A star that shines against mist-clad Sri Pada
Punya Heedeniya turned 82 on July 31. She was 25 when I first saw her many, many years ago on television, and 78 when I first met he...
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For The Sake Of The Industry – Bertram Nihal
You are a well-respected director and producer and have more than 30 years of experience in audio-visual production; can you elabora...
Utuvan Kande Saradiel – Teledrama
“Utuvan Kande Saradiel” the epic teledrama series sponsored by Swadeshi Industrial Works has won the ‘People’...
Sane media culture sans inane mega tele dramas
Being away from the hustle and bustle of our restless lives we all sit in front of the TV to relax. But unfortunately, the question...
Jayalath Manoratne: A man of all talents
Mano was an actor of three mediums: stage, teledrama and Cinema. In these three mediums, he achieved the pinnacle of acting. The lat...
Life and times of Sinhala Cinema’s Super Hero Gamini Fonseka
Gamini combined shades of Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner and Paul Newman in his acting. His primary inspiration however was Brando. Thou...
Dharmasena Pathiraja: A cinematic icon
There are two names that spring to mind when one thinks about Sinhala cinema directors, Dr. Lester James Peries and Dharmasena Pathi...
An Appreciation of Aelian de Silva’s Contribution as a Neologist
Neologisation is the act of coining and accompanying neologisms i.e., new words to the lexicon of a language. Aelian de Silva (31st...
Nihal Nelson – King of Baila Bids Adieu
If there is one singer in Sri Lanka who was such a daredevil to go for all kinds of experimental music, thrive in Baila, give electr...
The Great Novelist is Born
The birth of Sri Lanka’s most outstanding literary figure of the 20th century, Martin Wickramasingha occurred on May 29, 1890....