Arjuna Kamalanath Karunaratne (born 10 September 1975 as
අර්ජුන කමලනාත්)
inhala is an
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
in
Sri Lankan cinema. Though he became popular as an actor in cinema, Kamalanath also performed as a director, producer and screenplay writer.
Early life
Arjuna Kamalanath was born on 10 September 1975 as the only child. His father is Thilak Karunaratne and mother is Kumudu Buddadhasa. He completed his education from
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa
Prince of Wales' College ( Sinhala: වේල්ස් කුමර විද්යාලය ''Wels Kumara Vidyalaya'', Tamil: பிரின்ஸ் ஆஃப் வேல்ஸ் கல்லூரி) is a selective entry boys' school s ...
. He is married to fellow actress Amisha Kavindi.
Beyond acting
He is the chairman of Hela Bala Kala Sansadaya organization. During 2014 Presidential Elections, his organization publicly supported
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...
's political campaign.
On 28 May 2018, Kamalanath was appointed as the Joint Managing Director of the MPI Film Circuit.
Career
On August 16, 1998, Kamalanath acted in his first cinema creation, ''Mohothin Mohotha'' directed by
Sunil Soma Peiris. Then he acted in the film ''Seetha Rae'' directed by Dharmashri Wickramasinghe. He mostly acted in many commercial low budget films in adult genre in early days. His first main role in cinema came through 2000 film ''Thisaravi'' with the role as a gay. Apart from cinema acting, he also acted in few television serials such as ''Supiri Tharuwa'', ''Sansara Prarthana'', ''Nilanjana'' and ''Wasuda''.
Filmography
* No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.
As actor
As director
As producer
As screenplay writer
References
External links
It’s not a haapy ending for Arjuna and Amishaහමුදා සේවයේ සිටියායැයි එල්ල වන චෝදනාවට අර්ජුන කමලනාත්ගෙන් සැර පිළිතුරක්* [http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/03/22/?fn=sa18032215 මං සිනමාවට ආදරෙයි කලකිරීම් මැද චිත්රපට හදන්නේ ඒ නිසයි]
‘Visirinu Renu’ shows the worlds of six women
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Sri Lankan actors
Sinhalese male actors
Living people
1975 births
Sri Lankan male film actors