Highly notable service to the nation in Art,cinema and music
Status
Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction
1986
Last induction
2019
Precedence
Next (higher)
Kala Keerithi
The Kala Suri (Sinhala: කලා සූරී; Tamil: கலாசூரி, romanized: Kalācūri) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for special contributions to the development of the arts".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi.
^Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
The KalaSuri (Sinhala: කලා සූරී; Tamil: கலாசூரி, romanized: Kalācūri) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for special contributions to the development...
KalaSuri Somalatha Subasinghe (2 July 1936 – 30 May 2015 as සෝමලතා සුබසිංහ) was a Sri Lankan actress, playwright, theatre director and educator from...
KalaSuri Janabhimani Rohana Beddage (Sinhala: රෝහණ බැද්දගේ; born 27 October 1935) is a singer and actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television...
In August 2019 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 70 individuals for distinguished services. The awards ceremony was...
S. K. Sayakkara Prematilake Wijesekera Nine individuals received the KalaSuri honour: Tissa Abeysekara (1939–2009), filmmaker Dharmasiri Bandaranayake...
Jagath Weerasinghe (Sinhala: ජගත් වීරසිංහ; born 1954) is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist and archeologist. Weerasinghe has been a significant driving...
In March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services. It was the first time...
Santiapillai W. P. Siripala H. H. Subasinghe Thirty one individuals received the KalaSuri honour: Rohana Baddage Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader Sarath Chandrajeewa...
Dr. Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright. Particularly work as a playwright, Bandaranayake...
Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody (Sinhala: එඩ්වඩ් ජයකොඩි; born 6 April 1952), popularly known as Edward Jayakody, is a Sri Lankan musician...
KalaSuri Dona Georgina Meraya Denawaka, (20 February 1906 – 9 December 2002 as දෙනවක හාමිනේ), popularly known as Denawaka Hamine, was an actress in Sri...
KalaSuri Alhaj Kareem Mohideen Baig (Sinhala: මොහිදින් බෙග්, Arabic: محي الدين بيك; 5 December 1919 – 4 November 1991), popularly as Mohideen Baig, was...
Nita Fernando (born September 5, 1947, නීටා ප්රනාන්දු) in Negombo, Sri Lanka, is an actress in the Sri Lankan cinema. She has starred in films like Duhulu...
Walpola contributed to nearly 600 films during her career. Walpola won the KalaSuri award from the Sri Lankan government in 2005. In 2017, she was awarded...
KalaSuri Raigama Bulathsinhalage Lucien Perera (born 25 December 1942, Sinhala: ලූෂන් බුලත්සිංහල), popularly as Lucien Bulathsinhala, is an actor and...
under Ashoka.[citation needed] The old route was re-aligned by Sher Shah Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas. The Afghan end of the road was rebuilt under Mahmud...
KalaSuri Barbara Sansoni (22 April 1928 – 23 April 2022) was a Sri Lankan designer, artist, colourist, entrepreneur, and writer. She was known for her...
KalaSuri Thangamma Appakutty (7 January 1925 – 15 June 2008) was a Sri Lankan philanthropist, veteran religious personality, educator and social activist...
Independent Film Festival in the world.) For Sulang Kirilli (The Wind Bird): KalaSuri National Award" given for the most promising honourable professionals...
KalaSuri Diliup Gabadamudalige is a Sri Lankan pianist, keyboardist, composer, lyricist and producer. He is the pioneer in Computer/MIDI Music in Sri...
Hadaya 1984 KalaSuri Award – for acting as a remarkable lyricist in Sri Lanka 1985 Kiwisuru Award by Hela Urumaya 1988 First Class KalaSuri Award 1990...
KalaSuri Attanayake Mudiyanselage Podi Manike (born August 23, 1947), popularly as Manike Attanayake (Sinhala: මැණිකේ අත්තනායක), is an actress in Sri...
KalaSuri Parakrama Kodituwakku, is a notable Sinhala poet. After the revival and experimentations of Sinhala poetry during the 1950s and 1960s, the 1970s...
KalaSuri Visharadha Dr. Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Sujatha Perera (born 12 May 1942: as සුජාතා අත්තනායක), colloquially known as Sujatha Aththanayaka...
Kohinoor Award by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Government of Sri Lanka's KalaSuri national award, the Asian Film Center tribute to her in 1994, Munich International...