Dr Ravindra  Randeniya autographed eminent iconic actor conquered silver screen for over five decades – by Sunil Thenabadu photo Source : info-rain.com Boniface Liyanage Walter Perera now Dr Ravindra Randeniya born on 5th June 1945 second in a family of six siblings, hailed initially from Sapugaskanda his maternal home close to Dalugama where he now residing in. It was a small village filled with paddy fields and watercourses, Ravindra who appreciated highly even to date, with nature growing up often preferring in looking over the flora and habitat. Father LP Perera a renowned businessman who manufactured hardware fittings,accessories like brass hinges for doors and windows, a booming lucrative business entity. Ravindra Randeniya was recently awarded a doctorate considering his immense contribution to the field of arts and cinema in Sri Lanka by the Chancellor of the Visual and Performing Arts University.   For education had initially attended the Kindergarten at St Francis Maha Vidyalaya in ...

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Golden Star( Gehaniya) of the Sinhala cinema Swarna Mallawarachchi reminisced after five decades -by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:dailymirror.lk   Charisma , hard work, dedication and commitment are  those real surface qualities with charm expressive that would make a fabulous actress like Swarna Mallawarachchi.This is because performing on camera, requires a certain amount of expressive energy .Swarna is an  individual with high-octanes of energy she has the ability to translate that energy on-screen. Swarna possess natural charisma which has benefited her in successful performing endeavors.  Swarna Mallawarachchi born on 1st August 1948 in Kosgas Handiya, Grandpass is perhaps the most popular actress ever produced in the Sri Lankan cinema since it’s inception often popularly known as the “Golden star of Sinhalese cinema” also as “Gehaniya of the Sinhala cinema’. Swarna began her acting career whilst still a schoolgirl,Vijayaba Maha Vidyalaya Grandpass, before she was barely seventeen years old starring in the year 1966 in the blockbuster film ‘Sath Samudara’ directed by Siri Gunasinghe. She has had no intention ...

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  REMEMBERING DIANA CAPTAIN – By SARATH AMUNUGAMA Source:Island A few weeks ago I was preoccupied with a devastating personal tragedy when the news of Diana’s death reached me adding to my grief. She was a beautiful,compassionate and lovable lady whom I had known from my student days at Trinity College Kandy. Kandy in the nineteen fifties was an idyllic town with many civic amenities. Of them the most important for us were the libraries and bookshops that dotted the town. Trinity had an impressive library which functioned under our teacher Vernon Jansze. He had co-opted some of us as curators who helped in the ordering of books, classifying them and stamping them with the college seal. As curators we could use the library freely not only during off periods but also during weekends. ...

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