Chandani Seneviratne

Acting

Chandani Seneviratne

Born 1962-12-28 · Colombo, Sri Lanka

Chandani Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan actress, of all three performing arts in cinema, theatre and television. One of the most distinguished artists in Sinhala cinema, Seneviratne has received critical acclaim and awards at every award festival in Sri Lanka for several dramatic roles.

Acting credits

Tentigo poster
7.0

An embarrassing problem emerges in a quiet household somewhere in a province of Sri Lanka. The patriarch of a lovely family suddenly dies in front of the TV one fateful night. He experienced something soulfully romantic before his last breath and the most sensitive part of his deceased body still functions without pulse or blood pressure. His two grown sons and a mourning mother are eager to bend down the standing organ to avoid shameful reactions at the funeral.

Tentigo

2025

Kusa Pabha poster
8.5

The love story between beastly-looking prince Kusa and beautiful princess Paba.

Kusa Pabha

2012

Siri Parakum poster
8.0

The 1st queen of the king dies in child birth, the prince survives. After the 2nd queen, gives birth to a new prince, she plots to kill the 1st prince, so that her son would get the crown after the king. A soldier senses this danger and ousts the prince to a rural village for survival. The village headman adopts the child without knowing the origin of the child. The prince gradually forgets his royalty, and grows up as a skillful and handsome farmer. After the death of the king, the soldier and religious leaders plan to bring the real prince to the crown.

Siri Parakum

2013

Father: The Judgement is inconclusive poster
NR

In the 1970s, in the Gampaha district, Desmond Gunasekara , a deeply religious young man from a very ordinary family, accidentally clashes with a crime gang led by a man named Gnane operating in the area.

Father: The Judgement is inconclusive

2026

Against the Tide poster
NR

Set in the rural Sri Lanka of 1989, civil war is raging but hasn't yet touched the life of nine-year-old Sirimal. One day his boatman father is asked to ferry a group of armed strangers over to their island, and they are shortly followed by the army. Gun battles and arrests soon follow and Sirimal's world is turned upside down when his father disappears. (Cary Rajinder Sawhney - London Film Festival 2004)

Against the Tide

2004

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections poster
NR

Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film many "Cinematons" of personalities from the Arab world and to continue his "Film Notebooks" from which he brought back 7 episodes.

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

2012

Smarana Samapthi - An Absolution poster
NR

A tribute and reflection on the political turmoil and tragic loss of life during the late '80s in Sri Lanka.

Smarana Samapthi - An Absolution

1999

Nino Live poster
6.0

“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.”” – George Washington Spying has always claimed the highest position in the hierarchy of human behavior. And thus it forms the crux of the film ‘Nino Live’. Based in the modern age, the film shows how an entire life can go public in this era of wires and networks. The film revolves around the journey of a child from adolescence to early manhood, all caught on celluloid.

Nino Live

2017

A Level poster
8.7

After getting through the O/L Examination with outstanding results, Anuththara with his friends eagerly look forward to experience their final years in school as seniors in the A/L class. They befriend Ahinsa and the other new girls who join their school. Ahinsa draws everyone’s attention for her smartness as well as her cheerful yet mysterious behaviour. Her irregular school attendance and the rumours circulating about her, make the others suspect that there’s a hidden story behind her cheerfulness.

A Level

2017

Goal poster
6.0

Goal is the story of bunch of ordinary village children who challenge the impossible with the help of a teacher who refuses to see them fail.

Goal

2018

Thaala poster
8.0

Asela, a young teacher comes to the Hatagala Elementary School situated in a remote rural village. In a short period of time, he is able to create a new educational awakening in the school with attractive, teaching methods.

Thaala

2019

Independence Lane poster
NR

A group of housewives form the same neighbourhood engage in a WhatsApp group chat are curious about a new young female tenant in a house nearby and her interaction with a young Muslim woman. In the backdrop of Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka members of the WhatsApp group are very suspicious about the young Muslim woman but they finally realize the nature of the relationship between the two young women and their sexual orientation.

Independence Lane

My Kind of Hero poster
NR

An adolescent boy with no birth certificate denied access to free education. He overwhelms the whole country and achieves what he has been dreaming in daylight.

My Kind of Hero

2010

Burning Birds poster
4.8

Since her fish salesman husband was killed by militant thugs for his political affiliations, Kusum has been left alone to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. She does this by breaking rocks in a nearby quarry. But of course, things can get worse and they do in this heartfelt but gruelling litany of suffering.

Burning Birds

2016

Under the Sun and Moon poster
NR

A Coincidental meeting of a Soldier and an Army officer at a dark night, in a forest burning with war, between Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Soldier's efforts born out of sheer respect to save the life of his critically wounded senior Officer become futile at the end. At the Senior officer's death, the soldier nagged constantly by his conscience and its questioning, feels that he too was responsible for the death of his Senior Officer. in the face of this, the soldier begins to probe into the past of the Senior Officer's life and engages in boundless sacrifice to bring justice to him, and in that process soldier gets Senior Officer's past wrongs corrected.

Under the Sun and Moon

2010

August Drizzle poster
6.5

A film that touches Life, Death and Expectations.One Person’s death fans the flame of expectations in another. the life that begins with that expectation ultimately ends in death. Loneliness, loss of social contacts and deceit are the underlying human conditions of the film.

August Drizzle

2011

Take Care poster
NR

Aseni and Wasala,married for four years and longing for children,face turmoil when Wasala's affair with Menaka leads to an unexpected pregnancy.Aseni uncovers the betrayal, igniting chaos,confrontations, and shattered trust in their lives.

Take Care

2024

Kandak Sema poster
NR

Based on a novel written by Sumithra Rahubadda.

Kandak Sema

2023

Mandara poster
NR

This is a tale weaving love, betrayal, and adventure. "Mandara" unfolds around the lives of sports star Mandara, engineer Vishwa, orphan heiress Yashora, and her uncle Bharatha. After Mandara and Vishwa's romance leads to heartbreak, their paths cross with Yashora, on the run from her murderous uncle, aiming to seize the family fortune. Their fates intertwine in a story of love, loss, and resilience, leading to a dramatic showdown and a heartwarming conclusion, all set against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's stunning landscapes and accompanied by a captivating soundtrack.

Mandara

2024

Garden of Bones poster
NR

After accidentally running over a girl by a car, a man is targeted for revenge by a strange desolate family.

Garden of Bones

2015