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Sarasaviya Best Music Direction Award
The Sarasaviya Best Music Direction Award is presented annually by the weekly Sarasaviya newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited 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 i ... at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival. Although the Sarasaviya Awards Ceremony began in 1964, this award was introduced much later. Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then. {{Sarasaviya Awards Music Director Film awards for Best Music Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Newspapers Of Ceylon Limited
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 a public limited liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1926 by its founder D. R. Wijewardena. 75% of its shares were Nationalized under the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Special Provisions) Law No. 28 of 1973 and this stake is held by the Public Trustee of Sri Lanka on behalf of the Government. Lake House is Sri Lanka's oldest publication company. Its '' Daily News'' English daily was the first Sri Lankan newspaper to be published on-line. At present ''Dinamina'', Resa, ''Daily News'', ''Thinakaran'', ''Sunday Observer'', . '' |
Sarasaviya Awards
''Sarasaviya Awards'' (Sinhala:සරසවිය සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema, each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan film industry. The Sarasaviya ceremony is one of the oldest film events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 1964. The Sarasaviya Awards have been often referred to as the Sinhala Cinema industry's equivalent to The Oscars. History The Sarasaviya film awards ceremony began in 1964 at a time when the local cinema was trying to shed its South Indian orientation and establish an indigenous identity. There was no need to go to India to make films any more and the era of Indian artistes too had ended. The first Sarasaviya film festival was held on May 9, 1964 at the Asoka Cinema Hall, Colombo, 17 years after the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeeka Guruge
Nadeeka Guruge ( si, නදීක ගුරුගේ) is one of the most influential composers in Sri Lankan music. Biography "I grew up with the guitar and the guitar speaks at this concert" says Nadeeka on his concerts titled ''Nostal Guitar Electrica 2015'' and 'Echo in the Mountains'. Guruge started as a young musician researching in 1999. His first serious musical work was "Sanyugma" a folk and applied music production with Marcello Titto Li, a Bolivian folk musician, in 1999. Since then he has been working in movies, tele dramas, stage dramas, songs and advertising. Films *''Sulanga Enu Pinisa'' 2005 *'' Sankara'' 2006 *'' Aba'' 2007 *''Karma'' 2010 – also as protagonist. *''Ira Handa Yata'' 2009 *'' Nikini Vassa'' 2011 *The Kuveni 2011 *'' Cindrella'' 2011 *'' Gamani'' 2011 *''Maharaja Gemunu ''Maharaja Gemunu (King Gemunu)'' ( si, මහරජ ගැමුණු) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and produced by Gunap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aba (film)
''Aba'' is a 2008 Sinhalese film directed by Jackson Anthony and co-produced by Justin Belagamage and Rajindra Jayasinghe for Chandrakini Creations. The title is derived from ''Pandu Aba'', another name for the title character. Anthony’s son, Sajitha Anthony, portrays Pandukabhaya. The film also features Malini Fonseka, Ravindra Randeniya, Sriyantha Mendis, Sabeetha Perera and many other popular actors. It was released in Sri Lanka on 8 August 2008. Plans were made to screen the film in several other countries, including China, Italy and Australia. Plot Story based on the historical legend of King Pandukabhaya which is set in Sri Lanka more than 2,400 years ago. Cast * Sajitha Anthony as Aba aka Pandukabhaya * Ravindra Randeniya as Pandula * Malini Fonseka as Buddhakachchana - won Sarasaviya Best Supporting Actress Award * Sabeetha Perera as Unmaada Chitra * Senaka Titus Anthony as Senda * Kanchana Kodituwakku as Deega Gamini * Saumya Liyanage as Habaraa * Dulani Anuradh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppalawanna
''Uppalawanna'' ( si, උප්පලවන්ණා) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama philosophical film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Milinia Sumathipala for Sumathi Films. It stars Sangeetha Weeraratne and Malini Fonseka in lead roles along with Roshan Ravindra and Chandani Seneviratne. Music composed by Navaratne Gamage. It is the 1165th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film has been shot in and around Thanthirimale. Plot Set during the 1987–89 JVP insurrection, Ratnapala (Jagath), a student at the University of Colombo and former member of the JVP, comes to visit his mother in Anuradhapura. He is killed by a former comrade (Roshan) on the basis of leaking JVP secrets to the Sri Lankan government. The comrade sustains serious injuries from this encounter. The comrade runs from the scene, attempting to make his way back to his base camp. Instead, he ends up near the Anuradhapura nunnery. Uppalavanna (Sangeetha) comes across him and after much deli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Fernando
Sarath may refer to: People * R. Sarath, Indian film director and Screewriter. * Sarath (composer) or Sharreth (born 1969), Indian film composer *Sarath Babu (born 1951), Indian film actor * Sarath Das (born 1978), Indian film actor *Sarath Fonseka (born 1950), Sri Lankan military leader * R. Sarathkumar (born 1954), Indian film actor, journalist and politician * Sarath Ranawaka (1951–2009), Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka *Sarath N. Silva, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Sarath Kumara Gunaratna, Sri Lankan politician and former minister * Sarath Weerasekara (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician, admiral and former deputy minister *Sarath Amunugama, Sri Lankan academic *Sarath Amunugama (politician) (born 1939), Sri Lankan civil servant, politician, and minister Places * Sarath, Deoghar, a community development block in Jharkhand, India * Sarath, Deoghar (village), a village in Jharkhand, India * Sarath (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Sarath Assembly con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premasiri Khemadasa
Deshamanya Kala Keerthi Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa ( Sinhala: ආචාර්ය ප්රේමසිරි කේමදාස ) (25 January 1937 – 24 October 2008) also known as "Khemadasa Master" was a Sri Lankan music composer. Exploring the various styles of music around the world Khemadasa endeavoured to develop a unique style of music. He combined Sinhala folk tunes, Hindustani music, Western music and many other streams of music in his compositions while adapting them to fit contemporary music. Biography Early life Khemadasa grew up in Talpitiya, Wadduwa and attended St. John's College Panadura and then Sri Sumangala College Panadura. Born the thirteenth child into a poor rural family on the west coast of Sri Lanka, Khemadasa started with nothing. There was no musical heritage in his family. He was self-taught, learning how to play on cheap bamboo flutes when he was only 6 years old. In all his life, Khemadasa would never receive formal training in music. As a teen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mille Soya
''Mille Soya (Buongiorno Italia)'' is a 2004 romantic musical film, written, produced and directed by Boodee Keerthisena. The film stars Mahendra Perera, Jackson Anthony, Sanath Gunathilake, Kamal Addararachchi, and Sangeetha Weeraratne. The film was released on 21 October 2004. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film is Sri Lanka's very first digital film. Shooting of the film was started in 1997 in Naples, Positano in Italy and in Chilaw in Sri Lanka. It is a Sri Lankan-Italian co-production. The film follows a group of young Sri Lankan musicians who illegally immigrate to Italy in the baggage compartment of a bus and about the lost dreams of Sri Lankan youth living during the Sri Lankan civil war. Plot The story revolves around a group of young musicians – rock 'n rollers who venerate Bob Marley and wish to become a famous band. But their lives on the lowest rungs of Sri Lankan society, with its poverty and violence, offer them little if no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |