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eLanka Newsletter – 19th December 2021 – 6th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Silent Night – the origin of the hymn – by Des Kelly Josephians take honours in drawn 87th Encounter of the “Battle of the Saints”By: Upali Obeyesekere – Josephian-Peterite News Network First Sri Lankan Calypso Band in Sydney – playing at a recent Christmas party of University of Colombo Alumni Association of NSW on 12th December 2021 The World in Turmoil – Ecologically; Spiritually; Economically; and Politically – by Noor Rahim Sawasangeetha – We Are Sri Lanka And We Stand Together by Oscar E V Fernando SUNDAY CHOICE – Jesus is the reason for the season. Unmada Prema Geeya (උන්මාද ප්‍රේම ගීය) – BNS x Yohani ft. Kaizer Kaiz | Official Music Video Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 84 17 12 2021 A ...

Lankan filmmaker in Australia looks for composing talent By Gamini Akmeemana Source:dailymirror.lk Chrishantha Surith, a Sri Lankan TV producer and filmmaker and song writer now working in Australia, is looking for talented composers who can compose songs for his new film based on a romantic theme. The Naked Eye, a musical, is English-medium; hence, the songs too, will be in English. The producer/filmmaker is aiming for an international audience. Noeline Honter, singer and TV presenter, will work with him to shortlist the prospective composers with international potential. Surith’s career in the arts began as a child actor in Sri Lanka, with numerous roles in theatre and radio drama. After leaving school, he was selected by Rupavahini, the national television network, for a three-year producer traineeship, and granted a three-month release to write and direct a successful youth musical drama entitled “Vyanga” for Ceylon Theatres Ltd. On completing the three-year traineeship, ...