Jayasekara Aponso

Goniya Malimage Jayasekara Aponsu, (born 23 February 1951: Sinhala:ජයසේකර අපෝන්සු), popularly as Jayasekara Aponsu, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, 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. 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 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, who initially played the character. His first direction in teledrama came through ''Sil'', which was a drama, horror, fantasy telecasted on Swarnavahini 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''
* ''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 Awa

රංගන දිවියේ හතළිස් වසරක් ජයසේකර අපොන්සු

තරුව විකිණේ සමඟ අපොන්සු ආයෙත් වේදිකාවට

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Living people
Sri Lankan male film actors
1951 births
Sinhalese male actors