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Chandika a veteran actor in Teledrama and films a heartthrob of fans at peak of fame – By Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:gossiplankanews.lk One of the utmost universal qualities of successful professional working actors is that they play well with co-actors and they’re able to make sincere links with everyone on set. They’re truly upright people, passionate, purpose driven and dedicated. Such an inimitable actor who had conquered the small and silver screen with flawless extravagance for nearly two decades is pleasing  Chandika Nanayakkara. However, over his acting aptitudes he is hailed by many as a superlative human being who is enthusiastically tangled in social activities, predominantly targeting the destitute. Chandika during a visit to Brisbane had been in contact with the Lions Club of Brisbane negotiated to receive a huge number of reading glasses to be distributed free among the destitute in remote villages.   Natural charisma is one of the surface qualities projected of amiable and energetic Chandika in performing his portrayals. Having identified his ...

Apr 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Chandika Nanayakkara, Deepa Mehta, Henry Jayasena, ITN, Janak Premalal, Lions Club, Meena Kumari, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, Sirasa, uddhadasa Withanachchi

Nightingale of India passes away at 92 – by S VENKAT NARAYAN Source:island.lk NEW DELHI, February 6: India’s legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Sunday after a prolonged illness, including Covid complications. She was 92. Muse to some of Indian cinema’s greatest composers, recipient of the country’s highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna, and the embodiment of Indian femininity on the movie screen for over 50 years, she breathed her last in a hospital, where she was admitted a month ago after testing Covid-positive. Born in 1929 to Marathi classical singer and theatre actor Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and his Gujarati wife Shevanti in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state, Mangeshkar has sung for over seven generations of female actors in India, with her voice often being described as ‘virginally pure’ and her playback for an actress symbolic of the latter having made it in Bollywood, ...

Feb 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anil Biswas, C. Ramchandra, Hemant Kumar, Indian film industry, Kalyanji-Anandji, Karisma Kapoor, Khayyam, Lata Mangeshkar, Madan Mohan, Manisha Koirala, Meena Kumari, Naushad Ali, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, Ravi, ROSHAN, S.D. Burman, Sajjad Hussain, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, uhi Chawla, Usha Khanna

‘Jeewa’ concludes filming Source:Island Verteran actor Jeewan Kumaranatunga’s debut production Jeewa has concluded filming and is in post production stage. The film revolves around the character of an altruistic and combative hero fighting against injustice and inequity, exposing corruption, portrayed by Kumaranatunga himself. Other cast members include Sangeetha Weeraratne, Meena Kumari, Kalum Aryan, Cletus Mendis, Dharshana Dharmaraj, Sarath Dikkumbura, Kumara Ranepura, Gayan Mapalagama, Ananda Athukorala, Rohitha Dias and Sudath Wijesekara. Thrishula Deepa Thambawita is the cinematographer, Chandana Edirisinghe the Assistant Director, Dhanushka Hulangamuwa the makeup artist, Sarath Samarawickrama the Art Director, Wasantha Kumarawila the stunts coordinator and Susantha Kelumpriya and Chamara Upekshitha Production Managers. Jeewa’s script was written by Kalum Aryan, and produced by Thilini Priyamali and Isuru Bandarage for Thico Films. ...

Jan 16, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda Athukorala, Chandana Edirisinghe the Assistant Director, Cletus Mendis, Dhanushka Hulangamuwa, Dharshana Dharmaraj, Gayan Mapalagama, Kalum Aryan, Kumara Ranepura, Meena Kumari, Rohitha Dias and Sudath Wijesekara. Thrishula Deepa Thambawita is the cinematographer, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Sarath Dikkumbura