dahan Gathawena" (with Neela Wickramasinghe)	04.34
2.	"Unmadawoo Premadare" (with Damayanthi Jayasooriya)	04.30

References

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39. "'Thanha Rathi Ranga' Road Movie entered State's film fest". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
40. "'Address Nehe' A plot about people without address". sundaytimes. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

• Kamal Addararachchi at IMDb
• Kamal Addararachchi's biography in Sinhala Cinema Database
• Kamal Addararachchi songs