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Giriraj Kaushalya
Silmesthri Giriraj Kaushalya (born November 13, 1964) (), popularly known as Giriraj Kaushalya, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya also has worked as an assistant director, producer, script writer and a filmmaker. Personal life Kaushalya was born on 13 November 1964 in Kolonnawa, Colombo as the youngest of the family with four siblings. He has three elder brothers and one elder sister. He entered village school in Kolonnawa and then attended to Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya. His father was an active trade unionist in Ceylon Electricity Board and a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party represented the Left Movement. He worked in Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka before entering to acting. His elder brother Lalith Janakantha is also a renowned actor in stage, television and cinema. He met his wife Mangalika Fernando during the work in Mahaweli Authority in Lihinyagama, Mahaweli C zone i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolonnawa
Kolonnawa ( si, කොලොන්නාව, ta, கொலன்னாவ) is a town located on the eastern boundary of Colombo District, Western Province of 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 .... It is bounded by Kelani River to the north, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the East, Kotte Municipal Council to the south and Colombo Municipal Council to the west. Kolonnawa Urban Council Zone * Kolonnawa * Orugodawatte * Wellampitiya Demographics Kolonnawa Municipality area is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012, the demographics by ethnicity and religion is as follows:. References Populated places in Colombo District {{WesternLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haara Kotiya
''Haara Kotiya'' ( si, හාර කෝටිය) is a 2017 Sri Lankan mystery thriller teledrama broadcast on Swarnavahini. The series is produced by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara. It aired every weekday from 6:30pm to 7pm and then 9pm to 9:30pm onwards. The series was ended on 1 January 2018 at 9pm. In season 1, it stars Saranga Disasekara, Ruwan Perera and newcomer Dinithi Walgamage in lead roles along with Rohan Wijetunga and Suraj Mapa in supportive roles. In season 2, this serial continued with newcomer actress Thushini Fernando. The show became a popular and was nominated for Sumathi Awards and Raigam Tele'es in many award categories. Haara kotiya 2, titled as ''Kotipathiyo'' was started on 2 January 2018 and finished on 8 March 2019. Seasons Plot Two unemployed friends, Lara and Dinka, live in a slum near a city. Their fates are changed when two men throw a bag. The news that a bank was robbed and the suspects arrested spre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udugan Yamaya
''Udugan Yamaya (Against the Tide)'' ( si, උඩුගං යාමය, italic=yes) is a 2006 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Sudath Devapriya and produced by National Film Corporation. It stars child actor Mauli Ferdinando with Chandani Seneviratne in lead roles along with Suminda Sirisena and Rex Kodippili. Music composed by Sarath Fernando. The film was screened at The Times London Film Festival on 24 and 28 October 2006. It is the 1072nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film has been shot around Kathaluwa and Koggala areas. In 2004, the film was selected as the official Sri Lankan representation at the 38th Indian International Film festival in New Delhi. Plot Film is based on the experiences of a child caught up in the terror engulfed the country during the time of the second JVP uprising. Cast * Mauli Ferdinando as Sirimal * Chandani Seneviratne as Sirimal's mother * Richard Weerakody * Thisuri Yuwanika as Dingiri * Giriraj Kaushalya * Suminda Sirisen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samanala Thatu
''Samanala Thatu (Butterfly Wings)'' ( si, සමනල තටු, italic=yes) is a 2005 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's drama film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars Dasun Madushanka, Suminda Sirisena and Duleeka Marapana in lead roles along with Jayalath Manoratne and Vijaya Nandasiri. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. The film received mostly positive reviews. It is the 1054th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Dasun Madushanka as Sirisena aka Sira * Suminda Sirisena as Soththi Martin * Duleeka Marapana as Batti * Dulanjalie Ariyatillake as Sira's sister * Jayalath Manoratne as Hospital keeper * Giriraj Kaushalya as Bicycle Shop owner * Chandra Kaluarachchi as Prostitute dealer * Quintus Weerakoon * Vijaya Nandasiri as Doctor * Hemantha Iriyagama as Police Constable * Ajith Lokuge as Drug dealer * Jagath Benaragama as Drug dealer * Anton Jude as Sarath * Vasantha Vittachchi as Lawyer * Sarath Chandrasiri as Money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooriya Arana
''Sooriya Arana'' ( si, සූරිය අරණ) is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's thriller film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars Jackson Anthony and Jayalath Manoratne in lead roles along with Sajitha Anthony and Dasun Madusanka. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the highest grossing film in Sri Lankan cinema history. It is the 1025th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Before the screening of the film, it created a controversy stating that film shows disrespect on the Buddhist monks and being labelled of insulting the Sinhala race. On 5 April 2004, a symposium with a theme "Buddhist symbol in Cinema" was held at the Centre For Society and Religion (CSR) on Deans Road in Maradana. Plot In a rural village, villagers don't have any idea about merit and demerits. Sediris, who is a hunter, often hunts animals with his son, Tikira in order to make their daily livelihood. One day, An elderly monk enters the village w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonduru Dadabima
''Sonduru Dadabima (A Pleasurable Hunt)'' ( si, සොඳුරු දඩබිම) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Anura Horatious and produced by W. A. S. K. Samarawickrema for Sadheera Films. It stars Sanath Wimalasiri and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Tony Ranasinghe and Rex Kodippili. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 1015th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film has been shot in and around Colombo. Plot The movie starts with a Sri Lanka Army deserter Kamal Palihakkara returning home to his parents and younger siblings. His father is angry at him for ruining the family name in the village by the frequent visits by the Military police. Father also blames him for abandoning his wife and child to which Kamal says it was the wife who left him. Then four special agents of the Special Investigation Bureau (Galdwin, Dixit, Arnold, Michael) are seen going to meet 'Solomon Sahabandu', a powerful government minister, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mage Wam Atha
