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Pubudu Chathuranga
Eththiligoda Vidana Gamage Pubudu Chathuranga, (born 12 November 1982: si, පුබුදු චතුරංග), popularly as Pubudu Chathuranga, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. He is also worked as a model, TV presenter and a screenplay writer. Personal life Pubudu was born on 12 November 1982 in Kithulampitiya, Galle. His mother, Lalitha Indrani Weththasinghe, is a housewife born in Colombo who moved to Galle after marrying his father, E.V.G Somasiri, in the 1970s. He has one sister, Dushanthi Thamodini who is married to Sisira Kalansooriya. The name Pubudu means "blossoming of wisdom", and Chathuranga stands for any four noble things. Pubudu attended Richmond College in Galle, which his father had also attended. As a school boy he has won the primary best student award of his school and got the best results in Ordinary Level. After Advanced Level He was selected to receive higher education as a candidate for a Higher National Diploma in Engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galle
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the capital of Galle District. Galle was known as ''Gimhathiththa'' before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, when it was the main port on the island. Ibn Batuta, a Moroccan Berber Muslim traveller in the 14th century, referred to it as ''Qali''. Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, during the Dutch colonial period. Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by the Portuguese in South and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between Portuguese architectural styles and native traditions. The city was extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and is the largest remaining fortres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Challenges (film)
''Challenges'' ( si, චැලෙන්ජස්) is a 2011 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic comedy film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and co-produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, Pravin Jayaratne, Ajith Priyantha and Udayakantha Warnasuriya for Sunflower Films. It stars Sheshadri Priyasad, Pubudu Chathuranga and Roshan Ranawana in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani. Music composed by Sai Gurunath. It is the 1154th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. It became the first Sri Lankan box office hit of 2011. Challenges was released on 11 March 2011 nationally and premiered at the Savoy Theatre, Wellawatte on 10 March in a celebrity premiere screening. The film has been shot in Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Colombo and Nilaveli areas. A website ''www.challengesmovie.com'' was launched in October 2010. Plot The story of revolves around Ranuk Randunu whose father is Professor Esala Randunu. In childhood itself Ranuk is taught to take responsibilities and to be a disciplin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paya Enna Hiru Se
''Paya Enna Hiru Se'' ( si, පායා එන්න හිරු සේ, italic=yes) is a 2009 Sri Lankan Sinhalese action thriller film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Dhammika Siriwardena for Evoke Films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake in dual role with new coming actress Udari Warnakulasooriya in lead roles along with Ratnawali Kekunawala, Sriyantha Mendis and Bimal Jayakody. Music composed by veteran music director Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 1125th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. The film brought debut cinema acting of Udari Warnakulasuriya. The title of the film after a song written by Padmakumara Mettasena, sing by Amila Perera. Plot Suren is a widower father of Himasha. Dinali is Himasha’s nersury teacher. Himasha’s mother had passed away long ago. Because of this, Himasha loves her teacher as her mother. Eventually Suren falls in love with Dinali and Dinali also agrees to marry him to relive Himasha’s pain. However, Suren’s mother i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Star (film)
''Dancing Star'' ( si, ඩාන්සින් ස්ටාර්) is a 2009 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Susara Dinal and produced by Sirasa Movies for MTV Network (Pvt) Ltd. It stars popular singer Dushyanth Weeraman and newcomer Shiroshi Romeshika in lead roles along with Sanath Gunathilake and Nilanthi Dias. Music composed by Bathiya and Santhush. It is the 1120th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast The film leads with two newcomers to the cinema industry. * Dushyanth Weeraman * Shiroshi Romeshika as Shiroshi * Sanath Gunathilake as Ramanayake * Nilanthi Dias * Hashini Gonagala * Sarath Kothalawala * Roshan Ranawana as Sudesh * Ravindra Randeniya as Greshan * Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (born April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර) inhala) is an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is an actor, singer, filmmaker and journalist by profession. ... * Rosy Senanayake * Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharaka Mal
''Tharaka Mal'' ( si, තාරකා මල්, italic=yes) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic drama film directed by Milton Jayawardena and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films. It stars Roshan Ranawana and Nadeesha Hemamali in lead roles along with Anarkali Akarsha and Nalin Pradeep Udawela. Music composed by Charudaththa Ilangasinghe. It is the 1088th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Roshan Ranawana as Mahasen * Nadeesha Hemamali as Madhavi * Anarkali Akarsha as Suranya * Nalin Pradeep Udawela as Kumaran * Pubudu Chathuranga as Parthipan * Muthu Tharanga as Parvathi * Pradeep Senanayake as Robert Meewella * Nimal Anthony as Navaratne Bandara * Hyacinth Wijeratne Threeris Hyacinth Wijeratne ( si, හයසින්ත් විජේරත්න; 3 October 1946 – 31 July 2021), was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. In a career spanned more than four decades, she was known for h ... as Agnes * Sulakkana Mihiripenna * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ran Samanalayo
