Goniya Malimage Jayasekara Aponsu, (born 23 February 1951:
Sinhala:ජයසේකර අපෝන්සු), popularly as Jayasekara Aponsu, 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
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
, theatre and television. Apart from that, he is also a director, and script writer.
Personal life
Jayasekara Aponsu was born on 23 February 1951 in
Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya ( si, නුවර එළිය ; ta, நுவரெலியா) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its name means "city on the plain (table land)" or "city of light". The city is the administrativ ...
. 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
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( si, දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, translit=Dehivala-Galkissa; ta, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, translit=Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai), population 245,974 (2012) is the largest suburb of the City of ...
in 1970s. They married in 1978 after the love affair. Due to many circumstances and money problems, he abandoned and missed his wife and son for a 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.
His sister
Avanthi Aponsu is also a popular actress.
Career
He started stage drama career with a 12 award-winning drama ''Pathale Soladaduwo''. Some of his most popular stage dramas are ''Thatu'', ''31'', ''Eri'', ''Guru'', ''Kira'', ''Maha Saha Shen'', ''Sako'', ''Samanallu'', ''Hathare Wattuwa'', ''Giju'', ''Proda'', ''Iri'', ''Tharuwa Vikine'', ''Horu'', and ''Madame Shoba'' staged more than 100 times throughout the country. Aponsu established a drama theatre school ''Shilpa Kala Guru Sewana'' for teaching young artists as well.
His most popular teledrama acting came through comedy play ''Nonavaruni Mahathwaruni'' as Nihal Karapitiya. He got the character after tragic accident killed actor
Granville Rodrigo
Senadhipathige Granville Rodrigo,(born 22 September 1958 – died 14 January 1999 as ග්රැන්විල් රොද්රිගෝ) inhala, popularly known as Granville Rodrigo, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama an ...
, who initially played the character. His first direction in teledrama came through ''Sil'', which was a drama, horror, fantasy telecasted on
Swarnavahini
Swarnavahini ( si, ස්වර්ණවාහිනී; literally Golden Channel) is a Sinhala language general entertainment and news television channel in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, t ...
in 2007. In 2021, he directed the mini serial ''Uma''.
Aponsu started his cinema career in 1973 with the film ''Suhada Pathuma''.
Since then, he acted more than 35 film across three decades. His first direction came through the film ''Ra Ru'' in 1999.
Selected television serials
* ''Class Sinhala Class''
* ''Ingammaruwa''
* ''Katu Pawura''
* ''Madam Shobha''
* ''
Mati Kadulu
''Mati Kadulu'' ( si, මැටි කඩුලු) is a 2021 Sri Lankan thriller teledrama broadcast on Jathika Rupavahini. The series is directed and written by Nimal Rathnayake. It is produced by Deshamanya Gaya Ekanayaka and music direction ...
''
* ''Night Learners''
* ''Nonavaruni Mahathwaruni''
* ''Sabawen Awasarai''
* ''Sangeethe''
* ''Suraduthiyo''
* ''Thoorya''
* ''Uma''
Filmography
* No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.
As actor
As director
*''Re Ru'' - 1999
*''Seetha Man Awa'' - 2013
*''Tharu Soba'' - TBD
References
External links
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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
Seetha Man Awaරංගන දිවියේ හතළිස් වසරක් ජයසේකර අපොන්සුතරුව විකිණේ සමඟ අපොන්සු ආයෙත් වේදිකාවට
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Living people
Sri Lankan male film actors
1951 births
Sinhalese male actors