Film, Tele artistes, Vocalists assembled for a Bak Maha Ulela cum musical extravaganza In Dubai – By Sunil Thenabadu “Avilla Avilla Sinhala Avurudda Avilla,Warella Warella Welle Padimu Ran Unchilla”  We are all in boundless anticipation of many ‘Bak Maha” events during this period. All are in expectation of procedures to be organized  to celebrate this event. It was the other day with the participation of some artistes who portrayed roles in films, teledramas, reputed vocalists who have mesmerized audiences in indoor, outdoor musical shows a ‘Bak Maha Ulela” celebration event was held at the Etisalat Academy Leisure Club playground  in the kingdom of Dubai to a packed audience.  The event was named as the “Sanhida Bakmaha Asiriya” was a resounding success in entertaining the audience filled mostly with our expatriate residents. Those who entertained in singing, dancing etc were Tina Shanel, Upeksha Swarnamali, Nirosha Thalagala, Piyumi Hansamali, Rangi Rajapakse, Mihira ...

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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 ...

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