''Ran Samanalayo'' ( Sinhala: රන් සමනළයෝ) is a Sri Lankan television drama broadcast by Independent Television Network. The series first aired on 8 June 2011 and concluded on 25 May 2012. This is a mega hit of Sandaruwan Jayawickrama after ''Sulanga''. Ran Samanalayo has been rated by many surveys as the most popular teledrama at 8:00pm. Actor Saranga Disasekara was awarded as the most popular actor of the year 2011 at Raigam Tele'es for his acting in this teledrama. Ran Samanalayo is special for its attractive color combination of costumes and other relevant things. Story Samanali, an innocent beautiful girl in her twenties works as a dancing teacher of a convent. She lives with her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother always accuses Samanali's mother due to a past incident. So Samanali is worrying about that and also she thinks that she has a big responsibility of her mother's and grandmother's lives. So she is living a strict life and she hasn't had any clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derana TV
Derana TV is a Sri Lankan private entertainment terrestrial television channel broadcasting in Sri Lanka. Launched on 11 October 2005, it is one of the most popular television networks in the country. Its main transmission tower is on the Kikilimana mountain, and coverage is extended nationwide via eight transmission towers. The channel is available on digital medium through Dialog TV, PEO TV and the newly launched OTT platform GLUUOO. Derana broadcasts contemporary content that upholds Sri Lankan values on its "අපේ දේ රැකගෙන, අලුත් දේ අරගෙන" / “Ape De Rakagena, Aluth De Aragena” (Conserve our own and embrace the new) platforms. The channel focuses heavily on high-end programming that meets stringent expectations of viewers in the two premium socio-economic categorizations SEC A and SEC B. Currently TV Derana is the No. 1 television channel in Sri Lanka, according to late 2021 LMRB search data. The channel has maintained this pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravegaya
''Pravegaya'' (English: velocity ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Donald Jayantha and produced by Sadesh Kumar. It stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Udari Perera with Jayalath Manoratne, Pubudu Chathuranga and Jackson Anthony in supporting roles. Music for the film iwas written by Bathiya and Santhush. It is the 1,228th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film is a remake of the 2007 film '' Polladhavan''. Plot Hemal is a happy-go-lucky middle-class family guy who spends time playing carrom in the streets with his friends Janith and Kumar. His father and he keep falling into minor misunderstandings, and he indulges in a hopeless romance with a strange girl who he meets at a bus stop. When he is caught in the act of stealing a pittance from his father for booze with his friends, Hemal questions his father’s responsibility towards his upbringing. His angry father gives Hemal some of his savings and tells him to do something with his life. Hemal purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Film Awards
Presidential Film Awards is a film award ceremony held in Sri Lanka. It is organized by the National Film Corporation along with the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was 1st awards in 1979 by President J. R. Jayewardene, and continue till 2004. The awards were not held from 2005 to 2014 when Mahinda Rajapakse was president. The award started to be presented again in 2015 by President Maithripala Sirisena. President awarding J. R. Jayewardene 1979 Winners *Best Film: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Thilak Godamanna *Best Direction: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Dharmasena Pathiraja, ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Lester James Peries *Best Actor: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Tony Ranasinghe *Best Actress: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Malini Fonseka *Best Script Writer: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Tissa Abeysekara *Best Cinematographer: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Donald Karunarathna *Best Editor: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Sumitra Peries *Best Music Director: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Premasiri Kemadasa *Best Art Dire ... [...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] |
Parawarthana
''Parawarthana (The Reflections)'' ( si, පරාවර්තන, italic=yes), is a 2014 Sinhala-language Sri Lankan drama thriller film directed by cinematographer Jayanath Gunawardhana. The film co-produced by Mohammad Mujahid, Ranganath Dias with the director himself for Through the Lens Films. It stars Somy Rathnayake, Pubudu Chathuranga and Dulani Anuradha in lead roles along with Geetha Kanthi Jayakody and Bimal Jayakody. The score has been done by Dinesh Subasinghe. It is the 1200th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot The plot was based on Buddhist teachings of universal justice, retribution. The story starts calmly with simple things happening in a folk village near Anuradhapura. Rathane Aiya portrays a saintly person who lives in the neighborhood of a mother and two sons Jayasena and Siripala. The day before the poya, Siripala kills his elder brother. Rathne is the crime suspect and arrested. He is sentenced to death on the gallows. While awaiting death, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter. He has been referred to as a 'rebel with a cause', an ‘''enfant terrible'' of the '70s', and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Sri Lankan cinema’s 'second revolution'. He is also renowned as an academic, playwright and poet. Early life Educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Pathiraja graduated from the University of Peradeniya with an honours degree in Sinhala and Western Classical Culture in 1967. Subsequently he began work as a lecturer in Drama and Performance Arts, and later obtained a PhD in Bengali cinema from Monash University. His thesis was ''The Dialectic of Region and Nation in the Films of Bengali Independents: Ghatak, Ray and Sen (2001)''. He learned the language of cinema from the film society movement, which was popular in Sri Lanka in the early sixties. He also recognized their sociopolitical limitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
