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EVERGREEN CHRISTO NOW PARALYZED IN TWILGHT YEARS – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : sundaytimes Ever green veteran oldest Sri Lanka’s living vocalist Adihettige Christopher Emmanuel Paul was born on 10th April 1936 as the eldest son of SA Paul who was an ex-serviceman and an employee of Registrar General’s Office from Moratumulla, Moratuwa. Christo as he is fondly called has had his education at St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa. In his senior classes there had been famous Roy de Silva and Freddie Silva. The trio had been famous in wearing wedding attires to ‘gate crash’ wedding parties to eat and drink, then to vanish from the reception halls before getting apprehended. His close associates then were renowned musician Patrick Denipitiya, vocalists CD Fonseka, Maurice Dahanayake who were all senior. It was his music teacher in class Francis Perera who had identified his singing talents had advised him to go for Sunil ...

Nov 29, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged CD Fonseka, Christoper Paul, Maurice Dahanayake, musician, Patrick Denipitiya, Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka vocalist, Sri Lankan singer

Sarath Kulanga multifaceted actor in stage, teledrama, cinema, a music director with artistic charisma signature, a rare celebrity – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : sarasaviya Muthuthanthirige Sarath Kulanga Fernando born on 19th November 1958 a native of Panadura ,presently a household name among art loving folks in our motherland for his multi-facet talents in art which are possessed seldom by an artiste in the archives of our theatrical ring in our motherland. From younger days has had innate creative dexterity had performed on school theatre is an exceptional character has had two prime goals to become a teacher to have an artistic charisma.For well over four decades Sarath had performed to his expectations dominating the stage,teledrama, cinema also excelling as a vocalist and music composer and director. Sarath had initially come to recognition having quipped in Nalan Mendis’s “Doo Daruwo” teledrama as far back the late 1970 s having portrayed the ...

Nov 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged actor in sri lanka, Anjula Rajapaksha, Anurudha Edirisinghe, arath Kulanga, Banduka Wijeweera, Charitha Priyadarshini, Dayan Vitharana, dubbing artiste, Edward Jayakody, Janaka Wickremasinghe, Kulanga Sara, Madhavi Malwatte, Mariyazelle Gunatilleke, Nilmini Kottegoda, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Pooja Umashankar, Ramani Siriwardena, Rex Codippili, Rodney Warnakula, roshan ranawana, Saman de Silva, Sandani Fernando, Sarath Kulanga, Tharaka Crusz, vocalist

PUNYA HEENDENIYA PERHAPS THE MOST ACCLAIMED CLARITY ACTRESS IN THE ARCHIVES OF SINHALA FILMS IDEAL TO PORTRAY ANY PROTAGONIST – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : films Heendeniya Vidanaralalage Punya Heendeniya was born on 31 July 1938 in native Mirigama in a ideal village environment as the fifth child in a family consisting of seven siblings, currently three elder sisters and a brother are deceased. Her father was well respected individual M. A. Hindeniya a land owner and proprietary planter in Mirigama. Her mother, D. L. Kahawitage was a resident of Panadura.Her father had been a versatile singer ,loved art who sings old songs well versed in music played the tabla ,Serpina, violin .They had possessed a gramophone instead of radio possessed at home from which all songs were heard regularly.She had quipped that she may have acquired his hereditary affiliations to pursue her career in acting. In another television confrontation even though living in ...

Nov 24, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged cinema, Gamperaliya film, International Film Festival of India, Lester James Peiris, Punya Heendeniya, Sarasaviya Film Awards

CEYMUSIC INSTITUTION CEO KALINDU WEERASINGHE ON COPYRIGHT IN MUSIC AND LYRICS (AITB) – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews A basic run down of copyright as it applies to musicians and lyric writers. Copyright is a bundle of legal rights which artists own in relation to their creative work. Copyright gives the artist rights to control how other people can use their creative work. The copyright owner can control who can copy their work and how it can be used. The copyright owner can permit or refuse permission to other people who want to do these things. Copyright exists immediately. One not need to register to get copyright. Works protected by copyright include song lyrics and music. Music might be a composition for an orchestra, rap music or music for a traditional instrument like a yidaki or didgeridoo. Other subject matter protected by copyright includes sound recordings. It might ...

