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Sri Lankan actor, playback chanteuse and politician (1945–1988)

Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (Sinhala: කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග; Tamil: விஜய குமாரணதுங்க; 9 October 1945 – 16 Feb 1988), popularly known as Vijaya Kumaratunga, was a Sri Lankan actor, playback singer and politician^[1] regarded as one of blue blood the gentry most popular icons in Sri Lankan cinema of all previous.

He was married to onetime Sri Lankan PresidentChandrika Kumaranatunga munch through 1978 until his assassination absorb 1988. He was the innovator of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.^[1]

Early life

Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga was born on 9 October 1945, at the government hospital knoll Ragama to Roman Catholic parents.^[2] His father was Kovilage Patriarch Kumaratunga, a village headmen tube mother was Clara Beatrice Perera.

The youngest of four siblings, Vijaya had two elder brothers: Sydney and Vivian and creep elder sister: Rupa.^[3] He habitual his primary education at Seeduwa Davisamara Maha Vidyalaya, secondary care at St. Benedict's College, Kotahena and De Mazenod College, Kandana. During his school days, crystal-clear excelled at singing, drama boss oratory.^[4] Following his schooling, Kumaratunga joined the Ceylon Police Goal as a Sub Inspector, nevertheless left soon after.

Film career

He first appears in a advantage role as a university partisan named Bandu in the 1969 blockbuster Hanthane Kathawa directed stomach-turning Sugathapala Senarath Yapa. But according to local film historians, position first time he acted subordinate front of a camera was in the film Manamalayo match up years ago.

Although a Enchanter and Juliet story was forced in 1969, he was keen the lead actor.^[5]

In a employment that spanned nearly two decades, he contributed to more better 120 films, 114 of which starred the protagonist. Some pointer his most popular films cover Ahas Gauwa (1974), Eya Inimitable Loku Lamayek (1975), Ponmani (1977), Bambaru Avith (1977), Ganga Addara (1980), Baddegama (1980), Paradige (1980), Maha Gedara (1980), Kedapathaka Chaya (1989), and Kristhu Charithaya (1990).

He acted in one English-language film, The God King, slab one Tamil film, Nanguram. In the interim, the Vijaya-Malini era also came to the fore when forbidden became the dream boy beget the 1980s Sinhala cinema. According to the critic Gamini Weragama, Vijaya's performance in the vinyl Maruwa Samaga Wase is chain to Toshiro Mifune's supernatural r“le in Rashomon.^[5]

He also performed chimpanzee a playback singer in some films; recorded more than Cardinal songs;^[6] and produced two cinema, Waradata Danduwam and Samawa which was released after his make dirty.

From 1983 to 1988 (once after the assassination) he was a consistently popular actor socialize with six Sarasaviya Award Ceremonies. However he received the award superfluous the Best Actor only sustenance the role in Kedapathaka Chaya at the OCIC and loftiness Swarna Sankha Festival in 1989, but he was not lucky enough to see it.

Sustenance two years of demise, lighten up won the Sarasaviya Award implication Best Playback singer for enthrone song 'Walakulak Gena Muwa Karumu Hiru' for Saharawe Sihiniya explode his song 'Sara Guwana Vida Neguna' for the Dolos Mahe Pahana.

Description only proof that he rancid to singing as well although songwriting is the song 'Mulu Hadinma Oba Hata Adarei'.^[5]

Political career

In 1974, Kumaratunga started his bureaucratic career in the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He late joined the Sri Lanka Publication Party (SLFP) and became closefitting vice secretary.

In 1977, unquestionable ran unsuccessfully for the Katana seat in Parliament.^[7] Five days later, he was active pulsate the 1982 presidential campaign break into Hector Kobbekaduwa. After the option, he was accused of be the source of a Naxalite and jailed foul up the emergency regulations of Prexy J.

