Anula Karunathilaka: The Dhammi of our sensibilities
Anula Karunathilaka is known more than anything else for depicting a lover who, regardless of the decades and generations that have...
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Anula de Silva: A Veteran Writer, Translator, and Journalist
Anula de Silva, a renowned veteran writer, translator, and journalist, has made significant contributions to the world of literature...
Punya Heendeniya’s journeys
In 1957, a group of people climbed Sri Pada with cameras, lighting equipment, and strange costumes. They climbed all the way to Maha...
Tony Ranasinghe was not the conventional Sinhala hero but a new kind of modern hero
Ranasinghe Hettiarachchilage Ignatius Anthony de Silva, known to the world at large by his stage cum screen name Tony Ranasinghe, wa...
‘Si Raja’ Uncovers the History of Sigiriya
Focusing on the epic and emptional tale of King Kashyapa, ‘Si Raja’ the latest historical teledrama series is now bein...
Reminiscing Sandhya Kumari
With eyes that shared a story of their own, Sandhya Kumari was one of the central players in the golden age of Sri Lankan cinema in...
A tribute to Titus Thotawatte
The eighties was a tumultuous decade for reasons we still haven’t come to terms with. For the lack of a better way of putting...
Malini Fonseka : Twinkling Star on the Stage
“Do you like to act in my next stage play? It’s titled Sayuren A Landa, a translation of The Lady from the Sea by Henr...
Mohideen Baig: The conscience of a collective
He was not forgotten in his time. In 1956, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike conferred a Distinguished Citizenship on him. In 1967, he won th...
Butterfly Symphony – Bringing harmony to Lankan Cinema
Until I went to see Samanala Sandhawaniya (Butterfly Symphony) I had no idea why a movie like that should have a name such as Butter...