Sathischandra Edirisinghe is a recipient of life time awards at many award ceremonies.
20 Facts About Sathischandra Edirisinghe
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe was born on 11 February 1941 in Kelaniya as the sixth child of the family.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe's father is late Patikirige Edirisinghe was a Chief Supervisor of the Department of Cottage Industries.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe has one elder brother, late Dharmasiri, four elder sisters - Techla Sandaseelee, late Florida Katherine, Mershia Sirima and Mary Elizabeth and two younger brothers - Nimal Ranjith and Sunil.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe started preschool career with Sir D B Jayatilaka Vidyalaya, then entered to Sri Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya in 1947.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe was the eldest of the ten siblings in her family.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe had her education at Sri Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya, where she met Sathischandra Edirisinghe.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe had a keen interest on drama, where she acted in many school stage dramas, directed by Sathischandra.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe is interested in textile and fashion designing in Australia, All are married.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe started to show his talents when he is at Sri Dharmaloka Central College.
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For role in Anton Chekhov's Proposal at Inter-school drama competition, Sathischandra Edirisinghe adjudged the Best Actor of the Southern Province.
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In 1961, he started his stage drama career where his elder brother, Dharmasiri Edirisinghe introduced him to Kala Guru JD A Perera.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe is considered one of the pioneer actors in Sri Lankan teledrama history.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe played in many popular films of the early stage of Sri Lankan television such as, Mihikathage Daruwo, Tharadevi and Palingu Menike.
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In 2008, Sathischandra Edirisinghe was invited to take the position of Consultant in Cultural Affairs in the Ministry of Irrigation.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe is an author who published many books such as Apa Sathu Minimuthu, Kata Wata Kara Weta and Jalaya Saha Minisa.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe has written nearly 25 books, where Eight books for children.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe went with a script writer to Kuwait in 1990 for a stage drama.
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On January 14,2008, felicitation program titled Sathischandra Edirisinghe Prathibhanaya was held at 3 pm at Sarasavi Studio, Dalugama, Kelaniya.
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Sathischandra Edirisinghe started his film career with Sadol Kandulu back in 1966, directed by Senator Reggie Perera.