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Edna Sugathapala
Edna Kamala Yeromani (born 3 January 1946 – died 14 March 2018 as එඩ්නා සුගතපාල) inhala, popularly as Edna Sugathapala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. She is also a pianist, vocalist and astrologer. She is the only artiste in the Sri Lankan cinema who worked as a professional astrologer. She is best known for the roles in films ''Miringuwa'', ''Senehasa'' and ''Tharanaya''. She died on 14 March 2018 while receiving treatments at Colombo Nawaloka Hospital. According to her wish, the body was handed over to a Medical College. Personal life She was born on 3 January 1946 at Gorakana, Panadura. She completed her education from Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo and then from Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya. Her mother Swarna Mary Bernadeth was a film producer. Edna married on 28 February 1973. She has one daughter, Veena. Career At very small age, Sugathapala acted with Late Rukmani Devi for the song ''Doy Doyya Putha'' in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panadura
Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on all sides by water; the Indian Ocean, the Bolgoda Lake and river. Panadura is famed as the location of important events in the Buddhist revival movement of Sri Lanka. Panadura Debate The Panadura Debate, held in 1873, was the climax of the first phase of the Buddhist revivalist movement which began with the establishment of the Society for the Propagation of Buddhism at Kotahena and the establishment of the Lankopakara Press in Galle. The two key persons in the Panadura Debate were Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera and Father David de Silva and the two key institutions were the Rankoth Viharaya and the Methodist Church of Panadura. It was the success of the Panadura Debate that prompted Colonel Henry Steel Olcott to come to Ceylon. Demog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawaloka Hospital
Nawaloka Hospital traded as Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, was established in 1985 by Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa. Nawaloka Hospital is one of Sri Lanka's largest private hospitals and has created a chain of hospitals across the country. It was founded by H.K. Dharmadasa in 1985. It is also the first hospital in Sri Lanka to introduce Intensive Care Units, Coronary Care Units, Laparoscopic Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. History It was founded by business magnate H.K. Dharmadasa (aka ''Nawaloka Mudalai'') in 1985 as the first corporate private hospital in Sri Lanka. Nawaloka Hospital Group was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2004. The hospital has more than 400 beds and 1,000 staff members. In 2011 Nawaloka was awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification. In 1987 introduced first CT scan and MRI scan in Sri Lanka. Nawaloka Hospital won the first Sri Lanka quality award in 1998. Services Nawaloka Medical Centres Nawaloka controls 10 medical centre network island wide. Nawaloka launch S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo
__NOTOC__ Good Shepherd Convent is a semi-government Catholic girls' school and the first Catholic convent in Sri Lanka. Located in the neighbourhood of Kotahena, the convent school educates girls from Kindergarten to age 19. The convent includes an auditorium, libraries, ICT and Science laboratories, Basketball and Netball Courts, and gyms. Other works of Sisters of The Good Shepherd in Sri Lanka The Good Shepherd congregation marked the beginning of the sisters' mission to British Ceylon and the Far East. Nuns from this original convent opened Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy, St Mary's School in Pettah (closed) and St Bridget's Convent in Cinnamon Gardens. In 1939, sisters based in Colombo expanded to Singapore, then part of the Straits Settlements, and present-day Malaysia. Vision and Mission Vision Our Vision is to make our school, Good Shepherd Convent - Kotahena, one of the most fruitful, well disciplined and a leading school in the Island. Mission Instill the Good S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya
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Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with '' Kadawunu Poronduwa'' produced by S. M. Nayagam of Chitra Kala Movietone. Sri Lankan films are usually made in Sinhala and Tamil languages, the dominant languages of the country. Cinema of Sri Lanka is also referred to as Follywood as many famous Sri Lankan actors had surnames starting with an "F." In the first nine years, most films were made in neighboring Southern India and closely followed the conventions of Indian cinema. Studio shooting was the norm, with Indian style sets erected in film studios. It is widely believed that ''Rekava'', made in 1956 by pioneer director Lester James Peries, was the first Sinhala film to be shot completely out of studio, however, it was the film "Gambada Sundari", starring Kingsley Jayasekera and Sheela Peiris in 1950, which was the first film shot outside studios instead. It was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rukmani Devi
