Ravindra Randeniya

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The Honorable
Ravindra Randeniya
MP
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
2001–2004
Majority56,449 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
2000–2001
Personal details
Born
Boniface Perera

(1945-06-05) June 5, 1945 (age 78)
Dalugama, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
SpousePreethi Pramila (m. 1974)
ChildrenSachindra Nirmal
Sameera Manabarana
Umayangana Indrachapa
OccupationActor, Politician
Known forCinema

Ravindra Randeniya (Born Boniface Perera) (born 5 June 1945) is a Sri Lankan actor and former politician.[1] He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 (Dadayama), 1985 (Maya), 1989 (Sandakada Pahana), and 1990 (Sri Medura).[2]

Randeniya hosted the quiz program Mind Star on ITN, which gain huge publicity.[3]

Personal life

Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya Sri Lanka in 1945 in a family with 6 siblings.[4] Dalugama was a small village filled with paddy fields and streams. Randeniya appreciated nature growing up often spending evenings looking over the fields; he was also an avid reader from a young age immersing himself in the works of acclaimed Sinhala authors like Martin Wickremasinghe, Prof.Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Kumaratunga Munidasa, and Wimalaratne Kumaragama.[5]

Randeniya attended St. Benedict College in Kotahena. Though he was a good student, he failed to pass his A-level examination and didn't pursue higher education. Randeniya instead joined his family business of manufacturing hardware products.[5]

Randeniya is married to fellow actress Preethi Pramila Seneviratne, where the wedding ceremony was celebrated on 31 October 1974. They have two sons, Sachindra Nirmal, Sameera Manabarana and one daughter Umayangana Indrachapa.[6]

Beginnings in theatre

In his free time, Randeniya started taking courses in theater decor and screenwriting at Lionel Wendt Theatre Workshop. The Workshop was considered the premiere acting school in Sri Lanka, and its faculty was composed of the leading Sinhala dramatists of the day like Dr. Ediriweera Sarachandra, Damma Jagoda, Gunasena Gallappathi, Ernest MacIntyre, Percy Colinthus, and Irangani Serasinghe. Randeniya became interested in acting while taking a required general acting class under Jagoda; he gradually became fascinated with the idea of acting over the two years he spent at the school.

Film work

He joined the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery in 1969, to learn drama, screenplay, direction and stage decoration. Randeniya got his first starring role in the student production Mudu Puththu directed by Gallapaththi at the age of 25. His performance in the film drew praise from well-known director Lester James Peries. He next appeared in Kalu Diya Dahara, considered "a watershed in the annals of Sinhala films", which dealt with a struggle between workers and administration in a tea plantation. It was made in 1971, and shown nationwide in 1974.[5]

Peries, who was a fan, picked Randeniya for one of the three main roles in Desa Nisa alongside Joe Abeywickrema and Sriyani Amarasena. This would be his breakthrough role, and established him as a popular actor when screened in 1972.[5]

Political

Later Randeniya elected to Sri Lanka Parliament for United National Party. He served as a member between 2000 - 2004.

Awards

Sarasaviya Awards

  • Best Actor - Dadayama – 1984
  • Best Actor – Maya – 1985
  • Best Actor - Sandakada Pahana – 1989
  • Best Actor - Siri Medura - 1990

