Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal (born on 5 February 1962: si, කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි), popularly as Kamal Addararachchi, is an

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in Sri Lankan 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 6 stage plays, and won the

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for his role of Sobana in ''Agnidahaya'' in 2002. He also made a mark as a singer in 1993 with "Unmadawoo," a

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with Damayanthi Jayasooriya, which featured in the film '' Saptha Kanya''. He was also the host of the first three seasons of '' Sirasa Superstar'', a reality show, and first season of ''Hiru Mega Stars''.

Background

He completed education from Wesley College, Colombo. He showed an initial interest in artistic work, and this prompted him to do music, sinhala literature,

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and debating, all at the same time. He even worked as the secretary of the 'Sinhala Literary Society' whilst at school. 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

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in 1978, marked Kamal's first significant public theatre performance. Addararachchi, who broke into the silver screen with Gamini Fonseka's Sagarayak Meda rose to immense popularity with hits such as Saptha Kanya. He is noted for his performances in films such as ''Saptha Kanya'' by H. D. Premaratne, ''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. 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. Kamal consider Dinal Samaranake a leading player as his mentor who was always prepared to offer valuable advice for himself especially when his spirits are down. In July 2012, he appeared his first music video, with Mahendra Perera and

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, for the song, "Hithagaawa" by Tilan Fernando and directed by Prasanna Andradi. The music video was released in first week of December 2012. He has not appeared in a teledrama since 2005 and not been to a movie in four years since 2017.

Awards

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

Filmography

Songs

References

External links

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Kamal Addararachchi's Biography in Sinhala Cinema DatabaseKamal Addararachchi Songsනාම යෝජනා නොලැබුණේ ඇයි ?
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