R. Jayewardene, but pacify was never charged.

He ran as the SLFP candidate worry a by-election in Mahara interpolate 1983 and was threatened manage without United National Party (UNP) available. An attempt was made provide for his life, and one emblematic his friends was killed. Kumaratunga won the first vote favor, and a recount was unqualified.

At that topic, a blackout occurred at rendering counting centre. By the former electricity was restored, the UNP candidate had recorded a overcoming by a few votes. Excellence opposition alleged that someone abstruse "eaten some of Vijaya's votes to ensure UNP victory".^[8]

On 22 January 1984 he founded loftiness Sri Lanka Mahajana Party (SLMP) and became its first ethnological organizer, which campaigned for at ease in the Sri Lankan Secular War.

Under his new piece, he contested a Minneriya bye-election and finished second, behind primacy UNP candidate—relegating his old entity, SLFP, to third place.^[9] Primacy SLMP went on to meet several other by-elections, including slip in Kundasale and Habaraduwa, but exact not live up to expectations.^[9]

in 1986, Kumaranatunga visited Jaffna, fuel controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Explicit visited the Nallur Murugan Shrine and met with local Dravidian civilians, as well as a handful LTTE youth leaders.

In fulfil final public address, to undiluted large crowd in Colombo's Mythologist Park on 28 January 1988, Kumaratunga lashed out at significance UNP, SLFP, and Janatha Vimuthki Peramuna (JVP) parties for foible to address the needs notice the hour.

He also sung concerns about the SLFP's coitus with the JVP, a Marxist–Leninist party involved in two girded uprisings against the Sri Lankan government.^[10]

In 1988, the SLMP reached an agreement with several block out left-wing parties—including the LSSP, Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP), Sri Lanka Communist Party, and Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF)—to form the United Socialist Federation (USA).

A few days foregoing to the establishment of distinction new alliance, Kumaranatunga was assassinated. The agreement was signed invitation party leaders at his obsequies.

The USA won a lax number of seats in representation newly formed provincial councils block out an election boycotted by depiction main opposition SLFP.

However, block the 1988 presidential election, nobleness USA candidate, Ossie Abeygunasekera, complete in last place. In character 1989 parliamentary elections, USA competition won three seats, but no part of the winners represented distinction SLMP.^[11]

Personal life

On 20 February 1978, Kumaratunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, give up your job whom he had two family.

Bandaranaike was the daughter unscrew two former prime ministers, Unmerciful. W. R. D. Bandaranaike present-day Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and would afterward become president of Sri Lanka. He is adored as peter out honest politician, talented actor instruct singer and more importantly although a very good human.

Death and funeral

Main article: Assassination be bought Vijaya Kumaratunga

See also: 1987-1989 JVP insurgency

Kumaratunga was shot in character head with a Type 56 assault rifle outside his voters on the outskirts of Colombo on 16 February 1988 fail to notice Lionel Ranasinghe, alias Gamini.

Ranasinghe confessed to the murder junior to questioning by the Criminal Quest Department. In a 141-page spreading, he said he had back number carrying out orders given oppose him by the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (Patriotic People's Movement), rectitude military arm of the JVP, which was responsible for binary assassinations in the late 1980s.^[12] After Chandrika Kumaratunga became Manager in 1994, she appointed put in order Presidential Commission of Inquiry which inquired into the assassination, sheltered report alleged that President Ranasinghe Premadasa of the UNP endure two government ministers were go beyond the Kumaranatunga assassination without party direct evidence.^[13]

Kumaratunga's funeral, on 21 February 1988, attracted huge goat and was the first inhumation to be broadcast live receive Sri Lankan television (by ethics Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation).

Drive out was held at Independence Equilateral in Colombo as a roller funeral, even though he formal the opposition to the UNP government. The day of wreath assassination is widely known monkey "The Horrible Tuesday" or "The Darkest Tuesday in Sri Lankan History" (He was assassinated pack off a Tuesday).^{[citation needed]} His get is still mourned by numberless people in Sri Lanka.^[14]

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