Rathnawali Kekunawela
George Rathnawali Kumarasiri Miguel (born 20 January 1931 – died 7 April 2018 as රත්නාවලී කැකුණවෙල) inhala, popularly as Rathnawali Kekunawela, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan radio drama history, Kekunawela had a career spanned for more than six decades. She is better known as "Muwan Palesse Menike" due to popular radio play. Personal life Kekunawela was born on 20 January 1931 in Deraniyagala as the fourth in the family. Her father was Simon Miguel. He worked as a tea maker in a Deraniyagala Nuri estate. Her mother was Salina Fernando. Her mother died when she was six year old and father died when she was 16 years old. Then she moved Colombo with grandparents. She has one elder brother - Victor, two elder sisters - Dharmawathi and Prema, and one younger brother Molison. Rathna studied in four schools because of father's job. At first, she went to Beruwala Central College. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deraniyagala
Deraniyagala is a town in the Kegalle district in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Deraniyaga city area consists major government administrative offices, textile industries and transportation hub and the district hospital which has seven medical officers including the DMO, Dr N.G.R.R.Senevirathne who upgraded this hospital into a good condition including the ETU with standard facilities. Deraniyagala divisional secretariat area includes 214.6 km2 and population of about 46300. The divisional secreatariate includes 26 grama niladari divisions. Economy Agriculture is the main source of income for majority of the people. Tea and rubber are main sources of income for people in the area. The main source of food is from rice fields. Apart from tea and rubber, coconut, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and other minor export crops are farmed throughout the area. Climate Deraniyagala has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatoria ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sath Samudura
''Sath Samudura'' (English language, "Seven Seas") is a landmark Sri Lankan film directed by professor Siri Gunasinghe and released in 1967. This film was critically acclaimed and is considered a major work in Sri Lankan cinema. It depicts the plight of fishermen living in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Cast * Cyril Wickramage as Gunadasa * Denawaka Hamine as Karolina, Gunadasa's mother * Edmund Wijesinghe as Sirisena * Swarna Mallawarachchi as Soma * Leena Fernando as Wimala * Hemamali Gunasinghe as Sophie 'Nona' * Rathnawali Kekunawela as Wimala's mother * Somasiri Dehipitiya as Peter * Bertie Kirthisena * Sumitra Rajasinghe * Sirimathi Rasadari Music The score for the movie was composed and directed by Somadasa Elvitigala. Unlike popular films of the time, only a few songs were included and these were of sombre and austere quality. W. D. Amaradeva Sri Lankabhimanya Wannakuwattawaduge Don Albert Perera ( si, වන්නකුවත්තවඩුගේ දො ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asian Actors
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1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Deaths
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Bora Diya Pokuna
''Bora Diya Pokuna'' ( si, බොරදිය පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult drama film directed by Sathyajith Maitipe and produced by Sunil Dharmasiri. It stars Kaushalya Fernando and Dilani Abeywardana in lead roles along with Priyanka Samaraweera and Duminda de Silva. Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayaka. It is the 1222nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was screened at Smithsonian Institution in Washington on 5 December 2004. The film production was completed in 2003, but banned by the Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka, until it was granted in 2010 for showing in 2015. The film won a special prize for the Best Fiction Film at Honolulu International Film festival, 2005 in Hawaii. Cast * Kaushalya Fernando as Ariyalatha / Gothami * Dilani Abeywardana as Mangala * Duminda de Silva as Vipula * Priyanka Samaraweera as Suwineetha * Dharmasiri Bandaranayake as Desmond * Veena Jayakody as Doreen * Rathnawali Kekunawela as Bording mistress * Roh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Nilambare
