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Piyadasa Gunasekera
Hilla Liyanage Don Piyadasa Gunsekera (born 1915 – died 5 April 1980 as si, පියදාස ගුණසේකර), popularly as Piyadasa Gunasekera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. In a career spanned for more than three decades, Gunasekera is considered as the greatest villain ever to appear in Sinhala cinema after Dommie Jayawardena. Personal life Cyril was born on 12 February 1926 in Maligakanda, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was educated at Industrial College, Campbell Place and Ananda College, Colombo. After school life, he worked as a travel agent of Tram car driver for Trans International and enlisted in the Army during World War II. His daughter Lankarajini is a talented singer who started career in Sunen Gokula's 'Sangeetha Sandyawa' program in radio. She was educated at St. Paul's College, Milagiriya. He died on 22 September 1992 at the age of 65. His death from alcohol poisoning was a controversial event. Career He started acting career as a theater actor whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Sarasaviya Awards ...
The 5th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 6වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1967 Sinhala cinema on April 25, 1968, at the Colombo Girls' College, Sri Lanka. Honorable Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night. The film ''Sath Samudura'' won the most awards with eight including Best Film. Awards References {{Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of British Ceylon
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese Male Actors
Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinhala (Unicode block), a block of Sinhala characters in Unicode * Sinhala cinema * Sinhala Kingdom, the Lankan kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata, ''Mahābhārata'' * "Sinhala", a song from the 1999 album ''The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia'' {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Actors
The following is a list of notable Sri Lankan actors. A * Srilal Abeykoon * Damitha Abeyratne * Amila Abeysekara * Tissa Abeysekara * Dilani Abeywardana * Joe Abeywickrama * Kamal Addararachchi * Anarkali Akarsha * Daya Alwis * Sriyani Amarasena * Sumana Amarasinghe * Shyama Ananda * Madhavee Wathsala Anthony * Jackson Anthony * Dulani Anuradha * Jayasekara Aponso * Madhumadhawa Aravinda * Samadhi Arunachaya * Manike Attanayake B * K. S. Balachandran * M. V. Balan * Ramani Bartholomeusz * Yolande Bavan * Jagath Benaragama * Sanoja Bibile * Mabel Blythe * Wickrama Bogoda * Anula Bulathsinhala * Lucien Bulathsinhala * Nilmini Buwaneka C * Jagath Chamila * Poongkothai Chandrahasan * Susantha Chandramali * Sarath Chandrasiri * Maureen Charuni * Pubudu Chathuranga * Vasanthi Chathurani * Tennyson Cooray D * Anusha Damayanthi * Wimal Kumara de Costa * Ruby de Mel * Leena de Silva * Somasiri Dehipitiya * Lionel Deraniyagala * Kamal Deshapriya * Rukmani Devi * David Dharmakeer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seda Sulang
Seda Sulang ( si, සැඩසුළං), is a 1955 Sri Lankan romantic musical film directed and produced by Thambiraja Somasekaran for Ceylon Films Limited. The film starring Florida Jayalath and Prem Jayanth in lead roles whereas Dommie Jayawardena and David Dharmakeerthi made supportive roles. Cast * Florida Jayalath as Seetha * Prem Jayanth as Sunil * Dommie Jayawardena as Eddie * David Dharmakeerthi as Sir Edward Palipana * Rosalyn Fernando as Mrs. Palipana * Sujatha Paramanathan as Eddie's wife * Lilian Edirisinghe * Piyadasa Gunasekera as Anton * Richard Albert as Rodaya * Sunil Premadasa as Rasthiyadu * Mohideen Baig as Beggar * Dharma Sri Ranatunga as Edward * Shanti Abeysekara as Dancing teacher * Daya Abeysekara as Young Sunil * Padmini Dahanayake as Young Seetha * Bimba Kumari as Leela * T. Somasekaran * M. P. Gilman Production The film was filmed at the Vahini Studio in Madras, where Somasekaran included several scenes from Sri Lanka such as the Temple of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarasaviya Best Supporting Actor Award
The Sarasaviya Best Supporting Actor Award is presented annually by the weekly Sarasaviya newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival. Although the Sarasaviya Awards Ceremony began in 1964, this award was introduced in 1969. Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then. References Supporting Actor A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ... Awards established in 1969 {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Sarasaviya Awards ...
The 7th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 7වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1969 Sinhala cinema on March 7, 1970, at the Colombo New Theater Grounds, Sri Lanka. Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle was the chief guest at the awards night. The film ''Binaramalee'' won the most awards with eight including Best Film. Awards References {{Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughing Anne
''Laughing Anne'' is a 1953 British adventure film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker, and Ronald Shiner. It was adapted from Joseph Conrad's short story, " Because of the Dollars" and from his 1923 two-act play, ''Laughing Anne''. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews and costumes were by Elizabeth Haffenden. Production In 1952 Herbert Wilcox announced he had signed a co-production deal with Herbert Yates of Republic Pictures to make films together starring Anna Neagle and John Wayne, to be shot in colour and aimed at international markets. The projects would include an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's '' The King's General'' and Joseph Conrad's ''Laughing Anne''. ''Laughing Anne'' would instead be made with Margaret Lockwood, who had signed a long-term contract with Wilcox, and two Hollywood names: Forrest Tucker and Wendell Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Ceylon
British Ceylon ( si, බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948. Initially, the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate, but from 1817 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka. History Background Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for control of the island as a whole. The island attracted the attention of the newly formed Dutch Republic when they were invited by the Sinhalese King to fight the Portuguese. Dutch rule over much of the island was soon imposed. In the late 18th century the Dutch, weakened by their wars against Great Britain, were co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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