[5] Charith is married to actress Bhagya Ratnayake, the daughter of film director Bennett Rathnayake.
[6] Bhagya is also an actress who has acted in several television serials such as Sanda Sakmana, Nimwalalla and films Sulanga and Ira Handa Yata.
[10][11] His passion for singing came to fruition when he sang on the radio programs Pibidena Gayaka Parapura and Maliban Guwan Thotilla in the mid seventies.
The songs "Sudu Mudu Sumudu Pinyaraya" and "Suba Upun Dinayak" sung by Tissa on that album were also popular at that time.
[4] Meanwhile, his interest on cinema grew largely after the influence with the journalist Ernest Waduge.
[13] Apart from production and direction, he is most notable as the leading film preservationist of Sri Lanka.
Then he went to see producer Douglas Kothalawala five times to ask the rights of the blocksbuster film Deepashika.
[15] He purchased, renovated and preserved old films to watch them on television and in DVD for future generations.
[18] In 2010, he produced the film Kreshma Bhumi, starring Cheruka Weerakoon, which received critics acclaim in that year.