Dilani Abeywardana
Biography
Dilani Perera Abeywardana is a retired actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. Started her career in the 1990s, and she is best known for her dramatic roles in the films Juriya Mamai, Sujatha, and Chandani.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Girl in Red dress
Jackie and Vikie steal money from a charity box in their village and run away. They arrive in Colombo and stay in a hotel where Jackie falls in love with Bhagya, a psychiatrist. Unknown, that another man, named Tintin is also in the race to win over Bhagya. Who will finally win her heart?
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Mangala
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 - 1991, 2h 15m • as Dhanushka
A woman has an affair with an ambitious politician who feels that their unborn child, conceived out of wedlock will hinder his carrier.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Nurse Shanika
Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars two child artists Tharaka Hettiarachchi and Nithyavani Kandasami in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Dilani Abeywardana.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Singithi's Mother
Singithis mother has been killed by her own relatives to capture her wealth. Fearing danger Singithi too escapes, with her three pets Sanju the monkey, Bindu the dog and Raju the elephant. She later learns that a girl named Mallika, has taken her position. Will she ever return to her family?
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Sulochana
The story revolves around Mahanama, a well-known police officer who leaves his country to settle abroad. His son Prem is in love with Sulochana who lives in Sri Lanka. As fate would have it, Sulochana is not in love with Prem but Dougie; who is the lost son of Mahanama.