Ravindra Randeniya

Ravindra Randeniya
MP
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
In office
2001–2004
Majority56,449 Preferential Votes
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
2000–2001
Personal details
Born
Liyanage Boniface Walter Perera

(1945-06-05) 5 June 1945 (age 79)
Dalugama, Kelaniya,
British Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
SpousePreethi Pramila (m. 1974)
ChildrenSachindra Nirmal
Sameera Manabarana
Umayangana Indrachapa
OccupationActor, politician, businessman
Known forDesa Nisa

Liyanage Boniface Walter Perera (born 5 June 1945), popularly known by his stage name Ravindra Randeniya, is a Sri Lankan actor and former politician.[1][2] He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1975, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 (Dadayama), 1985 (Maya), 1989 (Sandakada Pahana), and 1990 (Sri Medura).[3][4]

Randeniya hosted the quiz program Mind Star on ITN, which gain huge publicity.[5]

  1. ^ "Past Members of the parliament". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "මම හරිම තෘප්තිමත්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "අපේ කාලයේ ලාංකේය තෙස්පියන්වරයාගේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨත්වයේ, ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨත්වය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "ඔහුට ප්‍රීතිගෙන් ලැබුණ සහාය විශාල පිටිවහලක් වුණා-ප්‍රවීණ රූපණවේදිනී ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ravindra Randeniya new role". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.