Kamal Addararachchi
| Kamal Addararachchi කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි |
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| Born |
Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal February 5, 1962 Sri Lanka |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer, Teacher |
| Years active | 1977–Present |
| Spouse(s) | Anurani Addararachchi |
| Awards | Sarasaviya Best Actor Award (2002) |
Kamal Addararachchi - කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි (born Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal on February 5, 1962) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actor, singer and presenter. He made his debut as an actor in Gamini Fonseka's 1981 film Sagarayak Meda, when he was a still a student at school. Since the late 1970s, he has appeared in a variety of roles in many films and teledramas. Addararachchi, who has acted in over 40 films, 20 teledramas and 6 stage plays up to now, won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award for his role of Sobana in Agnidahaya in 2002.
He also made a mark as a singer in 1993 with "Unmadawoo," a duet between him and Damayanthi Jayasooriya featured in the film Saptha Kanya. He was also the host of the first three seasons of Sirasa Superstar contest, a reality show, and first season of Hiru Mega Stars as well.
He showed an initial interest in artistic work, and this prompted him to do music, sinhala literature, Kandyan Dancing and debating, all at the same time. He even worked as the secretary of the 'Sinhala Literary Society' at school.
He is married to Anurani Addararachchi and has one son. He is a renowned English teacher as well.
The play, Ane Ablick, was staged in Colombo in 1978, which marked Kamal's first real encounter with the public theatre. Addararachchi, who broke into the silver screen with Gamini Fonseka's Sagarayak Meda rose to immense popularity with hits such as Saptha Kanya. He is noted for his performances in films such as Saptha Kanya by late H.D. Premaratne, Agnidahaya by Jayantha Chandrasiri and teldramas like Hiruta Muvaven by Herbert Ranjith Peiris, Rathu Rosa by Ranjan De Silva, and Weda Hamine and Dandubasna Maanaya by Jayantha Chandrasiri.
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