{"id":103127,"date":"2022-11-01T05:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T05:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=103127"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:11:03","slug":"nita-fernando-internationally-acclaimed-award-winning-actress-debuted-in-1966-continued-acting-after-a-sojourn-of-eighteen-years-to-be-still-a-celebrity-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/nita-fernando-internationally-acclaimed-award-winning-actress-debuted-in-1966-continued-acting-after-a-sojourn-of-eighteen-years-to-be-still-a-celebrity-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"NITA FERNANDO INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AWARD WINNING ACTRESS DEBUTED IN 1966 CONTINUED ACTING AFTER A SOJOURN OF EIGHTEEN YEARS TO BE STILL A CELEBRITY – by Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"

NITA FERNANDO INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AWARD WINNING ACTRESS DEBUTED IN 1966 CONTINUED ACTING AFTER A SOJOURN OF EIGHTEEN YEARS TO BE STILL A CELEBRITY – by Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"Sunil-Thenabadu\"Nita Beatrice Fernando<\/strong>\u00a0was born on 5th<\/sup>\u00a0September 1947,in\u00a0Katuneriya\u00a0close to Negombo, Sri Lanka is an actress, Kandyan dancer\u00a0 in the Sri Lankan cinema. She has starred in her ambition initially\u00a0 was to become a dance teacher as her paternal ancestors all had been dancers .Nita had studied at Holy family convent Wennappuwa eldest among\u00a0 four siblings, two brothers and a sister. Reminisced that she and siblings had to get up early to attend to six o clock Mass at mother\u2019s school on her insistence. Nita had studied \u2018O\u2019 levels but only halfway in the Advanced level as she was invited by sheer quirk to portray roles in films. In school she had been involved in drama and dance events actively. Mother had disliked her acting initially as then she considered not suits young girls then. After her coming to acting had got an opportunity in a film where she had met her life partner\u00a0 Elian Perera a lawyer by profession\u00a0 who had helped her immensely to rise in acting. Elian Perera a lawyer had married Nita in year 1973.when Nita was well known as an actress. Nita had confessed that before marriage Elian had asked whether she would join him if he gets an opportunity to find employment abroad. Having doubt about his possibility of finding a billet overseas she had consented. Nita had affirmed that Elian loved her much more than she loved him. In year 1975 Elian had found employment at the Mcgil University in Montreal Canada had left to Canada in year 1975 having completed many films for contracts had been signed. However Nita had come to Sri Lanka on vacations and completed some more films for which she had signed on .Nita had quipped that before marriage to Nita it was films the top priority and then Eilian, but after marriage it was Eilian and then films as he had loved Nita more than she loved him. Husband had asked her whether she would join in the event he got a job abroad. After applying he as a Lawyer had found employment in the McGill university in Montreal in Canada. Eilian did not want to aggravate Nita after her triumphant roles and popularity had got her to study in many areas like French language , which had helped her immensely to get a job as a telephone operator cum receptionist in\u00a0 Montreal general hospital, X-ray department , later had\u00a0 got a promotion as a supervisor had worked for 18\u00a0 long years. With a fair amount of savings from their respective jobs. The life had been hard from the inception. At the beginning it had been difficult to cope with her job but naturally she got accustomed which made her job easy. On arrival in Sri Lanka the cinema trade had improved to high elevations. Elian had affirmed that he would take her back with dignity. He produced Suriyakanatha\u00a0 and then Pauru walalu\u00a0 of Prasanna Vithanage\u00a0 which won her\u00a0 an international award too in the 11th Singapore International film festival. Though Eilian and Nita had travelled to Singapore Eilian had suddenly fallen ill with a complication on his neck.,They had occupied a room in the same hotel in the same building where the hall of the\u00a0 festival hall was located. when Nita informed the organizers they wanted her to come even for a moment as all nominated had to be present dressed in national attires. Though only she had been nominated did not know she would be win. For her portrayal in Pauru Walalu\u00a0 of Vijaya Dharmasri\u2019s with Vijay Kumaratunga, Henry Jayasena she was\u00a0 adjudicated the best actress award among the nominees. She had also won an award for Duhulu Malak role of Nirupa in 1976 of VD first depiction of adultery, extra marital life in a Sinhalese film. for which she could not accept. First film she portrayed a role was in Saroja after coming to Sri Lanka fom Canada of Somaratne Dissanayake.<\/span><\/p>\n