She was not just sitting and watching the drama, but it was like almost sitting for the entrance examination at the university and getting through to graduation. She was fully absorbed in all programmes, naturally her mind and soul flowed into the art. No doubt, the theatre bug had bitten her. And Madani Malwattage choose to be a stage actress.
Madani Malwattage won the Best Actress award in the “State Drama Festival 2009, for her excellent performance in K.B.Herath’s “Jagan Ma”. The praising words at the award distribution function about her acting talents were echoing in Madani’s ears even after almost two months of the event.
In “Jagan Ma”, she has a dual role as a girl as well as a boy. The play portrays how difficult it is for someone to go against the nature. The theme as well as the roles she was cast in brought the best in her and she won the award of the Best Actress. This is not the first time she is receiving the state drama festival award. She has bagged a number of awards. In 2007, Madani had also received the same award, for the role she played in Susil Gunarathne’s “Denuwara Dennek”
