Английская Википедия:Christy Leonard Perera
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Kala Keerthi Madurawela Arachchilage Christy Leonard Perera (born 27 July 1932 – died 23 December 2015 as ක්රිස්ටි ලෙනාඩ් පෙරේරා) [Sinhala]), popularly as Christy Leonard Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema as well as a musician and comedian.[1][2]
Personal life
Perera was born on 27 July 1932 in Colombo.[3] He completed education from St. Lucia's College Colombo 13 .[4] His father worked as a port checker. He has two sisters. After the sudden death of father, his mother worked as a midwife at Suleiman Hospital. In the meantime, his older sister died suddenly. The other sister also died with that sadness.[5]
He was married to Mary Loretta Rachal Perera, a trained teacher.[6] Perera got married Rachel at St. Lucia Cathedral in Kotahena on 7 August 1982 at the age of 43. At that time, Perera was working at the Polythene Factory in Kotahena.[5]
He was a devoted Roman Catholic and regularly attached with St. Lucias Catherdral, Kotahena. He died on 23 December 2015 at the age of 83.[7] His remains were brought to his residence at Maligawatte housing scheme.[8] His final rites was held on 26 July 2015 at Borella Cemetery.[9][10]
Cinema career
In 1946 he participated amateur program at Radio Ceylon coordinated by Thevis Guruge. He imitated comedian Eddie Jayamanne and finally won the contest.[11] In 1948, Perera joined as a comedian in Radio Ceylon. Perera learned music under renowned composer B. S. Perera. Then he worked as a musician and playback singer. His first song was Kullen Pola Pola.[6] Some of her popular songs are, Mama Badapissa, Amma Kiyana Kiyatha Haki andAduru Walawe Punsada were recorded for HMV labels.[12][13] He sang the duet Hitha Yana Atha Yannata Heka with Gamini Fonseka and then sang the song Tikiri Lande Ali Nawathina Colomba Nagare with H. R. Jothipala.[14] His song Sakala Sirin Piri Siri Lankawe was an integral part of music shows back then.[15]
His classmate Prem Jayanth was the main actor in the film Sujatha.[11] With the guidance from Jayanth and fellow actor Dommie Jayawardena, Perera entered cinema.[16] He started cinema career in 1954 with the film Warada Kageda directed by T.R. Sundaram. The film was released at Gamini theatre, Colombo and became highly popular.[6] Then he acted in the film Adata Vediya Heta Hondai produced at Hendala Wijeya studio, Sri Lanka's first production house. He continuously established as a prominent comedian of early 1960s and played popular roles in the films Chandiya, Sukumali, Suneetha, Sundara Birinda, Allapu Gedara and Hondama Welawa.[17] His only television acting came through Athma Pooja directed by Ajith Perera. But the teledrama was not aired.[5]
His last film was Onna Mame Kella Panapi premiered on September 3, 1976.[11] He quit from acting after the death of his mother in 1979. The song Amma Kiya Kiyatha Haki Ekama Landakatai was written by Karunaratne Abeysekera for Perera's mother.[5] In 1994, he directed the film Aragalaya.
On 17 August 2002 Perera was honored with a festive ceremony.[5]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
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1954 | Warada Kageda | Gobo | |
1954 | Radala Piliruwa | Thomas | |
1954 | Duppathage Duka | ||
1956 | Suraya | ||
1957 | Sukumali | Nikama | |
1957 | Salli Malli Salli | ||
1958 | Suneetha | ||
1958 | Sepali | ||
1958 | Sirimali | Penda | |
1960 | Sundara Birinda | ||
1960 | Veera Vijaya | ||
1963 | Adata Vediya Heta Hondai | [18] | |
1963 | Udarata Manike | ||
1964 | Dheewarayo | ||
1964 | Sithaka Mahima | ||
1965 | Chandiya | Kavi Kola Karaya | [19] |
1965 | Yata Giya Dawasa | ||
1965 | Allapu Gedara | Musician | |
1966 | Maha Ra Hamuwu Sthriya | [20] | |
1967 | Okkoma Hari | [21] | |
1967 | Sura Chauraya | ||
1968 | Wanasara | ||
1968 | Ataweni Pudumaya | ||
1969 | Oba Nathinam | ||
1969 | Kohomada Wade | ||
1970 | Athma Puja | ||
1970 | Penawa Neda | ||
1971 | Kalana Mithuro | ||
1973 | Hondama Welawa | ||
1974 | Duppathage Hithawatha | Ananda's friend | [22] |
1976 | Onna Mame Kella Panapi |
References
External links
- Yesteryear artistes to be felicitated
- කලාශිල්පී ක්රිස්ටි ලෙනාඩ්ගේ අවසන් කටයුතු
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