Suneth Kulasiri Budawatta (Sinhala: කුලසිරි බුදවත්ත; 6 May 1950 – 23 June 2021), was a prominent Sri Lankan dancer and choreographer.
[5][6] He was born on 6 May 1950 in Budawatta Gavilipitiya village in Aranayake, Mawanella,[7] Sri Lanka as the seventh heir of Buddhawatta Dancing family of Satharakoralaya.
[15] In the meantime in 1970, he went on to pursue further academic education as a student at the Government College of Dance and Ballet called Haywood Institute.
He went to 40 countries like Russia and Pakistan with the then Prime Minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike with drama troupe.
[16] In 1983, he created a ballet called "Satana" based on a concept of Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa.
[8] Some of his popular dancing students are Malini Fonseka, Suraj Mapa,[22] Chandana Wickramasinghe,[23] Upeka Gangodawila, Manjula Kumari, Jagath Chamila, Wimala Wickramarasuriya, Pannarasadi Ranasinghe, Rashmi Ravina, Anjali Budawatte, P. W. T. Diane, Channa Bulathsinhala, and Himali Gunasekara.
He also made a dance composition for the song "Araliya Landata" sung by Nanda Malini.