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Feb 20, 2025 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Savithri Rodrigo Tagged artistic legacy, budget highlights, Cultural heritage, economic insights, eLanka Newsletter, financial news, global trends, Kaleidoscope 250, market peeks, micronations, Monkey Business, Nihal Fernando legacy, photographic legacy, post-patriarchal worlds, Rani, Rohan Samarajiva, SRI LANKA NEWS, Sri Lankan cinema, Sri Lankan photography, Swarna Mallawarachchi

eLanka Newsletter – 25th December 2024 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Nourishing Foods That Can Help Lower Blood Sugar Levels – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Announcement of the New Executive Committee for 2024 -2025 Celebrating Christmas at Millon and Sandra De Kauwe’s home Good News From Jayam – By Jayam Rutnam Christmas Carols with Noeline Honter Delft Island Children achieving great success in Canoeing – By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne MELBOURNE OBSC XMAS NEWSLETTER Gethsemane’s Annual Clyde Carols by Candlelight 2024 – By Kerrigan La-Brooy Buck Owens Santa looked a lot like daddy H.D. Premaratne: A Long-Lasting Legacy in Sri Lankan Cinema – By Dr. Gamini Kariyawasam The History of Christmas Trees: From Pagan Roots to Modern Decor – By Malsha – eLanka ‘Love in a Goldfish Bowl’ 1961 Tommy ...

Dec 25, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Christmas trees, Dr . Gamini Kariyawasam, Dr. Harold Gunatillake, eLanka Newsletter, Kerrigan La-Brooy, Most Popular Christmas Cakes, Nihal Fonseka, Sanjiva Wijesinha, Sri Lankan cinema

H.D. Premaratne: A Long-Lasting Legacy in Sri Lankan Cinema – By Dr. Gamini Kariyawasam Image Source : dailymirror H.D. Premaratne, also known as Hapuarachchi Don Premaratne, will be remembered for his remarkable contributions to Sri Lankan cinema, even as we mark 19 years since his passing on December 26, 2024. Premaratne and I were classmates at Kelaniya Gurukula Vidyalaya. This note is not merely an homage to a school friend but a tribute to his outstanding impact on Sri Lankan cinema. Gurukula Vidyalaya has been a nurturing ground for notable artists, including Malani Fonseka, Wimal Kumara de Costa, Pathiraja Dayananda, and Donald Karunaratne, who were contemporaries of Premaratne. Premaratne was an artist who smiled through tears. Born on January 27, 1944, in Telagapatha Village, Wattala, he was the son of H.D. Elosingho and W.K. Madeline. After completing his education at Gurukula Vidyalaya, he pursued higher studies at Maradana Sri Lanka ...

Dec 24, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Tagged Donald Karunaratne, Dr . Gamini Kariyawasam, H.D. Premaratne, Kelaniya Gurukula Vidyalaya, Pathiraja Dayananda, Sri Lankan cinema

UPEKSHA SWARNAMALI A SOUGHT AFTER ACTRESS IN MINI SCREEN AND FILMS A FORMER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN AN EFFERVERSCENT VOYAGE – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : watchlanka Upeksha Swarnamali Her mother named Nirmalee de Silva Swarnamali and her father was a Tamil citizen both Sri Lankans. She is, popularly known as “Paba”, is predominantly known as an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television and a former member of the Sri Lanka Parliament. Upeksha classifies herself as a very grateful person as her mother .She gained popularity for her role on the television series “Paba” broadcast on Independent Television Network. Upeksha has had made all arrangements to go to Australia for further studies as her Uncle a resident of Australia had volunteered to help her,she had visited Sri Lanka as there was no Australian Embassy in Kuwait to finalise her study visa to ‘down under’. But fate had changed her to take up acting while her ...

Jun 16, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged actress, Independent Television Network, Paba, Sri Lankan actress, Sri Lankan cinema, Upeksha Swarnamali

From Ram Charan To Shah Rukh Khan and other, Celebrities Who Have Honorary Doctorates In Sri Lanka there are a heap of artistes from many fields bestowed with honorary doctorates. The new name proposedin Sri Lanka is that of is Rajitha Hiran Chamikara It is well known that numerous celebrities in the entertainment and concert sector have had the good fortune to receive honorary doctorates as a result of their years of hard work being acknowledged. Rajitha Hiran too has been proposed to be given such a doctorate following suit of many stalwarts in the field of acting. Indian actor Ram Charan Indian actor,film producer, entrepreneur was awarded a doctorate at a glittering doctoral ceremony, for those who are unaware, Shah Rukh Khan also has an honorary doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Edinburgh, Shah Rukh Khan was fortunate enough to also get a doctorate in ...

