Chandra Kaluarachchi
{{Short description|Sri Lankan actress (1943–2019)}}
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|birth_name = Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|04|6}}
|birth_place = Narahenpita, Sri Lanka
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|spouse = Lakshman Wijesekara
|children = Ama Wijesekara (Daughter)
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| occupation = Film, Television, Radio and Stage actress
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Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019), popularly known as Chandra Kaluarachchi, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.{{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}} Kaluarachchi is best known for performances in Welikathara (1971), Ira Madiyama (2003) and Nisala Gira (2007).
Personal life
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.{{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}} She was married to musician and actor Lakshman Wijesekara. They had one daughter: Ama and one son: Vihanga.{{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}}
Career
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.{{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}} Chandra Kaluarachchi played a grandmother in the S. Karunaratne play Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila in 1967.{{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}} Dayananda Gunawardena's Gajaman Puwatha, first in the genre of "docudrama", which he introduced to the Sinhala stage on 14 October 1975.{{cite news| title = Synthesis of literature and spectacle| publisher = island.lk (Sri Lanka)| url = http://www.island.lk/2006/10/28/satmag3.html}} Since her debut role as a 19-year-old woman in Raththaran putha by Arnold Wickramasuriya in 1962,{{cite news| title = Handahana with Arnold Wickramasuriya | publisher =Daily News(Sri Lanka)| url= http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/10/19/arts02.htm}} Chandra was recognized for playing motherly and other figures on stage, film, radio and television serials.{{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 }}
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 | {{cite web |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2016/04/06/features/78383 |title=En earfull |publisher=dailynews |access-date=28 February 2017}} |
| 2015 | Ekathena Kerakumae | Malaka Dewapriya | Manika | {{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}} |
Filmography
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! Year ! Film ! Role ! Ref. | |||
| 1968 | Dahasak Sithuvili | Nilanthi's aunt | {{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}} |
| 1969 | Mokada Une | Hamine | |
| 1969 | Romio Juliet Kathawak | {{Cite web |title=Romeo Juliet Kathawak |url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/09/20/?fn=sa18092022 |access-date=2021-01-10 |website=Sarasaviya}} | |
| 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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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767176/filmoyear Chandra Kaluarachchi's SLMDb]
- [https://www.lankanewsweb.net/67-general-news/55211-Reminiscing-Chandra-Kaluarachchi-a-robust-talent-to-pursuit Reminiscing Chandra Kaluarachchi a robust talent to pursuit]
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Category:20th-century Sri Lankan actresses
Category:Sri Lankan film actresses