Daisy Rasammah Daniels, known popularly as Rukmani Devi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978: si, රුක්මණී දේවී) was a Sri Lankan film actress and singer, who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka". She made it to the silver screen via the stage and had acted in close to 100 films, at the time of her death. Having an equal passion for singing as well as a melodious voice, she was Sri Lanka's foremost female singer in the gramophone era. After her death, she was awarded the Sarasaviya 'Rana Thisara'- Life Time Achievement Award at the 1979 Sarasaviya Awards Festival. Personal life Rukmani Devi, was born as Daisy Rasammah Daniels to a Tamil Colombo Chetty Christian family on 15 January 1923 at Ramboda in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. Second, in a family of five, her father, John Daniel worked on a plantation and her mother, Helen Rose was a teacher. She grew up in Colombo and had her early education at St. Matthew's School and then moved on to St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karunaratne Abeysekera
Karunaratne Abeysekera (3 June 1930 – 20 April 1983) was one of Sri Lanka's most famous Sinhala broadcasters. He was also a poet and songwriter and was widely admired for his excellent command of Sinhala. Abeysekera wrote the lyrics to over 2,000 songs, a record for a lyricist in Sri Lanka. His compositions are still covered by some of the island's top musicians to this day, introducing his lyrics to new audiences in South Asia, and his songs are played regularly by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Early years Abeysekera was born on 3 June 1930 in Ratmale near Matara in Southern Sri Lanka. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Some of his notable classmates at Nalanda College were Dr Gunadasa Amarasekara, Stanley Jayasinghe, Dr Harischandra Wijayatunga, Dr Hudson Silva, Hon. Rupa Karunathilake, Hon. Dr Dharmasena Attygalle, Dr Henry Jayasena, Bernie Wijesekera. Siri Perera was Abeysekera's Sinhala language teacher at Nalanda. He was discovered by the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindurangana
''Kindurangana'' (English: ''Mermaids'', සිංහල: ''කිඳුරංගනා'') is a 2007 Sri Lankan drama television series telecast on Sirasa TV on 2007. This television series was inspired by Hindi soap opera "''Kasamh Se''". Plot This story revolves around three girls who live in Nuwara Eliya with their father. After their father's death their lives become more complicated as their father requests them to meet Prathap Gajasinghe, a millionaire businessman in Colombo. Cast Main * Chamalsha Dewmini Rathnaweera as Nethra * Yureni Noshika as Sanju *Anjalee Thathsarani as Dinu Supporting * Ishan Gammudali as Prathap Gajasinghe * Akila Sandakalum as Vihanga * Rohani Weerasinghe as Rajini *Thushitha Weerasinghe vs Randhir * Cybil Dharmawardana * Edna Sugathapala * Ananda Athukorale * Sanjeewa Illeperuma * Nimal Yatiwella * Ranil Suranga * Antonio Punchihewa * Poornima de Silva * Chamini Nisansala Pereira Production The drama was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undaya
''Undaya (The Bullet)'' ( si, උණ්ඩය) is a 2000 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed and produced by K. A. W. Perera. It stars Sangeetha Weeraratne and Priyankara Perera in lead roles along with Sathischandra Edirisinghe and Channa Perera. Music composed by Shelton Premaratne. It is the 930th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was previewed and allowed by the Public Performances Board (PPB) in July 1993, however had to wait until 2000 to release the film in theaters. Plot Cast * Sangeetha Weeraratne as Sarala Paliwardhana * Sathischandra Edirisinghe as Ranil Seneviratne * Priyankara Perera as Jayadeva 'Deva' Seneviratne * Channa Perera as Murthi Paliwardhana * Lionel Deraniyagala as Seram * Rathna Sumanapala as Sarala's mother * Edna Sugathapala as Beatrice 'Aunty' * Nimal Wickramaarachchi as Manis 'Mama' * Hyacinth Wijeratne Threeris Hyacinth Wijeratne ( si, හයසින්ත් විජේරත්න; 3 October 1946 – 31 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
