She is one of the famous and most beautiful upcoming female actress in Sri Lanka. She is very young actress and she has very cute face.Now she is becoming grate star of big screen television in the field of Tele Dramas .
Gonakumbura Pangukarage Shalani Tharaka Wijayabandara the well known actress, model and dancer who would be recognized easily as shalani tharaka was born in the area of Balangoda on 15th of november 1990. Her father who is a businessmen in profession is Susantha Wijayabandara by name while her mother is Suraji Fernando a beautician.
She had her primary education at St Agnes Convent, Balangoda. Ever since shalani was a child she started indicating features of a talented personality and of course by now she has proven it true.After the primary education she moved to her mother’s hometown Negombo and had her higher education there onwards at Newstead Girls College which was an opportunity to brighten up her dancing skills in both western and kandian styles.
The turning point of her life or the start of her celebrity life began with the pagent Sirasa kumariya. Her first step in the industry was kept in the drama Poojasanaya by Mr.Sherly P. delankawala, and her talents take her further in the field to Isuru bawana, Hansi,Samanalee, Api Api Wage 1 & 2 teledramas which became popular among all her fans. And of course the coming up Ganga Addara n Sanda Sanda wage also being contributed by Shalani’s roles.
talk about actresses' prostitution
While recently there were reports of actress engaged in prostitution and earning an income, what has happened there is not that actresses have become harlots , but that harlots have become actresses, says popular youth actress Shalani Tharaka.
She was speaking to ‘ Lakbima’ newspaper. ‘Having established their names and in order to foster their trade, they played minor roles in teledramas. When confronted before the law, the story spreads that Tele drama actresses are engaged in the prostitution business’ she said.
Creative artists should ensure that such persons are not engaged in their productions, she said, an that if one day it becomes known that there is such a person acting in the same production with her , she would withdraw from such a venture. Popular Tele star Salani Tharaks’s first film was ‘ Selvam’ and in the yet to be released production ‘ Mayawi’ she plays the role of a complex mentally affected woman.
