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Versatile heartthrob amiable gifted actress Jeevarani in the decades of sixties and seventies reminisced by Sunil Thenabadu Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya  after her marriage to Dr Lanka Wijesena, Jeevarani Wijesena  a gorgeous ,versatile actress particularly in the decades of the sixties and seventies in stage, theatre and television medias. . Undoubtedly Jeevarani along with Vijitha Mallika and Sandhya Kumari was one of the most popular actresses in early Sinhala cinema. She portrayed her first pivotal character in Sri Lanka’s first Sinhala color film “Ranmuthu Duwa”.] Jeevarani was born on 2nd December 1941 in  Aluthgama-Kalutara as the eldest of the family. Her father was Kurukulasuriyage Venus Anthony Fernando.As still a toddler, just three years old, Jeevarani had displayed innate talent, used to dance, sing lullabies, poems and do various mimics in front of parents and relatives. She finalized her education at the Good Shepherd Convent Kotahena.Her younger siblings Shirani,Janaki and Manik all reputed ...