''Mage Wam Atha aka Pickpocket (My Left Hand)'' ( si, මගේ වම් අත) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Linton Semage and co-produced by Linton himself with Harsha Caldera with financial support funded by National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. It stars Linton Semage himself with Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Gayani Gisanthika and Mahendra Perera. Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayake. It is the 1165th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Linton Semage as Kamal * Dilhani Ekanayake as Kamal's wife * Gayani Gisanthika as Amena * Sanet Dikkumbura as Toy seller * Saumya Liyanage as Kamal's boss * Mahendra Perera as Photographer * Seetha Kumari as Wife's Mother * Giriraj Kaushalya as Boss's henchman * Anjula Rajapakse as Wife's sister * Sarath Kothalawala Sarath Kothalawala ( :si:සරත් කොතලාවල) inhala is an actor, director, producer and a screenplay writer in Sri Lankan cinema. He, along with Kumara Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punchi Suranganavi
''Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel)'' ( si, පුංචි සුරංගනාවී) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars two child artistes Tharaka Hettiarachchi and Nithyavani Kandasami in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Dilani Abeywardana. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. The film has received positive reviews and adjudged many awards as well. It is the 984th film in the Sri Lankan cinema. Plot The film revolves around a young boy named Sampath Perera who suffers from psychological trauma. As a toddler, Sampath witnessed his parents arguing and fighting and this caused him psychological trauma and impaired his ability to speak. Both of his parents had had extra-marital affairs and his mother ended up leaving Sri Lanka with her lover to go to Canada. Sampath ended up living in Sri Lanka with his father. His father, Mr. Perera provides him a luxurious life with all the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aswesuma
''Aswesuma (The Compensation)'' is a 2001 Sri Lankan crime drama film directed by Bennett Rathnayake and produced by his wife Samanmalee Hewapanna. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Sangeetha Weeraratne, and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Saumya Liyanage and Mahendra Perera in supportive roles. The film was released on Visual Compact Disc (VCD) and Digital Video Disc (DVD) format by Torana Home Video in March 2003. Cast *Joe Abeywickrama as Guneris – Old age *Jackson Anthony as Guneris – Young *Giriraj Kaushalya as Hunter *Saumya Liyanage as Thug 2 *Mahendra Perera as Thug 1 *Douglas Ranasinghe as Police O.I.C. *Ravindra Randeniya as Doctor *Susil Gunarathna *Edward Gunawardhana *Gamini Hettiarachchi as Complaint officer *Sangeetha Weeraratne as Menika * Nalin Pradeep Udawela as Kaseem *Hemasiri Liyanage as Appuwa * G.R Perera as Arnolis Production and acclaim The film is Based on John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya 3D
''Maya'' ( si, මායා 3D) is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala 3D horror comedy film directed by Donald Jayantha and co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Pubudu Chathuranga in lead roles along with Giriraj Kaushalya, Nilmini Kottegoda and Upeksha Swarnamali. It is the 1257th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film is based on Indian Tamil film '' Kanchana'' directed by Raghava Lawrence. Plot Malan is a jobless 25 year-old youth who spends his days playing cricket with friends. He suffers from an irrational fear of ghosts and retreats to the safety of his home after sunset. His fear is so great he prefers to sleep with his widowed mother Geetha and have her accompany him to the bathroom at night, and also at the eating time. This creates major annoyance in the household, including Malan's brother Gamini, sister-in-law Nirmala and their children. One night, Malan meets a girl named Shaini and flirts to gain her attraction, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhada Koka
''Suhada Koka'' ( si, සුහද කොකා) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala political comedy film directed by Giriraj Kaushalya and produced by Ravindra Guruge for TVT Films. It stars Vijaya Nandasiri and Kusum Renu in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula and Lal Kularatne. Music co-composed by Rohana Weerasinghe and Kapila Pugalarachchi. It is the 1237th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot The film starts with a release of peoples' vote of government election, where Rajamanthri (Vijaya) lost his seat and crying with his allies. However, his secretary Sumanasiri (Rodney) revealed that the winning member has been hospitalized after hearing the shocking news of that he won the election of the seat. Rajamanthri and crew went to the hospital and finally the winning member died and Rajamanthri won the seat. After winning the seat, he started to celebrate the win, but his fellow ministers (Priyantha and Jayasiri) started to make actions against him. However, with many funny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikuru Hathe
''Sikuru Hathe'' ( si, සිකුරු හතේ, italic=yes Translation: Venus at 7th place of the horoscope) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Giriraj Kaushalya and produced by Hans Anton Vanstarex for New Imperial Talkies. It stars Vijaya Nandasiri, Anarkali Akarsha and Suraj Mapa in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula and Susila Kottage. Music composed by Tharupathi Munasinghe, and songs composed by Rohana Weerasinghe and Navaratne Gamage. It is the 1092nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. One of best comedy films ever produced in the country, ''Sikuru Hathe'' became the highest-grossing film in 2007 and won many awards at several local film award ceremonies. The film earned a record collection of Rs. 26 million for 31 days with nearly 300,000 patrons in 25 cinema theaters across the country. It collected Rs. 50 million with 500,000 patrons on October 30 completes 75th day. Plot The story revolves around the match-maker Mangala Jaya (Vijaya), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |