19.2.2008
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed actor Ravindra Randeniya,
as a presidential adviser for developing film industry.
The
appointment was conferred to the senior film star at the
Temple Trees yesterday when the President held a special
discussion over a proposed housing project for the artists.
Actor
Randeniya, is one of the most talented actors in Sri Lanka
and a strong political activist in the country’s
main opposition, the United National Party (UNP). He contested
for the Mahara electorate at the last general election
from the UNP but was not elected to the parliament.
Courtesy - Lanka
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