Later Nilanthi Wijesinghe clinched the Miss Ceylon title as a teenager. In a career spanning several decades she has played diverse roles in films and tele-dramas and even today she is a well-known face among small screen fans.
How did your acting career begin?
I was a film buff from my childhood. Somewhere in 1966 after I sat for the SSC exam, filmmaker GDL Perera who was a friend of my father met me one day and asked my father if I would like to act. He was looking for new faces for his movie ‘Dahasak Sithuwili’. Despite heavy resistance from my parents I however managed to act in the movie.
Then you became a professional actress?
