Jayasekara Aponsu

Jayasekara Aponsu was born on 23 February 1951 in Nuwara Eliya. Aponsu is married to Jayanthi Aponsu and they have one son, Thamira Aponsu. Aponsu first met his wife during a drama school conducted by him at Mount Lavinia in the 1970s. They married in 1978 after a love affair. Due to many circumstances and money problems, he abandoned and missed his wife and son for 30 years of time, until they united in 2016 March. Though he abandoned them, his sisters and brothers came closer to his wife and son in that crucial thirty years. However, he married Sujatha Priyadarshani in 2018, who is 42 years younger than Aponsu.{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2018/11/29/1163/%E2%80%98%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%83-%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E2%80%99-%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%94-%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8F-6725-%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80 | title=Brother, Age is only a number - Aponsu | publisher=Sarasaviya | access-date=1 December 2018}}

His sister Awanthi Aponsu is also a popular actress.

He started his stage drama career with a 12 award-winning drama Pathale Soladaduwo. Some of his most popular stage dramas are Thatu, 31, Eri, Guru, Kira,{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090705/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_06.html | title='Kira' comes to town| publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 December 2019}} Maha Saha Shen, Sako,{{cite web |url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2012/03/29/_art.asp?fn=sa12032921&pn=20 |title=අපොන්සු සකේ සමඟ |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2017}} Samanallu, Hathare Wattuwa, Giju, Proda, Iri, Tharuwa Vikine,{{cite web | url=http://rangahala.lk/tharuwa_vikine/ | title=Tharuwa Vikine stage drama | date=18 May 2012 | publisher=Rangahala | access-date=21 September 2016}} Horu,{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/09/10/?fn=sa15091031 |title=Around the country with Horu |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2017}} and Madame Shoba staged more than 100 times throughout the country.{{cite web | url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/07/05/mag04.asp | title=Kira goed to Elphinstone | publisher=Sunday Observer | date=5 July 2009 | access-date=21 September 2016 }} Aponsu established a drama theatre school Shilpa Kala Guru Sewana for teaching young artists as well.{{cite web | url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/09/18/fea30.asp | title=Nihal Kumara in Gira | work=Daily News | date=18 September 2010 | access-date=21 September 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://gossiplankalive1.blogspot.com/2014/04/jayasekara-aponsu-speaks.html | title=jayasekara aponsu Speaks | publisher=Gossip Lanka Live | access-date=21 September 2016}}

His most popular teledrama acting came through the comedy play Nonavaruni Mahathwaruni as Nihal Karapitiya. He got the character after a tragic accident killed actor Granville Rodrigo, who initially played the character.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990221/mirror5.html |title=Screening of 2 new films |publisher=Sunday Times |access-date=17 November 2017}} His first direction in teledrama came through Sil, which was a drama, horror, fantasy telecasted on Swarnavahini in 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070916/TV/tv-times000017.html | title='Sil' tells the tale of the good and the bad | publisher=Sunday Times | date=16 September 2007 | access-date=21 September 2016}} In 2021, he directed the mini serial Uma.

Aponsu started his cinema career in 1973 with the film Suhada Pathuma.{{cite web | url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/features/2020/03/12/17247/සෙවනැළි-සීතල-ලිය-ගොමුවේ | title=All about Suhada Pathuma | publisher=Sarasaviya | access-date=21 September 2016}} Since then, he acted more than 35 film across three decades. His first direction came through the film Ra Ru in 1999.{{cite web | url=http://rateyourmusic.com/films/jayasekara-aponsu | title=Jayasekara Aponsu filmography | publisher=Rate Your Music | access-date=21 September 2016}}{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}}

• Class Sinhala Class
• Ingammaruwa
• Giju
• Katu Pawura
• Madam Shobha {{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2012/11/15/?fn=sa12111527 |title=Madam Shobha on Rupavahini |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=17 November 2017}}
• Mati Kadulu {{Cite web |title='Mati Kadulu' from Mondays to Thursdays |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/01/25/entertainment/239674/‘mati-kadulu’-mondays-thursdays |access-date=2021-02-09 |website=Daily News}}
• Night Learners
• Nonavaruni Mahathwaruni
• Sabawen Awasarai{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020616/tv/2.html#1 |title=Sabawen Awasarai |publisher=Sunday Times |access-date=26 September 2019}}
• Sangeethe
• Suraduthiyo
• Thoorya
• Uma

• No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lankan Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | access-date=9 August 2016}}

• Re Ru - 1999
• Seetha Man Awa - 2013{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films/seetha-man-awa-80/ | title=Film Seetha Man Awa | publisher=National Film Corporation | access-date=21 September 2016}}
• Tharu Soba - TBD{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/06/04/?fn=sa15060416 |title=Latest film by Aponsu |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2017}}

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• [http://gossips.srilankaactress.info/2011/04/16/jayasekara-aponsu-joins-with-his-ex-wife-after-30-years/ ]
• [http://www.films.lk/ArtistDetails.php?id=160 ]
• [http://www.sandeshaya.org/sinhala-film-seetha-man-awa-%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%82-%E0%B6%86%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F/ Seetha Man Awa]
• [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2014/07/24/?fn=sa14072418 රංගන දිවියේ හතළිස් වසරක් ජයසේකර අපොන්සු]
• [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2014/04/24/?fn=sa1404248 තරුව විකිණේ සමඟ අපොන්සු ආයෙත් වේදිකාවට]

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