 As the youngest of the four children, Roshan was born in Hanguranketha, city near Kandy, Sri Lanka.His father is Ariya Abhayasinghe who was a tea plantation owner.His mother Mallika Pilapitiya is also a retired actress, where she recorded the first female lead role of Sri Lanka's first outdoor movie "Rekava" in 1956 directed by Sir Lester James Peries.