Nov 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged CEYMUSIC, Copyright, Kalindu Weerasinghe, lyrics, Music, MUSICIANS

DR ROHANA WEERASINGHE HUMBLE UNASSUMING LEGENDARY MELODY KING FOR FILM, TELE DRAMA, STAGE PLAYS, THE WORD “NO’ NOT IN HIS VOCABULARY ASSIST ONE AND ALL – by Sunil Thenabadu Dr Dickmawaduge Rohana Chitrakumara Weerasinghe popularly known as Rohana Weerasinghe, lately as ‘melody master’. The Sri Lankan musician who had made the highest number of Music melodies approximately well over 5000 , after an extensive census from the SLBC, all recording studios had been made in year 2009 along with a newspaper notification, when his book ‘Gaman Magak ‘ was published, when it had revealed over 3600 ,in number in the annals of his music narration, along with his book launch he had organised a musical recital. Rohana needs absolutely no introduction having made a huge indelible unblemished dominance in the music arena for around four decades. Rohana had composed music to all popular artistes excluding HR Jothipala, JA Milton Perera, ...

Nov 21, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Charitha Priyadarshani, Dr Rohana Weerasinghe, Edward Jayakody, Khemadasa, MK Rocksamy, Mohamed Sally, Nanda Malini, Nelu Adhikari, Patrick Denipitiya, Priyadarshani, R Muththusamy, Sarath Dassanayake, Sunil Edirisinghe, Victor Rathnayake, WD Amaradeva

PRASANNA VITHANAGE ACCLAIMED PIONEER IN THE THIRD GENERATION CINEMA MAKERS EXCELLED TO UNPARALLELED TALL ALTITUDES WITH MANY AWARDS – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : hindustantimes Udaya Prasanna Vithanage born 14 March 1962 is an acclaimed Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed many feature films including Death on a Full Moon Day (1997), August Sun (2003), Flowers of the Sky (2008) , With You, Without You (2012) had won many prestigious national and international awards , had also been commercially successful director cum producer of films in Sri Lanka. Prasanna’s parents in Panadura had instigated and stimulated him, the duo’s only child to like films not having any intention of making him a monthly wage earner in a government department. When Prasanna was taken to watch films , he was in the second standard at ...

Nov 19, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Akasa Kusum, Anantha Rathriya, films, Gamini Fonseka, Prasanna Vithanage, sabeetha perera, Sanath Gunatilleke, Sisila Gin Gani, Sri Lankan film maker. Sri Lankan cinema

LEGENDARY VOCALIST DHARMADASA WALPOLA A DOYEN IN PLAYBACK SINGING IN SINHALA FILMS TO BE REMINISED ON HIS 39th DEATH ANNIVERSARY – by Sunil Thenabadu Dharmadasa Walpola was born on 27 November 1927 in Deiyannawea,Kandy ,this future play-back singer displayed his innate talents of musical virtuosity with inherited music affiliations too from his childhood. His father Charles Appuhamy a dress maker by profession tailored costumes to the Tower Hall artistes who also learnt his art from him though not much interested in studies. His mother was Karunawathie a housewife. Young Dharmadasa for a period had made masks for the Sri Lankan Army to contribute to the family expenses. His father’s close association with artistes had paved way for him to know the leading artistes on stage.Before he sang in a Sinhalese film in year 1952 there was a public poll to elect the ‘most popular vocalist” initiated by cinema newspaper titled ‘cinemawa’ of ...

Nov 16, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Ananda Samarakoon, CT Fernando, most popular vocalist, PLA Somapala, RA Chandrasena, Sri Lankan male playback singer, Sunil Santha, WD Amaradewa.

