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Sulochana Weerasinghe a thespian award winning actress having conquered the stage ,mini and silver screens in a relatively short period with recognition from foreign nations too – by Sunil Thenabadu Sulochana Devi Weerasinghe is an acclaimed, educated, award-winning thespian actress of the silver screen , mini screen, and on stage.Howevee unlike other actresses Sulochana adores the silver screen though not acted in many films which she affirms is closest to her heart, more specifically as she watches many movies local and international with a deep appetite and love to absorb the essentials in them.She had said she too loves the stage but to a lesser extent. Characteristics of good actor orbits basically on character which is approximately built from beliefs, virtue, and motivation, of course on passion. It has to be built throughout the career, expertise, and skill. It also changes easily because when one changes belief or perspective, it will influence one’s traits. Charisma ...

Aug 5, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Anjana Premaratne, Buddhika Jayaratne, Chinthka Kulatunga, Chndrasoma Binduhewa, Deepani Silva, Dilhani Ekanayake, Harsha Tennakoon, Jagath Manuwarna, Jagath Munawarna, Jayani Senanayake, Jehan Sri Kanth, Kelaniya University, Kumara Thirimadura, Lakshman Mendis, Lionel Wendt arts theatre, Manjula Moragaha, Narada ThotagmuwaViswajith Abeysuriya, Nikini Wessa film, Nilmini Sigera, Nita Fernando, Prasad Suriyarachchi, Prasanjith Abeysuriya, Priyantha Sirikumara, Samaja Vidyapathi, Sampath Tennakoon, Sanjeewa Upendra, Sarath Kotalawela, Somalatha Subasinghe, Sujeewa Priyala, Sulochana Weerasinghe, Suraj Mapa, Susan Niroshan, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Thusitha Laknath, W. JAYASIRI, Wasantha Vittachchi

NISSANKA DIDDENIYA ROBUST AUTOGRAPHED CELEBRATED ACTOR ON STAGE REMINISCENED – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:songhub.lk Nissanka Diddeniya known to many as Diga at heart, himself a die-hard country folk born in a very rural village Panawenna in Kahawatta in an ecological environment. Nissanka had grew up in a small farming community his father himself a humble paddy farmer.Both father and mother were both gifted vocalists. Nissanka’s family consisted of three brothers apart from four sisters .Two elder brothers were ‘teeter’ artistes, elder had portrayed female fictitious characters while the other had performed anti-hero roles in the village ‘teeter” dramas which Nissanka had followed suite. No doubt Nissanka had inherited innate artistic aptitudes from his littler days. The atmosphere within the village with the Adams peak and Sinharaja forest on either side overlooking ,with streams, with flora in abundance was indeed a terrific impetus for any person to commence a career in art. ...

Feb 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Kelaniya University, National Youth Service Council, Nilakshi Helapitya, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, Rodney Warnakula, Saman Lenin.Indika Upamali, Sinhabahu, State Drama Festival, University of Peradeniya, Visual and Performing Arts University

Carlo Fonseka: the far-sighted Professor Source:www.dailynews.lk “Some may wonder what unique qualification I have to be chosen to deliver the inaugural Carlo Fonseka lecture, other than of course, outright cronyism. But, very few in this audience, apart from his children, have had the privilege of sitting on his knee and listening to his stories This was in the United Kingdom, where in the mid-1960’s he and my father were postgraduate students. The stories were both bribe and reward for chaperoning his daughter Indunil to the school that she and I attended. That is how long I knew him for, over 55 years – first as a little boy spellbound by his stories, then as a medical student captivated by his teaching, and subsequently as a junior colleague in the university. In Shakespeare’s play, when Mark Anthony delivered his funeral oration for Julius Caesar, he begins by saying “Friends, Romans and ...

Nov 8, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon University, Kelaniya University, Maris Stella College, Mark Anthony, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol, Professor Carlo Fonseka, St Joseph’s College