Filmography

Year Film Role
1971 Kalu Diya Dahara
1972 Desa Nisa Hermit
1974 Kalyani Ganga Namal's friend
1975 Tharanga Ravindra Randeniya
1975 The God King Mogollana
1976 Duhulu Malak Rohan Atukorale
1976 Hariyata Hari Piyal
1976 Ganga
1977 Siripala Saha Ranmenika Siripala
1977 Yakadaya Siripala [7]
1977 Ektem Ge Sarath [8]
1977 Pembara Madhu
1978 Seetha Devi Lakshman 'Lal'
1978 Veera Puran Appu Puran Appu
1979 Wasanthaye Davasak Wasantha
1979 Higana Kolla Sir Henry Wijekoon
1979 Chuda Manikyaya Ivan
1979 Sugandi Susantha
1979 Podi Malli Siripala 'Siri' Rathnasingha
1979 Hari Pudumai Ravi
1980 Muwan Palassa II
1980 Raja Dawasak
1981 Thawalama Sikuru Aththo
1981 Induta Mal Mitak
1981 Bamba Ketu Hati Nihal
1981 Eka Dawasak Re Jayantha 'Jaya' Jayadeva
1981 Induta Mal Mitak
1981 Aradhana Senaka [9]
1981 Sathweni Dawasa Arachchila Muththusami
1981 Ranga Ranga / Chaminda 'Punchi Hamu' / Sanath Hamu
1982 Ra Manamali Jagath
1982 Bambara Geethaya Ravi
1982 Paaramitha Kamal
1982 Sandaa Seneviratne
1983 Dadayama Weerasinghe Arachchilage Priyanka Jayanatha
1983 Ran Mini Muthu
1983 Yali Pipunu Malak
1984 Bambara Patikki
1985 Hithawathiya Sarth
1985 Hima Kathara Sir Charles
1985 Maya Ananda [10]
1985 Deweni Gamana Saman's brother
1986 Koti Waligaya Doctor Ravindra
1986 Der Stein Des Todes Vic
1986 Sura Saradiel Saradiel
1987 Maldeniye Simion Dayaratne [11]
1987 Witness a Killing
1987 Janelaya Mr. Weerasinghe
1987 Thaththi Man Adarei
1987 Mangala Thagga Nihal Perera
1987 Kele Kella Koti Albert 'Wimal'
1987 Raja Wedakarayo Inspector Kapila
1987 Ahinsa Party guest
1988 The Iron Triangle (Production coordinator)
1988 Kedapathaka Chaya
1988 Sagara Jalaya Mudalali
1988 Angulimala Ahinsaka/Angulimala
1989 Sandakada Pahana Suranga Wijebandara
1989 Siri Medura Sampath Samarawickrama
1990 Saharawe Sihinaya
1990 Hima Gira Sumith Abeypitiya
1991 Golu Muhude Kunatuva
1993 Seilama
1993 Madara Parasathu Keerthi
1993 Surabi Dena Keerthi [12]
1993 Gurugedara Arjuna Wimaladharma
1994 Dhawala Pushpaya Doctor Nalin
1994 Aragalaya Gajanayake
1994 Pavana Raluviya
1994 Sudu Piruwata Jagath Ediriweera
1995 Seilama Sira
1995 Sudu Valassu
1996 Anantha Rathriya
1996 Maduree Wickie 'Loku Hamu'
1996 Cheriyo Darling Professor [13]
1997 Yasoma
1997 Les Mysteres Du Sadjurah Colonel Taradjahi
1997 Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor Police Commissioner, Calcutta
1997 Ramba Saha Madhu
1997 Bawa Duka Muhandiram [14]
1997 Ninja Sri Lanka
1997 Bawa Karma Muhandiram
1999 Anduru Sewaneli
1999 Mandakini [15]
1999 Theertha Yathra Mr. Sooriyabandara [16]
2000 Saroja Major Fernando
2001 Anantha Rathriya Suwisal Abeysekara [17]
2001 Poronduwa Vijendra Rambukwalla [18]
2001 Aswesuma Doctor Thilakawardena
2002 Sansara Prarthana
2003 One Shot Police officer
2003 Wekande Walauwa Lucas
2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Inspector Shankar
2004 Mille Soya Kingsley the agent
2005 Aksharaya father, Retired High Court Judge
2006 Nilambare Jayasuriya
2006 Sewwandi Priyantha
2007 Nisala Gira Minister Saliya
2008 Puthuni Hambagiya Lawyer Weeratunga
2008 Aba Pandula brahmana
2009 Dancing Star
2009 Juliya
2012 Matha Brigadier
2012 Kusa Pabha King Okkaka
2014 Parapura Minister Rajamanthri
2014 Rupantharana Brigadier Vimal
2016 Weerawarna Prasad Madugalla
2016 Paththini Pandya king
2016 Sujatha Puthra Minister
2017 Nimnayaka Hudekalawa The Client
2017 Ali Kathawa Hermit
2018 Wassanaye Sanda Sandesh's father[19]
TBD Gaadi Ehelepola Adigar

Teledramas

  • Ganga Addara [20]
  • Kahala Nadaya (2000)[21]
  • Kula Kumariya (2007) as Edward Deraniyagala

References

  1. ^ "Past Members of the parliament". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "අපේ කාලයේ ලාංකේය තෙස්පියන්වරයාගේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨත්වයේ, ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨත්වය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Ravindra Randeniya new role". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Yes, I met Ravindra Randeniya". Sarasaviya. 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ravindra Randeniya". Sunday Observer. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  6. ^ "Its 40 years to Ravi-Preethi family". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  7. ^ "All about Yakadaya". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. ^ "'Ektem Ge' on Rupavahini". Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. ^ "'Aradhana': A tale of love, separation and reconciliation". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Lester-Sumithra cinema on mini-screen". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  11. ^ "'Maldeniye Simeon' back after 20 years". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. ^ "සිතූ පැතූ සම්පත් දුන් සුරබි දෙන‍". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Cheriyo Darling - චෙරියෝ ඩාලින්". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Bawa Duka - භව දුක". films.lk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Mandakini - මන්දාකිනි". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  16. ^ "'Theertha yatra' goes in search of family roots". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Jury convicts her for his crime". Sunday Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  18. ^ "'Poronduwa':Ratnam on correct track again". Sunday Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Udayakantha Warnasuriya latest film creation". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  20. ^ "'Ganga Addara' released". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  21. ^ ""Kahala Nadaya" : A story of an orphanage". Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

External links

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