Kumara Thirimadura

Kumara Thirimadura
කුමාර තිරිමාදුර
Born Kumara Thirimadura[1]
(1969-04-17) April 17, 1969
Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan
Education Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa
Occupation Actor, Journalist, Producer, Singer, Screen Play Writer
Years active 1997-Present
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Spouse(s) Thushara Thirimadura
Children Amanda Thirimadura
Suchetha Thirimadura
Awards Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Best Screenwriter

Kumara Thirimadura, (born in April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර [Sinhala]) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema.[2] Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, he is an actor, singer, journalist by profession. He along with Sarath Kothalawala won the Award for the Best Screenplay at Derana Lux Film Awards in 2014 for Thanha Rathi Raga movie.[3][4] He is considered as one of five actors who have dominated the Sri Lankan Stage by critics.[5]

Early career

Born in April 17, 1969, Thirimadura is a past student of Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa. He won many awards at school level through many theatre works, which gave him boost to the career. But, before turning in to acting career, he worked 14 years as a journalist of Divaina Newspaper. His journalist career stood even after the acting, but he allocated full-time towards acting as his profession. Tissa Gunawardana was his first teacher in drama and theater. Thirimadura first appeared in Street theatres directed by Gamini Haththotuwegama, while he had his first stage play Sakalajana by Dhamma Jagoda.[6]

Theater work

Thirimadura has acted in about 80 stage plays, ten films and several tele dramas. Nowadays he is seen in popular stage plays like Balloth Ekka Be, Charithe Horu Aran, Ko Kukko, Nari Burathi and Deiyoth Danne Ne.[6]

Discography

Thirimadura is a A-grade singer at Sri Lanka Radio Corporation. Though he has not released his solo songs until recently, he has said that he has to sacrifice his early career entirely for the drama and films. He is a die-hard fan of Victor Rathnayake.

Thirimadura released his first solo visual song Ae Mata Adarei on June 2016.[6][7] He also appeared in the music video of song Bodima by Theekshana Anuradha.

Songs

Following list is the songs of Kumara Thirimadura.[8]

Television acting

While working on with theatre works and journalism, his fellow mate Jayantha Chandrasiri invited him to take part in his teledrama Akala Sandhya, which is Thirimaduea's first television screen.[6][9] Since then, he acted more than 50 teledramas across genre. His most notable works coming through comic roles of Paba, Raja Kaduwa, Sihina Puraya, Nattukkarayo, On Ataka Nataka, Sabba Sakala Manaa, Dadakeli Arana and Jodu Gedara.

Thirimadura presented program Maarai Hirai telecasted on TV Derana.

Awards

Filmography

Thirimadura started his film career with Julietge Bumikawa back in 1998, directed by Jackson Anthony. Through that, he performed many dramatic and comedy roles in more than 25+ films up to 2016.[10] Apart from acting, he was also the Production Manager of film Sonduru Dadabima, released in 2003 and screenplay writer of film Thanha rathi Ranga. The role in this film highly praised by the critics and was a commercial hit as well.

Year No. Film Role
1998 902 Julietge Bumikawa (ජුලියට්ගේ භූමිකාව)
2003 1015 Sonduru Dadabima (සොඳුරු දඩබිම) Arnold
2005 1047 Ira Madiyama (ඉර මැදියම) Checkpoint officer
2005 Aksharaya[12]
2006 1080 Sewwandhi (සෙව්වන්දි)
2007 1092 Sikuru Hathe (සිකුරු හතේ)
2008 1106 Rosa Kale (රෝස කැලේ)
2008 1114 Machan (මචන්) Oaf
2009 1126 Ekamath Eka Rateka (එකමත් එක රටෙක)
2009 1128 Akasa Kusum (ආකාස කුසුම්) Karaoke client
2009 1129 Bindu (බිංදු) Saping
2010 1134 Uththara (උත්තරා)
2010 1139 Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe (සුවඳ දැනුණා ජීවිතේ) Guest appearance
2010 1144 Ira Handa Yata (ඉර හඳ යට) Captain
2011 1150 Sinhawalokaya (සිංහාවලෝකනය) Mohothaa
2011 1155 Angara Dangara (අඟර දඟර) Dumb servant of hostel
2011 1157 Mahindagamaya (මහින්දාගමනය)
2011 1158 King Hunther (කින් හන්තර්)
2011 1160 Gamani (ගාමණි) Sergeant Ranasinghe
2013 1185 Bomba Saha Rosa (බෝම්බ හා රෝස)
2013 1190 Nikini Wassa (නිකිණි වැස්ස)
2013 1192 Ran Kevita 2 (රන් කෙවිට 2)
2013 1195 Seetha Man Awa (සීතා මං ආවා)
2014 1209 Parapura (පරපුර)
2014 1213 Thanha Rathi Raga (තණ්හා රතී රඟා)
2016 1256 Motor Bicycle (මෝටර් බයිසිකල්)
2016 1259 The Rainbow (රන් දේදුන්නක්)

References

  1. ↑ "Kumara Thirimadura". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kumara Thirimadura bio". Rate your music. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mini Bio (1)". imdb. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "I Was Given Only To 2 Peices of Bread To Eat Some Days - Kumara Thirimadura". GOSSIP99. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Five Actors who have dominated the Sri Lankan Stage". Munchee daily. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Kumara Thirimadura: Journalist turned actor". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "News Paper movie shooting will start on next January – Kumara Thirimadura". Music Online. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ↑ http://sarigama.lk/profile/artists_profile/231/kumara-thirimadura-mp3-song-list-download-online-listen
  9. ↑ "කුමාර තිරිමාදුර - ගුරුන්නාන්සේ". mahasamayama. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kumara Thirimadura filmography". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sri Lankan Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Aksharaya (2005)". imdb. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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