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Ravindra Randeniya
රවීන්ද්‍ර රන්දෙනිය
1945
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Ravindra Randeniya රවීන්ද්‍ර රන්දෙනිය
Boniface Perera
  • Birthday : 1945 June 5
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    NATIONAL AWARDS

    1 Best Actor

    5th OCIC Award Ceremony 1978
    Siripala Ha Ranmanika

    2 Merit Award

    2nd Presidential Award 1980
    Podi Malli

    3 Merit Award

    4th Presidential Award 1982
    Sathweni Dawasa

    4 Merit Award

    5th Presidential Award 1983
    Paramitha

    5 Best Actor

    6th Presidential Award 1984
    Dadayama

    6 Best Actor

    12th Sarasaviya Awards - 1984
    Dadayama

    7 Best Actor

    13th Sarasaviya Awards - 1985
    Maya

    8 Best Actor

    17th Sarasaviya Awards - 1989
    Sandakada Pahana

    9 Best Actor

    16th OCIC Award Ceremony 1989
    Sandakada Pahana

    10 Best Actor

    18th Sarasaviya Awards - 1990
    Sirimadura

    11 Best Actor

    2nd Swarna Sanka Cinema Awards Ceremony 1990
    Sandakada Pahana

    12 "Ranathisara" Award

    19th Sarasaviya Awards - 1991

    13 Best Actor

    1st Vicharaka Sammana Ulela - FIPRESCT 1994
    Seilama

    14 Best Actor

    24th Sarasaviya Awards - 1996
    Seilama

    15 Best Actor

    22nd OCIC Award Ceremony 1996
    Seilama

    16 Best Actor

    7th Swarna Sanka Cinema Awards Ceremony 1996 - 2
    Maruthaya

    17 Best Actor

    3rd Vicharaka Sammana Ulela - FIPRESCT 1996
    Anantha Rathriya

    18 Best Supporting Actor

    26th Sarasaviya Awards - 1998
    Bawa Duka

    19 Hiru Life Time Award

    2nd Hiru Golden Film Awards 2016
     
    FILMOGRAPHY


    AS CAST MEMBER

    1Kalyani Ganga
    Actor
    1974
    2Tharanga
    Main Actor
    1975
    3Kaludiya Dahara
    Main Actor
    1975
    4Desa Nisa
    Actor
    1975
    5Ganga
    Actor
    1976
    6Duhulu Malak
    Main Actor
    1976
    7Hariyata Hari
    Main Actor
    1976
    8Pembara Madu
    Main Actor
    1977
    9Siripala Ha Ranmanika
    Main Actor
    1977
    10Yakadaya
    Actor
    1977
    11Veera Puran Appu
    Main Actor
    1978
    12Seetha Devi
    Actor
    1978
    13Higana Kolla
    Actor
    1979
    14Wasanthaye Dawasak
    Main Actor
    1979
    15Chuda Manikyaya
    Main Actor
    1979
    16Sugandi
    Main Actor
    1979
    17Podi Malli
    Main Actor
    1979
    18Hari Pudumai
    Main Actor
    1979
    19Ektam ge
    Main Actor
    1980
    20Raja Dawasak
    Actor
    1980
    21Thavalama
    Actor
    1981
    22Ranga
    Main Actor
    1981
    23Sathweni Dawasa
    Actor
    1981
    24Bamba Ketu Hati
    Main Actor
    1981
    25Eka Dawasak Re
    Main Actor
    1981
    26Ridee Thella
    Actor
    1981
    27Induta Mal Mitak
    Main Actor
    1981
    28Sathara Diganthaya
    Actor
    1981
    29Aradhana
    Main Actor
    1981
    30Sanda
    Main Actor
    1982
    31Bambara Geethaya
    Main Actor
    1982
    32Re Manamali
    Actor
    1982
    33Paramitha
    Actor
    1982
    34Ran Mini Muthu
    Main Actor
    1983
    35Yali Pipunu Malak
    Main Actor
    1983
    36Dadayama
    Main Actor
    1983
    37Mal Madhu
    Main Actor
    1983
    38Muwan Palassa III
    Main Actor
    1983
    39Monarathenna II
    Actor
    1983
    40Hithath Hodai Wedath Hodai
    Main Actor
    1983
    41Muhudu Lihini
    Actor
    1983
    42Deveni Gamana
    Actor
    1984
    43Bambara Patikki
    Main Actor
    1984
    44Hithawathiya
    Main Actor
    1984
    45Hima Kathara
    Main Actor
    1984
    46Maya
    Main Actor
    1984
    47Channai Kello Dennai
    Main Actor
    1985
    48Doringe Sayanaya
    Main Actor
    1985
    49Karadiya Valalla
    Main Actor
    1985
    50Maldeniye Simiyon
    Actor
    1986
    51Jaya Apatai