PROFESSOR SUNETHRA KANKANAMGE LINGUISTIC ERUDITE SEMANTIC SCHOLAR PROFESSOR IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE – by Sunil Thenabadu Dr Sunethra Kankanamge professor in the University of Sri Jayewardenapura, had taught initially oriental literature, the art of singing, poetry, classical literature, specialised in theatre and performing studies, but now teaches solely Sanskrit literature as the professor in the department of Sinhala and Mass communication. She possess expertise and fluency in world’s many languages via experimentation, one who had loved abundantly the song and stanza. During the recent Covid-19 catastrophe . Sunethra had lamented that during calamity issue had barred in teaching online when hers and students’ vitality points are at high ebb in the mornings and afternoons but owing to the power crisis her online classes were interrupted ending as an ill-fated dilemma. This she attributed as all tend to become lethargic and lacklustre towards the afternoons. Sunethra is one incomparable persons who could ...

Nov 14, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Professors Tissa Kariyawasam, Srimal Wijeratne, Sunethra Kankanamge, Sunil Ariyaratne

NADEEKA GUNASEKERA PHENOMINAL AUTOGRAPHED, ONLY FEMALE GRADUATE ACTRESS HAVING PORTRAYED CINEMATIC ROLES INITIALLY WHILE STILL AN ADVANCED LEVEL STUDENT, CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT OF CELEBRITY – By Sunil Thenabadu The decades of the seventies and eighties the Sinhala films were in the said ‘Swarname Ugaya”. In the end of 1970 decade Sandya Darshani Gunasekera had entered the cinema changing her name to be more appropriate to an actress to Nadeeka Gunasekera This had been to camouflage her correct name as she was in the advanced level class with just three months to the university entrance examination. The history teacher Ms Ranatunga had warned her as the Principal Ms Fernando was very strict. for her participation in films as studies had to be given precedence. Nadeeka had told her mother she wants to enter the University to do a degree and will not continue has acting vocation as she was a ...

Nov 13, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Amarasiri Kalansuriya, Chanchala Rekha sinhala film, D.R Nanayakkara, Devika Mihirani, Dilhani Ekanayake, Dr Lestor Pieirs, film Ahinsa, film Baddegama, Gamini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrema, Malini Fonseka, Nadeeka Gunasekera, Okkomaha Hari film, Parakrama Silva, popular actors, popular actresses in sri lanka, Ramya Wanigasekera, Rodney Jonklass, Sabitha Perera, Sanath Gunatilleke, Sinhala films, Sri Lanka film corporation, Sri Lankan actress, Sriyani Amarasena, Sumithra Pieris, Sunil Ariyaratne, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Tony Ranasinghe, Vasanthi Chathurani, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Wally Nanayakkara

PROFESSOR SUNETHRA KANKANAMGE LINGUISTIC ERUDITE SCHOLAR SENIOR LECTURER IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE ,CLASSICAL,THEATRE AND PERFORMING STUDIES,ART OF POETRY,LOVES SONGS AND STANZAS AT SUMMIT OF FAME – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : youtube Dr Sunethra Kankanamge senior lecturer in the University of Sri Jayewardenapura, had taught initially oriental literature, the art of singing, the art of poetry, classical literature, specialised in theatre and performing studies, but now teaches exclusively Sanskrit literature as the professor in the department of Sinhala and Mass communication. Having expertise and fluency in world’s many languages via experimentation, one who had loved abundantly the song and stanza. In the recent past era of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions she had undergone immense hardships in teaching online owing to the current catastrophe which denied her to teach all students as the power is interrupted not at once but alternatively according the stipulated schedules. Sunethra had lamented that this crisis ...

Nov 10, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Art, Mass Communication, Professors Tissa Kariyawasam, Raveen Kanishka, Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya Galle, Senior Lecturer, Sinhala, Srimal Wijeratne, Sunil Ariyaratne, University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Uresha Ravihari