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The Popular Sinhala Cinema : Rukmani Devi; Mohideen Baig ; Gamini Fonseka – by Laleen Jayamanne Source : island Rukmani Devi, the first star of the Sinhala cinema and incomparable singer with a unique voice, originally known as Daisy Rasamma Daniel, was a Tamil Christian. It was well known that she couldn’t read or write Sinhala and that her dialogue and lyrics were written in English. Al-Haj Mohideen Baig, who sang some of the most cherished, perennial popular Sinhala film songs (including Budhu Gee), wrote down the Sinhala lyrics in his mother tongue, Urdu. The multilingual Mohideen Baig came to Lanka in 1932 for his brother’s funeral and stayed on. With the guidance of Mohammed Gauss at Columbia records, he began singing on radio soon after. In India he had sung Ghazals in Urdu in his village Salem and also Hindi and Tamil songs. Once film production began in Lanka, he ...

May 20, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged cinema, Daisy Rasamma Daniel, film production, Gamini Fonseka, Lankan film industry, Mohideen Baig, Rukmani Devi, Sinhala cinema

Reminiscing lady celebrity in Sri Lankan films Sumithra Peries’ who bid adieu at 88 years – by Sunil Thenabadu The film industry mourns the loss of a true imaginative, Kala Keerthi Dr Sumithra Peries, the octogenarian 88 years old female filmmaker who devoted her life to the art of cinema. She had expired at a private nursing home in Colomobo on the 19th January 2023. From her ground breaking debut film that pioneered new talent to the world, to her numerous award-winning films, Sumithra’s bearing on Sri Lanka’s film industry is indisputable. Kala Keerthi Dr Sumithra known as the ‘Poetess”( kividiya) of the Sinhala Cinema ,first female film director in Sri Lanka, was Born on 24rh March 1934 to parents ‘ in a Marxist family’ at their ancestral house” Boralugoda Walauwwa” in Talduwa, Avissawela.Her father Henry better known as Harry was a proctor at the Avissawella courts mother Harriete Wickremasinghe. Her ...

Jan 21, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Dr. Lester James Peries, female filmmaker, Gamperaliya, Gehenu Lamai, Sinhala cinema, Sri Lanka, Sumithra Peries, Vasanthi Chathurani

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Dec 3, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Sinhala Movies Tagged Ananda Wickramage, Arjuna Kamalanath, Manjula Moragaha, Rex Kodippili, Sinhala cinema, Sinhala films, Wasanthi Gunaratane

KALA KEERTHI VASANTHA OBEYSEKERA MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING FILM SCRIPT WRITER,DIRECTOR IMMORTALIZED REAL LIFE STORIES ON CIMEMATIC SCREENS – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews Kala Keerthi Vasantha Obeysekera born in year 1937 was stared as one of the foremost film fabricators in the 70s decade who graduated from the University of.Peradeniya in the year 1962. He had served on the Editorial Staff of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited from 1964 to 1970 in the Dinamina newspaper. In addition to his editorial work, Vasantha Obeysekera wrote several short stories during this period. Vasantha had entered the cinematic industry with Sath Samudura in year 1967 which he co-wrote and worked as the assistant director. The film was selected to the Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow at which was awarded a merit certificate in cinematography by the film authorities of Moscow..It was not long after Vasantha wrote the script and directed the film ...

Nov 2, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged cinema, Cyril Wickremage, Director, Diyamanthi, Dr. Siri Gunasinghe, Moscow International Film Festival, Ravindra Randeniya, Sanath Gunatilleka, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Sath Samudura, script writer, Sinhala cinema, Somasiri Dehipitiya, Sri Lankan cinema, Swarna Mallawaarachchi, University of Peradeniya

Tony Ranasinghe multifaceted, multi-talented stage, film debonair thespian character actor, author, script writer,most romantic lover in our films – By Sunil Thenabadu As a schoolboy, Tony had been too shy to take part in plays but as a grownup, he yearned to be an actor. Even as a schoolboy he had been enamoured of acting but his shyness had stood in the way. But now the acting bug bit him hard. He was drawn towards acting Tony is one of the few actors in our country who uses facial expressions in whatever role he plays in the most natural way. This makes him so unique Tony’s cherished ambition to blaze a name for himself on the silver screen remained unfulfilled for many years. He went for interviews and auditions but was unsuccessful. The yearning to act on screen was stirring within him but try as he might, Tony just could ...

Sep 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Anthony de Silva, Delovak Athara, Gamini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrama, Lester James Peries, Ralex Ranasinghe, silver screen, Sinhala cinema, Sinhala films, Sri Lankan film, Sugathapala De Silva, Tony, Tony Ranasinghe, Vanisiye Welenda, Vijaya Kumaratunga

ANOJA WEERASINGHE – ACCLAIMED PHENOMINAL ACTRESS TURNED YOGA INSTRUCTER OWNER OF TRENDY ABHINA YOGA ASHRAMAYA – by Sunil Thenabadu Paranapalliya Guruge Anoja Kanthi Siriwardena , popularly as Anoja Weerasinghe , born on 21st January 1955 in remote Badulla, acclaimed actress in Sri Lanka cinema, stage drama and television.Born to parents duo Jeldeen Siriwardena and Wijayasinghe Arachchige Seelwathie was the seventh sibling out of twelve, seven sisters and five brothers..Shanthi,Sunethre,Asoka,Sunil,Maya Damayanthi were elder siblings while Anura, Shiyan, Lekha, Sandhya, Sudath are younger brothers and sisters. After few years, the family moved to Monaragala due to numerous political disagreements. Her father was a theatre actor who performed in stage dramas such as Barrister Hamu and Hingana Kolla. Her first marriage was celebrated in 1979 and lasted for twelve years, where she married again to a plantation owner in 1991. With the catastrophe of her second marriage, she faced various encounters having unforgettable periods. .Her acting prowess she had ...

Mar 15, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Anoja Weerasinghe, Dr.DB Nihalsinghe, Henry Jayasena, New Delhi International Film Festival., Newton Gunaratne, Sinhala cinema, Sinhala films, Yasapalitha Nanayakkara

Cinematic links between director Lester and actor Gamini-By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Source:Dailymirror Sinhala cinema’s pioneering director Lester James Peries is the Sri Lankan filmmaker I like, admire and respect most. The master movie maker’s 102nd birth anniversary falls on April 5. Sri Lankan Superstar Gamini Fonseka remains my favourite actor on the Sinhala silver screen since childhood. The movie-monarch’s 85th birth anniversary was on March 21. I have written extensively on both in the past. I intend focusing this week–drawing from some of my earlier writings–on the professional and personal bonds between my favourite actor and favourite director in the sphere of Sinhala cinema. ...

Apr 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Gamini Fonseka, Sinhala cinema, the Sarasaviya Award