Jun 11, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Andrea Jones, Comedy actor, Comedy actors in sri lanka, Multifaceted actor, Rajitha Hiran, Rajitha Hiran biography, Rajitha Hiran films, Sinhalese Buddhist actor, Sri Lankan Actor, Sri Lankan celebrity couples, Sri Lankan cinema, Sri Lankan cinema history, Sri Lankan entertainment industry, Sri Lankan filmography, Teledrama actor, Walane Shah Rukh

DAMITHA ABEYRATNE in a scintillating voyage in stardom for over three decades in inimitable style – By Sunil Thenabadu Sedhavi Mudiyanselage Damitha Buddhini Abeyratne Bandara as a reputed actress possess the following specific qualities. she interprets her characters’ feelings and motives is order to successfully portray the characters in the most compellingmanner. She possesses memorization skills, persistence, physical stamina, and speaking skills in abundance. Damitha Abeyratne as popularly known was born September 14, 1975is a Sri Lankan film teledrama andstage actress who had commenced acting when she was only eight years ago having been awarded many awards as Signis OCIC, Swarna Sanka, Presidential film,Sarasaviya, Sumathi,international film, Raigam Tele’es, Tamil Nadu International film awards some many times during a short span in her acting career. She had also won awards for her dramatic roles in Dandubasnamaya. She had schooled at Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya Nugegoda and St.Paul’s Milagiriya for her primary and ...

Jan 13, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan cinema, Sri Lankan film teledrama and stage actress

PROFILE OF A PETERITE FILM DIRECTOR – LESTER JAMESPERIES Source : ST PETER’S COLLEGE OBSC Melbourne Summer Newsletter – 2023 / 2023 Lester James Peries was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006 and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries. He received critical acclaim for directing Rekava, Gamperaliya, Nidhanaya, Golu Hadawatha, Kaliyugaya, Awaragira, and Yuganthaya. His movie Wekande Walauwa, starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka’s first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film Nidhanaya was included among the top 100 films of the century by Cinémathèque Française. Peries’ films often dealt with Sri Lankan family life in rural settings and conflicted characters. He helped create an authentic expression of Sinhala Cinema. He attended St Peter’s College in Colombo as a teenager before ...

Mar 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan cinema

Chandana Wickremasinghe undisputed king of Choreography – by Sunil Thenabadu Chandana’s parents when was a little kid had observed their little son beating and stroking his little feet, swaying his ti- ny limbs, twirling, twist- ing and jerking his tiny agile body to a sequence of a rhythmic beat. This was not hereditary as it was not a spectacle or repetition seen in their ancestors. Very appropriately the parents Upali and Lalitha had identified his innate prowess had admitted him to a Kandyan dance school.This was the beginning of the career that blossomed to be the legendary choreographer Chandana Wickremasinghe who is now a secure decoration to Sri Lankan traditional dancing, integrating Bharatha, Kathakali. Manipuri, FarEastern combined with abundant global styles. As all dancers typically Chandana teaches complex dance movements that need to en- tertain audiences, rehearse several hours with dedication to prepare for events, study new and emerging types ...

Feb 22, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Chandana Wickramasinghe, dancing, Lyceum International School, Professor Mudiyanse Dis- sanayake, Ravibandu Vidyapathy, Sri Lankan cinema, Sri Lankan traditional dancing

Kala Keerthi Jayantha Chandrasiri literate celebrated , director, stage plays, teledrama, films in a vibrant cruise for four decades – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : artscouncil Kala Keerthi Jayantha Chandrasiri born in year 1959, is a Sri Lankan journalist, screenplay writer, television director, film maker , television presenter in Sri Lankan cinema Jayantha’s film Agnidahaya won seven golden awards and four silver awards at the Signis International Film Festival 2003. His two teledramas Dandubasnamanaya and Akala Sandhya are rated as two of seven Iconic Teledramas In the archives of Sri Lanka’s Television narration.Jayantha had excelled as a presenter of radio and television on numerous occasions. Lately his presentation of the popular TV Derana program Leya Saha Laya musical program for over two hours involving father/mother/son/daughter from the inception to end was commendable very well presented. Jayantha had been born in his mother’s ancestral city in Bandarawela, owing to father’s occupation ...

Dec 11, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Jayantha Chandrasiri, Kamal Addararachchi, Maharaja Gemunu film, Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan cinema, Tissa Abeysekera, TV Derana

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Nov 26, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Sinhala Movies Tagged latest sinhala movies, Nil Diya Yahana Sinhala Film, Sinhala films, Sri Lankan cinema