Kannangara Arachchige Sudath Rohana Kannangara, popularly known as Sudath Rohana, is a filmmaker in Sri Lankan cinema and a television director.
15 Facts About Sudath Rohana
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Sudath Rohana was born on 8 May 1964 in Minuwangoda as the only child of Kannangara Arachchige Yasaratne Kannangara and Hettithanthri Dona Leelawathi.
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Sudath Rohana is married and the couple has two daughters.
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Sudath Rohana won the Best Child Actor award at school for his performance in the play Dahamak Nathi Minissu.
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Sudath Rohana acted with a group of other school children and did a historical play called Yugayaka Peraliyak.
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Sudath Rohana was chosen for the lead role in Valampuri but was not allowed to leave the house by parents due to term test examinations.
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Sudath Rohana was the assistant director of several of Abeysekera's television serials such as Gangawa Tharanaya, Dolosmahe Gangawa, Thunkal Sihinaya and Eka Gei Awurudda.
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Sudath Rohana started teledrama direction in 1990 by making a short story by Kamal Perera's Amaravathi and Somadasa into a teledrama titled Keti Kathawak.
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Sudath Rohana captured this moment on camera for the serial Yuga Vilakkuwa in 1994.
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Sudath Rohana wanted to build a house on the same spot for the shooting.
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Sudath Rohana wanted to train the bulls to pull the two checks.
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Sudath Rohana recreated four short stories by Martin Wickramasinghe as a teledrama Vikumsiha Kathandara which became a success.
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In 1993, Sudath Rohana formed the Telenis organization to advocated for the pride of art and artists in Sri Lanka.
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Sudath Rohana made two short films, Marusamaya in 1999 and Sebala Virudiri in 2001 to nurture the art of short films.
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On 27 December 2019, Sudath Rohana assumed duties as the new Chairman of the Independent Television Network.