One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan radio drama history, Kekunawela had a career spanned for more than six decades.
12 Facts About Rathnawali Kekunawela
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Rathnawali Kekunawela is better known as "Muwan Palesse Menike" due to popular radio play.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela was born on 20 January 1931 in Deraniyagala as the fourth in the family.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela worked as a tea maker in a Deraniyagala Nuri estate.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela's mother died when she was six year old and father died when she was 16 years old.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela has one elder brother - Victor, two elder sisters - Dharmawathi and Prema, and one younger brother Molison.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela's elder brother Victor Miguel was a popular theater actor who acted in Muwan Palessa as "Kadira".
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Rathnawali Kekunawela was married to David Kekunawela, a police officer who worked as a radio operator.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela died on 7 April 2018 at the age of 87.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela took Rathna to Radio Ceylon on November 29,1951, when she was 20 years old.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela continuously worked in the play for 50 years along with Wijeratne Warakagoda until resigned due to prolonged illness.
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Rathnawali Kekunawela has been unable to stop her bleeding after a heart surgery.