[2][deprecated source] Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya also has worked as an assistant director, producer, script writer and a filmmaker.
[5] His father was an active trade unionist in Ceylon Electricity Board and a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party represented the Left Movement.
His elder brother Lalith Janakantha is also a renowned actor in stage, television and cinema.
Then Edirisinghe invited him to play a role in his teledrama Namal Golla, which marked his first appearance in drama career.
His maiden performance on stage was to stand in for an absent actor in the play Dukgannarala by Prasannajith Abeysuriya.
His popular stage acting came through Somaratne Dissanayake's Mee Pura Wesiyo, Parakrama Niriella's Sekkuwa, Rodney Warnakula's Saranga Naven Evith and Priyantha Seneviratne's Minisa.
[14] In 1997, he got the chance to work as assistant director in popular teledrama Nonavaruni Mahathvaruni directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan.