“Although the name Samanalee sounds soothing I am chunky” - Samalee
In an newspaper interview he film actress Samanalee Fonseka has added that her name Samanmalee sounds very soothing to all but as she is born in Sri Lanka belonging to a community in an Asian country where women are subjected to enormous pressure she is forced to be very chunky. Airing her views to the Sunday Lankadeepa
newspaper she had also this to say:-
If people in the world behave and adjust in a manner to suit women it would be wonderful. The name of a person is significant only for one’s individual anonymity. But this significance in only for the manner one speaks and behaves. It is according to the human beings their qualities and how they interact in society are determined. In this context the woman in Asian countries is stagnated within a framework.
The people have framed her within the culture and morals for the manner even for her eating and walking habits. She had added that my taking arms many have achieved their aspirations. Similarly the duties toward the society have to be made. In that way a strong civilization and culture could be evolved.