Berty Seneviratne has gone down in history as a dancer who amazed India and was honored by an Indian governor.
10 Facts About Berty Seneviratne
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Berty Seneviratne alias Shanthi Kumar Seneviratne was born on September 16,1916, at the Lihinigiri Palace in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
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Berty Seneviratne studied as Trinity College, Kandy, and mastered wrestling, rugby and football during school period.
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Berty's younger brother Richard Herbert alias Herbie Seneviratne was a popular actor in early Sinhala cinema.
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Berty Seneviratne died on 22 February 1967 at the age of 50.
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Berty Seneviratne later studied English and Latin and went to India to learn dance from popular choreographer Gopinath.
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Berty Seneviratne once joined a well-known circus troupe in India and toured all the Indian states where he performed as an actor.
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Berty Seneviratne has objected to the decision of the film industry to hire an Indian film director to direct the film for Rs.
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Later in 1947, with the help of Mohammed Gauss, Michael Sannas Liyanage and Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner, Berty made Sri Lanka's first talkie film Ashokamala.
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Berty Seneviratne has been involved in directing dialogues for two films: the Hindi film 'Milap' titled Salli Epa and the Hindi film 'Insathiyath' titled Manushyathwaya.