Kavindu Madushan
Kavindu Madushan කවිඳු මධුෂාන් | |
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Born | P. G. Kavindu Madushan 1 August 1997 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | Piliyandala Central College |
Occupation(s) | Choreographer, Dancer, Actor |
Years active | 2009–present |
P. G. Kavindu Madushan (born on 1 August 1997 as කවිඳු මධුෂාන්) [Sinhala]), is a model, dancer, choreographer and television actor.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Madushan was born on 1 August 1997 in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family. His father is P. G. Jayarathne and his mother Shanthi Perera is a housewife. He completed education from Piliyandala Central College. He has one younger sister, Chiranya Chandupani.[3]
Career
[edit]Madhushan was drawn to dance from an early age particularly with his family background. He studied new dance styles from many dance teachers from the early age. In 2008, he applied for the second season of Derana Little Star reality program. There he became the first runner-up in the competition and made his landmark of the career.[1] In 2014, he joined with the dance group of Gayan Srimal through Sirasa Dancing Star.[4]
Then in 2016, in the eighth season, there was a competition of the winners of the previous Little Star winners titled "Derana Dance Unlimited", where he won its title accompany with Anjani Shalanika. Then in 2019, he joined another reality program, the Hiru Super Dancer program and became the runner-up.[3] During this program, he was invited to play a role in a television serial. With that, he made television acting debut in 2020 through the mega teledrama Sihina Genena Kumariye where he played the role of disabled child "Sadev".[5] In the meantime, he excelled his dancing credentials from Gayan Srimal.[3] In 2021, Madushan joined with Shanudrie Priyasad for third season of Hiru Mega Star.[6][7] During the competition, the duo made several notable dance choreography and finally ended the competition as the first runner-up.[4][8][9][10]
Awards
[edit]- 2009 Derana Little Star - first runner up
- 2017 Derana Dance Unlimited - winner with Anjani Shalanika
- 2019 Hiru Super Dancer - first runner up with Agasi Dewani
- 2021 Hiru Mega Star - first runner up with Shanudrie Priyasad[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kavindu Madushan displays multi talents". Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via PressReader.
- ^ "හිරු මෙගා ස්ටාර් වේදිකාවේ බැබළුණු කවිඳු සහ ශනුද්රි (PHOTOS)". Trending Colombo. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "My first play was challenging: Kavindu". mawbima.lk. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b "'I was born to be a dancer'". The Morning - Sri Lanka News. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ ""If I could have danced I would have been where I am" - This is how Kavindu Madushan became an actor who captivated the whole country with his dance". gossip.hirufm.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "නිතරම ෂනුද්රි දැන් දකින්න නැති එක දුකයි. සිහින කුමරා කවිඳු කියයි". Dailly la News. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "විශ්මයාන්විත රියැලිටි වැඩසටහන 'හිරු මෙගා ස්ටාර්ස්' Season 03 අවසන් මහා තරගය අදයි". Hiru News. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "The latest dance cover by Shanudri and Kavindu". news24. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Chat with Kavindu". paththare. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "මෙගා ස්ටාර් අනුශූරතාවය දිනූ ශනූයි කවිඳුයි කරපු ෆොටෝෂූට් එක". www.saaravita.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "මෙගා ස්ටාර් තරගාවලියේ අනුශුරතාවය දිනාගත් ශනුද්රි සංවේදීව එකතු කළ සටහන". am.lk. Retrieved 9 January 2022.