Acting is an industry in which hundreds of people come and go every day. Some actors make places in our hearts, while others fail to make an impact on our mind and heart. Acting is one of the toughest jobs, which only talented people can do. In today’s blog, we are going to discuss a lost television and film personality – Sarala Kariyawasam. How many of you know her name or have watched her movies? Only a limited number of people know this name, which was a sensation previously. So, let’s discuss a girl, who was awarded as the best young performer in an international feature film “Water”.
Who is Sarala Kariyawasam?
Born in 1996 in Sri Lanka, Sarala Kariyawasam is a former Sri Lankan child artist, who has been known for her incredible acting in movies like “Water,” and “Abá.” She made her acting debut in Deepa Mehta’s Indo-Canadian film “Water” released in the year 2005. She made her debut as a child actress in the movie “Water” and stunned the critics by her absolutely outstanding performance in the movie. In this movie, she shared the screen with Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray and John Abraham. This film is about the life of widows staying in an ashram of Varanasi, India. She completed her education from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya. During studies, she was a brilliant student and her favourite subjects were English, Mathematics and Science. She is the youngest child in her family. She has a sister and brother, elder to her.
Sarala Kariyawasam’s profession, height, age and weight
Sarala Kariyawasam’s height is 1.62m and her weight is 62 kg. Now she is 24 years old and unmarried. Her net worth is $200,000. She is a Sri Lankan child actress. Currently, she hosts a children’s TV show in Sri Lanka.
More about Sarala Kariyawasam’s movies and career
She stunned everyone with her talent in the movie “Water.” In this movie, she performed the role of an eight-year-old widow (Chuyia). The film portrays how harsh treatment widows used to receive in the year 1930s in India. In the movie, she acted as a girl who lost her husband at the age of eight and sent to an Ashram, where she stayed and faced a low of challenged, leading to an austere life, slept on concrete floors, begged for the survival and sometimes sold as prostitutes to the Brahmin family across the sea. Her acting in the movie was praised worldwide and Hollywoods Young Artist Award Foundation honoured her “the Best Young Performer” in an International Feature Film Award.
An incredibly talented child, not understanding the word of Hindi or English, who had to study all the dialogues, ultimately acted so well that her incredible performance shocked many critics all over the world. Even after struggling with the language, the film was finished within three months’ time. Sarala had the biggest challenge to embrace the job of shaving her head. Getting bald is one of the biggest decisions that she has to take, as she had beautiful hair previously. To bring life to the character of Chuyia she decided to shave her head according to her Water story. The character of Chuyia will remain with us and praised forever.
Where is Sarala Kariyawasam now?
People are eager to know where the girl who played an amazing role of an 8-year-old widow in the movie “Water’ has gone. Well, the girl has now grown up and married to a man named Eranga Jeewantha at ‘The Barnhouse’ in Panadura. You can see the amazing wedding photoshoot of Sarala and Eranga on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3apMK4n7U&ab_channel=Truthtv).
She is active on social media channels. You can follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sarala_kariyawasam/?hl=en. She has 28.9k followers on Instagram. She is also active on Facebook and her account handle is https://www.facebook.com/sarala.kariyawasam20. You can connect with her and get an update about her life on social media channels.
Sarala Kariyawasam Acting
Sarala Kariyawasam received fame and love of the audience from her role in the movie “Water.” She shared the screen with Lisa Ray and John Abraham. With her acting skills, she won everyone’s heart. “Water” is an amazing movie directed by Deepa Mehta on a social issue. Here she beautifully picturized the tough life of Widows in India. At a young age, she did an amazing job in the movie. We wish to see her acting skills in more movies that put a light on social issues in our country.
To know more about Sarala Kariyawasam, check her Instagram and Facebook page. Follow her on social media and stay connected with her to know everything that’s going on in her life.
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