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The Kala Keerthi (Sinhala: කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".[1] It is the highest national honour for arts, culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.

  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.

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Kala Keerthi

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Monica Ruwanpathirana

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Kala Keerthi Monica Ruwanpathirana (Sinhala: මොනිකා රුවන්පතිරණ) (1946 – 2004) was a Sri Lankan poet and writer. She is considered one of the most acclaimed...

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2017 Sri Lankan national honours

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In March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services. It was the first time...

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2005 Sri Lankan national honours

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Wijeyesekera (born 1942), academic Forty two individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour: Tilak Abeysinghe Jackson Anthony (born 1958), actor Dharmasiri...

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1998 Sri Lankan national honours

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Diyanath Samarasinghe R. O. Barnes Wijesekera Five individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour: Dharmasiri Jayakody Nalini Jayasuriya Premasiri Khemadasa (1937–2008)...

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Vimukthi Jayasundara

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Sybil Wettasinghe

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Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe (Sinhala: සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ) (31 October 1927 – 1 July 2020) was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka...

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Malini Fonseka

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Derana Film Awards) Won – Contribution to Cinema Swarna Rajani Award (by Kala Lanka Foundation) Won – Contribution to Drama Felicitation Award (by Malani...

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Shyam Selvadurai

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Simon Navagattegama

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Himalaya tharanaya kala Arjuna kumarayage Kathava Wanaraya Acharya Bryan De Cretser, Ohy saha ohuge adahas Kalawa, Samajawadaya saha Kala Vicharaya Suddilage...

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Chitrasena

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posterity and to the development of the arts and culture of Sri Lanka. Kala Keerthi – Presidential award. Honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts)...

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2019 Sri Lankan national honours

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Weliwita Liyana Arachchillage Premasiri Weliwita Heeralu Mohottalalage Keerthi Bandara Padmasiri Moradeniyalage Eranga Vikumsiri Yasushi Akashi S. Arulkumaran...

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Umaria Sinhawansa

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awarded A-Grade by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. She has won the 'Kala Keerthi Abhimani' award for her contribution to Sri Lanka's music industry. Umaria...

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Sumana Gomes

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Lester James Peries

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Somalatha Subasinghe

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director and educator from Sri Lanka. She received both the Kala Suri and the Kala Keerthi in recognition of her contribution to Sri Lankan theatre. Somalatha...

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Jayantha Chandrasiri

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Vasantha Obeysekera

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Obeysekera (1937 – 2017), was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. Kala Keerthi Vasantha Obeysekera who was regarded as one of the foremost film makers...

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Asoka Handagama

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Latha Walpola

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Walpola contributed to nearly 600 films during her career. Walpola won the Kala Suri award from the Sri Lankan government in 2005. In 2017, she was awarded...

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Kala Master

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niece Keerthi, daughter of Jayanthi Master and wife of actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj, as an anchor in her dance reality show Manada Mayilada. Kala was previously...

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Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli

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lookout G.R Perera as Doorway shooting victim The score was composed by Kala Keerthi Premasiri Khemadasa and includes a song popular to this day; sung by...

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Vini Vitharana

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Kala Keerthi Vini Vitharana (Sinhala: විනි විතාරන) (2 June 1928 – 2 December 2019) was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese linguist, professor, lecturer and a scholar...

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Carl Muller

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Kala Keerthi Carl Muller (22 October 1935 – 2 December 2019) was an award-winning Sri Lankan writer, poet and journalist best known for his trilogy about...

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Malinee Peris

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Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, Op. 58. She was awarded the title of Kala Keerthi by the government of Sri Lanka in 1993, that nation’s highest honor in...

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Sumitra Peries

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afterwards. Peries died on January 19, 2023, at the age of 87. The title of Kala Keerthi by the Government of Sri Lanka in 2005 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold...

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Geetha Kumarasinghe

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