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Gemini Kantha
ජෙමිනි කාන්තා
1925 - 1992
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SUMMARY

Gemini Kantha ජෙමිනි කාන්තා
Yohan Jetsi Sheriffdeen
  • Birthday : 1925 February 20
  • Died : 1992 June 21
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    FILMOGRAPHY


    AS CAST MEMBER

    1Kadawunu Poronduwa
    Actress
    1947
    2Kapati Arakshakaya
    Actress
    1948
    3Weradunu Kurumanama
    Actress
    1948
    4Peralena Iranama
    Actress
    1949
    5Prema Tharangaya
    Actress
    1953
    6Sujatha
    Actress
    1953
    7Warada Kageda
    Actress
    1954

    AS SONG CREW

    1Kadawunu Poronduwa
    • Vocalists - Is Issara Wela Umbawa Mama
    • Vocalists - Papi Shayapi Do
    • Vocalists - Tahkkita Tharikita
    1947
    2Kapati Arakshakaya
    • Vocalists - Maha muhude suliya wage
    • Vocalists - Babalana numbage muhuna
    • Vocalists - Soda noda
    • Vocalists - Udaya nagita
    • Vocalists - Parana kaale
    1948
    3Weradunu Kurumanama
    • Vocalists - Kalu dodol
    • Vocalists - Payana sanda watakara
    • Vocalists - Meraya meraya
    1948
    4Peralena Iranama
    • Vocalists - Ko thawa awe na
    • Vocalists - Sinasisi nega enna
    • Vocalists - Gena enawa pawder saappuwak
    1949
    5Warada Kageda
    • Vocalists - Hadehi Ma Nagi Ena
    • Vocalists - Dalula Prema Gase
    • Vocalists - Aalaya Himi Maage Raja
    1954
    BIOGRAPHY

    Yohan Jetsi Sheriffdeen (born 20 February 1925 – died 21 June 1992 as ජෙමිනි කාන්තා) [Sinhala]), popularly as stage name Gemini Kantha, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the earliest pillars of Sinhala cinema, Kantha is considered as the first female comedian in Sinhala cinema. She was a pioneer comedy actress known as "Josi Baba" and singer in early Sri Lankan cinema.

    Personal life
    Gemini Kantha was born on 20 February 1925 in Meewakkumbura village in Matale to a Malay father.

    Career
    After the end of school life, Kantha joined the B. A. W. Jayamanne's Minerva Drama Group. She won a reputation as a singer who sang for the discs during the Gramophone era along with Eddie Jayamanne, Mohideen Baig and A.M.U Raj.[5] She became the first comic actress in Sri Lankan cinema with the role of "Josi baba" in Sri Lanka's first film Kadawunu Poronduwa in 1947. She also sang the song Nonage Ale Ge Meda Sale with Eddie Jayamanne.

    She has acted in only seven films in a short span of eight years. She quit cinema after marriage. She also starred in Bennett Ratnayake's teledrama Tharu, which was her last appearance in career.
     
     
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