    Actor
    1986
    52Koti Valigaya
    Actor
    1986
    53Puja
    Actor
    1986
    54Soora Saradiyel
    Main Actor
    1986
    55Adara Hasuna
    Actor
    1986
    56Janelaya
    Main Actor
    1987
    57Thaththi Man Adarei
    Main Actor
    1987
    58Mangala Thagga
    Main Actor
    1987
    59Kele Kella
    Main Actor
    1987
    60Raja Wedakarayo
    Main Actor
    1987
    61Ahinsa
    Actor
    1987
    62Sandakada Pahana
    Main Actor
    1988
    63Angulimala
    Main Actor
    1988
    64Angulimala
    Actor
    1988
    65Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Sanda
    Main Actor
    1988
    66Sirimadura
    Main Actor
    1989
    67Saharawe Sihinaya
    Main Actor
    1990
    68Himagira
    Main Actor
    1990
    69Golu Muhude Kunatuva
    Actor
    1991
    70Gurugedara
    Actor
    1993
    71Surabidena
    Main Actor
    1993
    72Madara Parasathu
    Main Actor
    1993
    73Nohadan Landune
    Main Actor
    1994
    74Dhawala Pushpaya
    Main Actor
    1994
    75Pavana Raluviya
    Actor
    1994
    76Aragalaya
    Main Actor
    1994
    77Athmaa
    Actor
    1994
    78Sudu Piruvata
    Main Actor
    1994
    79Seilama
    Main Actor
    1995
    80Sudu Valassu
    Main Actor
    1995
    81Cheriyo Darling
    Actor
    1996
    82Maduree
    Main Actor
    1996
    83Yasoma
    Main Actor
    1997
    84Ramba Saha Madhu
    Main Actor
    1997
    85Bawa Duka
    Main Actor
    1997
    86Bawa Karma
    Main Actor
    1997
    87Ninja Sri Lanka
    Actor
    1997
    88Anduru Sewaneli
    Main Actor
    1999
    89Theertha Yathra
    Actor
    1999
    90Mandakini
    Actor
    1999
    91Saroja
    Actor
    2000
    92Anantha Rathriya
    Main Actor
    2001
    93Poronduwa
    Main Actor
    2001
    94Aswesuma
    Actor
    2001
    95Sansara Prarthana
    Main Actor
    2002
    96Wekanda Walawwa
    Main Actor
    2003
    97Mille Soya
    Actor
    2004
    98Udu Sulanga
    Main Actor
    2004
    99Nilambare
    Actor
    2006
    100Nisala Gira
    Actor
    2007
    101Aba
    Actor
    2008
    102Dancing Star
    Actor
    2009
    103Julia
    Actor
    2009
    104Maathaa
    Actor
    2012
    105Kusa Paba
    Actor
    2012
    106Rupantharana
    Actor
    2014
    107Siri Daladagamanaya
    Main Actor
    2014
    108Parapura
    Actor
    2014
    109Sanjana
    Actor
    2015
    110Weerawarna
    Main Actor
    2016
    111Paththini
    Actor
    2016
    112Ali Kathawa
    Actor
    2017
    113Nimnayaka Hudakalawa
    Actor
    2017
    114Wassanaye Sanda
    Actor
    2018
    115Gaadi
    Actor
    2023

    UPCOMING

    1Prathirawaya
    Actor
    2Sadadara Jothi
    Actor
    3Suragana
    Main Actor
    4Hulanga Sara Wadi
    Main Actor
    5Sulanga Sera Wadi
    Main Actor
    6Ridee Seenu
    Main Actor
    BIOGRAPHY

    Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. 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).

    EARLY LIFE


    Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Sri Lanka. 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 Sarachandra, Munidasa Kumaratunge, and Wimalarathne Kumaragama.

    Randeniya attended St. Francis School in Dalugama. 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.

    BEGININGS 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. 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.

    Randeniya has a son Rishi who is Assistant Manager at Virgin Mobile Chadstone in Melbourne, Australia

    FILM WORK


    Randeniya got his first starring role in the student production Mudu Puttu directed by Gallapaththi. 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.

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

     
     
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