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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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 ...

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HIMALI SAYURANGI ACCLAIMED ACTRESS ON STAGE ,TELEVISION, CINEMA, TELEVISION BROADCASTING, AUDITIONED SLBC VOCALIST IN PEAK OF FAME – by Sunil Thenabadu Source : watchlanka.com To become an acclaimed actress, there HIMALI are many personality characteristics are needed like charisma the most surface qualities expected. Obviously the next trait is passion, hard work and commitment ,intelligence able to be articulate and well spoken, should be highly imaginative the biggest and important traits that make a great actress.Similar to a tree which had grown profusely, Himali too has had proper foundation in school and thereafter to be in this elated position .Himali Sayurangi born to parents is the second in the family having an elder brother and a younger brother. Father worked at the Insurance Corporation , mother is a housewife has absolutely no hereditary affiliations to the fields she is involved, competent solely owing to her immense innate talent which she possessed ...

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