Silmesthri Giriraj Kaushalya was born on November 13,1964 and, popularly known as Giriraj Kaushalya, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.
22 Facts About Giriraj Kaushalya
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Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya has worked as an assistant director, producer, script writer and a filmmaker.
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Giriraj Kaushalya was born on 13 November 1964 in Kolonnawa, Colombo as the youngest of the family with four siblings.
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Giriraj Kaushalya has three elder brothers and one elder sister.
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Giriraj Kaushalya entered village school in Kolonnawa and then attended to Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya.
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Giriraj Kaushalya's father was an active trade unionist in Ceylon Electricity Board and a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party represented the Left Movement.
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Giriraj Kaushalya worked in Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka before entering to acting.
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Giriraj Kaushalya's elder brother Lalith Janakantha is a renowned actor in stage, television and cinema.
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Giriraj Kaushalya met his wife Mangalika Fernando during the work in Mahaweli Authority in Lihinyagama, Mahaweli C zone in 1986.
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Giriraj Kaushalya was a draftsman and Kaushalya was a store keeper.
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Giriraj Kaushalya got critically ill with leukemia by the end of 2021, where he quit from acting for indefinite period.
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Giriraj Kaushalya was diagnosed with the disease in late October 2021 and in hospitalized for over 40 days at a hospital in 2022.
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Giriraj Kaushalya worked with veteran actor Sathischandra Edirisinghe in Mahaweli Authority during Mahaweli cultural unit.
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Giriraj Kaushalya's entrance to the stage drama was an accident.
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Giriraj Kaushalya used to go for plays with elder brother Lalith.
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Giriraj Kaushalya continued performed in stage dramas for many years.
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Giriraj Kaushalya acted in some role in the drama as well.
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Giriraj Kaushalya wrote the scripts for a number of popular television comedies like Kathura and Ethuma 1,2.
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Giriraj Kaushalya directed the serial Mithra Samagama telecasted in TV Derana.
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Giriraj Kaushalya started his film career film Sanda Dadayama directed by Asoka Handagama, which is not screened yet.
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Giriraj Kaushalya's first screened film is 1999 film Salupata Ahasata directed by Mario Jayathunga.
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Giriraj Kaushalya is a recipient of awards at several local film festivals.