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Charith Abeysinghe(Sinhala: චරිත් අබේසිංහ) (born 27 November 1982) is an award winning Director in Sri Lankan Cinema. Though he has become very poular from his career as a Director in Sri Lankan Television and Cinema Industry, he has appeared before the public in versatile forms as Director, Producer, Script Writer, Singer, Dancer and as an Actor.

Early life
Charith Wasantha Kumara Abeysighe was born on 27th November 1982 and comes from Horana a suburb situated at the Colombo District. Charith finished schooling at Vidyartha University College Horana and previously he studied at the Taxila Primary School Horana and excelled in his studies, music and sports such as Boxing and Cricket. At the age of 11, Charith took up boxing and represented the school in district level competitions and brought victory to the school. Also he was the opening batsman at the school cricket team. With this sports background Charith was an outgoing personality with very unique and different talents in the fields related to broadcast and voice. These interests made him to begin his career from the acclaimed Sri Lankan Children’s radio programme “Guwan Widuli Lama Pitiya”. This beginning was the first taste for Charith in the field of broadcasting, a taste which planted the seeds of his lifelong career and impressive love towards the Industry. In 2004 Charith moved to England and established “Uniforex”, his very own financial services business which was ultimately a means to an end borne of dreams.

Filmography
In December 2007, Charith Abeysinghe made his entry to the Film Industry by producing “Juliya” his first motion picture. The film was produced from “Studio X Films” and he played a main role in the same production. Months before its released “Juliya” became the second expensive Sri Lankan motion picture industry by establishing a historic endeavor and also the first Lankan film to be shot entirely in cutting edge High Definition and the first ever Sri Lankan picture to be finished at the world renowned Pinewood Studios facility in London, home to Harry Potter and James Bond. Further “Juliya” is the first Sri Lankan movie to premier at Empire Lester Square in London in 2009. In 2015 Charith produced a Black & White comedy “Juli Hathai”. Charith Abeysinghe’s experimental nature made him to find a new creation called “Reverse Turn” an effort bringing the Sri Lankan cinema to standards of Bollywood film Industry.

Television
In 2001 Charith Abeysinghe played a role in “Wassanaye Hiru Awidin” and in 2014 he played a role “Sonduru Kadalla and “Chakra”. In 2016 Charith made his presence felt playing a main role in Sanjaya Nirmal’s teledrama “Prana” and in 2017 Charith was approached once again to play a leading role in “Gamunu Maharaja Season 1 and epic teledrama. In 2018 he directed another epic tele series “Mini Gandala”. Apart from teledramas Charith have given his contribution for many visuals done by various singers.

Music
During his school days at Vidyartha College Horana, Charith had the chance to associate with best Musicians in Sri Lanka including luminaries such as Janaka Premalal, Saratha Kumarasinghe and Ravindra Yasas. With this beginning after sitting for the Ordinary Level Examination in 1998 Charith joined a music band led by a friend. Since Charith had the instinct talent and enthusiasm for music he entered the music industry as soon after completing his Advanced levels. His successive talent in Music was significant. Charith’s first step into professional career in music was with a Music Band called Venus, then with Saman and the Clan and finally with Seedewa Sakura. His young blood made him enthusiastic to learn music in all aspects in the industry and also the difficulties that inherent in life gave the young man a hard edge, grounding him and opening his eyes to the excitements as well as falls which made him standing on a very firm foundation in his later life. In early 2004 Charith’s interests towards music made him to migrate to England. With the international exposure he gained while Charith was in UK he joined with ‘The Islanders’, a Sri Lankan music band in UK over the past two decades which counted to being the only Sri Lankan band to perform at Buckingham Palace as its list of achievements. In early 2007 the first dream of Charith’s was realized with the releasing of “Sumudu Umudu” a self-titled album which became a cult hit in Sri Lanka. Success in his musical career and the ambition towards the industry made Charith to acquire him to gain the honor from the community.

Dancing
In 2018 Charith took another turning point in his career as a dancer by performing Derana Fair & Lovely Star City Twenty 20 a reality programme organized by Derana TV.

Awards
Charith was named the ‘Young Achiever of the Year’ at the inaugural Community Excellence Awards, organized by UK Lanka Times magazine, a leading community publication, held in late 2007. In 2014 Charith’s was nominated as best upcoming at Raigam Tele Awards.