A SPEECH BY GAMINI FONSEKA (SINHALA CINEMA SAKWITHI)

SEMBUGE GAMINI SHELTON FONSEKA (1936-2004) WAS A SRI LANKAN FILM ACTOR AND POLITICIAN.

FONSEKA WAS BORN ON MARCH 21, 1936 IN DEHIWELA THE THIRD CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DAISY FONSEKA. STARTING SCHOOL AT A PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTION, GAMINI MOVED ON TO S. THOMAS' COLLEGE, MT. LAVINIA. AS A YOUNGSTER, HE GAINED REPUTE FOR IMITATING ADMINISTRATIVE FIGURES AT SCHOOL. GAMINI ALSO PROSPERED IN THE STUDY OF THE SINHALA LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN COLLEGE AND PLACED IN THE UPPER FOURTH FOR A SINHALA LITERATURE PRIZE. THE AWARD FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY S. THOMAS' GRADUATE AND SRI LANKAN PRIME MINISTER D. S. SENANAYAKE. GAMINI WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED CRICKET PLAYER. GAMINI FONSEKA MARRIED HIS LONG TIME GIRLFRIEND DOROTHY MARGARET VALENCIA ALSO KNOWN AS TINA IN 1962 AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN CHAMILA, THANUJA, DAMMITH AND ISHARA. MANY YEARS LATER HE ALSO FATHERED KAUSHALYA AND POORNIMA.

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Gamini Fonseka was a true patriotic sinhalese gentleman.

I hope the present day Srilankans follow these people.

Instead of accepting all the junk west export , junk food, , KFC, Nestles , Coca Cola . Silly music etc.

S.Mahinda's poems are very relevant today as well.