
Chandra Kaluarachchi
Biography
Chandra Kaluarachchi (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019) was a celebrated Sri Lankan actress who left a lasting legacy across cinema, theater, radio, and television. Highly regarded for her immense versatility, she frequently portrayed powerful, emotionally gripping maternal and character roles throughout a career spanning several decades.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A village girl who newly joined to the nursing is having a relationship with an civil engineer who works nearby project. The girl gets pregnant before they get married so they decided to abort the child. But it become unsuccessful and they decide to marry before the child is born. Although they both loved their child strongly, later he gets a blood cancer and died. The husband accuse the wife for the death and they become separated. Can they survive without seeing each other?

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on a short story written by G.B. Senanayake in one of his short story collection known as "The Revenge," the film revolves around a murder committed for the purpose of gaining access to a hidden treasure.

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Film starring Vijaya Kumaranatunga and Malani Fonseka.

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Desmond's Mother
Three rural, working class garment factory girls - a pampered prima-Donna (Mangala), a safe runner (Swineetha) and a tormented vixen (Gothami) go through trials and tribulations of their bitter sweet youth in a liberalized industrial zone in the city. Lovelorn Gothami makes life difficult for everyone around her and creates her own tragedy by obsessively falling in love with her pretty friend Mangala's sexually frustrated lover, Vipula. The carefree existence of the three girls end in catastrophe and gothami disappears. An accidental meeting of the two girls after several years results in a confession by the ever winning Mangala. the revelation shocks Gothami. Perhaps for the first time Gothami sees life, winning and losing, suffering and salvation in a completely different perspective, which she never thought existed.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy.

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Prostitute Dealer
A street kid is faced with the decision of whether to continue with his family's street performing profession, as his father becomes increasingly invalid and his family, helpless.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An intense, cat-and-mouse drama between newly appointed ASP Randeniya and a local thug (Goring Mudalali). Randeniya's life gradually falls apart as he wages war against Goring Mudalali's crime syndicate, erupting in a shocking climax.

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage sets this tragic story of the fifties in the walled city of Galle Fort, where Violet, a middle-aged woman, has raised two daughters alone. One is married and one engaged, and she seeks to get them settled as the reappearance of Victor, her lost first love, makes her wonder if she might also be happy.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Duminda's Mother
Set in Sri Lanka during the mid-1990s, August Sun tells three simultaneous stories against the backdrop of the country's savage civil war (1983 – 2009).

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Lalith is a chief Clarke of a Government Department. He falls in love with Nilanthi, a newly recruited typist. But Nilanthi is attracted to another handsome young Clarke in the same department named Sagara. Lalith detests this. He starts to suspect each and every act of Sagara and Nilanthi. ‘Dahasak Sithivili’ is based on Lalith’s efforts to prevent himself from getting carried away by these endless suspicions.