''Nilambare'' ( si, නිළම්බරේ, italic=yes) is a 2006 Sri Lankan Sinhalese romantic film directed by Kalum Palitha Mahirathna and produced by Upul Jayasinha for Nilwala Films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Sanath Gunathilake, and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Semini Iddamalgoda, and Sangeetha Weeraratne. Music composed by Sarath de Alwis. It is the 1069th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. Plot Cast * Ranjan Ramanayake as Nirwan * Dilhani Ekanayake as Samadhi * Ravindra Randeniya as Jayasuriya * Sanath Gunathilake as Nimal * Semini Iddamalgoda as Nimal's wife * Veena Jayakody * Anarkali Akarsha as Sherine * Sangeetha Weeraratne as Madhu * Anton Jude Anton Jude Gomes, known as Anton Jude (28 November 1960 – 19 March 2012; ඇන්ටන් ජූඩ්) was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. A career spanning for more than three decades, Jude was a popular comedi ... as Podiyan * Ratnawali Kekunawala as mother of Nim ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julietge Bhumikawa
''Julietge Bhumikawa (Illusions of Juliet)'' ( si, ජුලියට්ගේ භූමිකාව) is a 1998 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Jackson Anthony as his maiden directorial venture and co-produced by Gamini Nanayakkara and Anoja Weerasinghe. It stars Anoja Weerasinghe in lead role along with Kamal Addararachchi, Vasanthi Chathurani and Mahendra Perera. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 902nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Awards * Sarasaviya Critic Awards 1996 - Most Promising Director (Jackson Anthony) Plot Cast * Anoja Weerasinghe as Anjali 'Anju' Senanayake * Kamal Addararachchi as Devinda Dassanayake * Vasanthi Chathurani as Saroja * Mahendra Perera as Supun * Daya Alwis as Lawrence * Chandani Seneviratne as Psychologist * Sriyantha Mendis as Theater director * Kusum Renu as 'Putha' patient * Chitra Wakishta as Gossiping dubber * Sujani Menaka as Saroja's servant * Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (born Apr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dadayama
''Dadayama (The Hunt)'' ( si, දඩයම) is a 1983 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Vasantha Obeysekera and co-produced by Rabbin Chandrasiri, Sunil Jayasiri and P.A Somadasa for Canfo Films. It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Swarna Mallawarachchi in lead roles along with Somy Rathnayake and Iranganie Serasinghe. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 558th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film screened on 11 fifth circuit cinemas. Cast * Ravindra Randeniya as Jayanath * Swarna Mallawarachchi as Rathmali * Somy Rathnayake as Jacolis * Iranganie Serasinghe as Brothel owner * Rathnawali Kekunawela as Rathmali's mother * Shirani Kaushalya as Renuka * Nanda Withana as Duplicate registrar * Malaka Chathurath as Rathmali's son * Daya Alwis as Minister * Granville Rodrigo Senadhipathige Granville Rodrigo,(born 22 September 1958 – died 14 January 1999 as ග්රැන්විල් රොද්රිගෝ) inhala, popularly know ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Biththi Hathara
''Biththi Hathara'' ( si, බිත්ති හතර) is a 1982 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Parakrama de Silva and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineroo. The film was based on the book of the same name written by Sugathapala de Silva. It stars Neil Alles, Swarna Mallawarachchi and Vasanthi Chathurani in lead roles along with Menik Kurukulasuriya and Nadeeka Gunasekara. Music composed by Justin Abeywardena. It is the 536th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Cast * Neil Alles as Sepala * Swarna Mallawarachchi as Samadara * Vasanthi Chathurani as Mallika * Menik Kurukulasuriya as Chandani * Nadeeka Gunasekara as Nandani * Piyasena Ahangama as Jayasena * Swarnamali Danthure Bandara as Suneetha * Devika Mihirani * Ruby de Mel * Rathnawali Kekunawela George Rathnawali Kumarasiri Miguel (born 20 January 1931 – died 7 April 2018 as රත්නාවලී කැකුණවෙල) inhala, popularly as Rathnawali Kekunawela, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191610 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike (මැතිනිය), was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then the Dominion of Ceylon) in 1960. She chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 1960 to 1994 and served three terms as prime minister, two times as the chief executive, 1960 to 1965 and 1970 to 1977, and once again in a presidential system from 1994 to 2000, governing under the presidency of her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga. Born into a Sinhalese Kandyan aristocratic family, Bandaranaike was educated in Catholic, English-medium schools, but remained a Buddhist and spoke Sinhala as well as English. On graduating from secondary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |