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Tennison Cooray
Merengnnage Edward Tennyson Cooray (සිංහල: මෙරෙඤඤගේ එඩ්වඩ් ටෙනිසන් කුරේ) (30 April 1952 – 28 September 2020) was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most popular comedians ever in Sinhala cinema with a career spanned for more than three decades, Cooray was best known for comedy roles in several blockbuster film franchises such as ''Re Daniel Dawal Migel'', ''Cheriyo'', ''Peralikarayo'', ''Wada Bari Tarzan'' as well as ''Somy Boys''. In addition to acting, he also worked as a director and scriptwriter, singer, lyrics writer. Personal life He was born on 30 April 1952 in Weligama, Matara as the second of the family to a Catholic father and Buddhist mother. His father Merengnnage Edgar Stanley Arthur Cooray, who worked at Gamini Bus Company, learned to be a pastor for some time and also was a great reader of good English literature. His mother, Herath Mudiyanselage Ran Menika was a housewif ...
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Weligama
Weligama ( si, වැලිගම, ta, வெலிகாமம்) is a town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. The name ''Weligama'', literally means "sandy village" which refers to the area's sandy sweep bay. It is approximately south of Colombo and is situated at an elevation of above the sea level. History The main industries are tourism and fishing. Weligama is a popular tourist destination and hosts several boutique hotels including an off shore islet known as '' Taprobane'', which houses a villa constructed by the French Count de Mauny, and is currently owned by Geoffrey Dobbs. It was the birthplace of the scholar monk Weligama Sri Sumangala. Weligama was significantly affected by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, with 15% of the area destroyed, with over 2,200 houses damaged or washed away, and 469 reported deaths. There are a number of sites of historical impor ...
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Parliament Jokes
''Parliament Jokes'' ( si, පාර්ලිමන්ට් ජෝක්ස්, italic=yes) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake and produced by Lal Kaluarachchi for Lak films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, comic duo Bandu Samarasinghe, and Tennyson Cooray in lead roles along with Ananda Wickramage, Wilson Karunaratne, Sasanthi Jayasekara and Sanoja Bibile. It is the 973rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot There is a public meeting on how people in a certain village should elect their leader. The meeting is handled by the village monk. The Father of the Church and the Muslim Mudali are supporting the Leader of the House, irrespective of ethnic or religious differences. But it was the insane politician, Walisundara (Wilson), who suddenly broke in. He threatened the Chief monk with his thuggery powers and threatened to give Walisundara preferential treatment. Meanwhile, there are three brothers in the other side of the village. ...
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Vala In London
''Vala In London'' ( si, වැලා ඉන් ලන්ඩන්) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedy film directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma and produced by T. Quintus Peiris for NS Films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Tennyson Cooray, and Sabeetha Perera in lead roles along with Wilson Karunaratne and Freddie Silva. Music composed by Sarath Dassanayake. It is the 971st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. Plot Cast * Ranjan Ramanayake as Suranga * Tennyson Cooray as Valentine 'Vala' / Professor Surpentine * Sabeetha Perera as Nayomi * Uresha Geethanjali as Gayomi * Wilson Karunaratne as Gajasinghe * Freddie Silva as Charlie * Manel Chandralatha as Sobani * Teddy Vidyalankara as Gajasinghe's son * Gemunu Wijesuriya Gamunu Mahinda Wijesuriya (5 August 1934 – 19 March 2007: as si, ගැමුණු විජේසූරිය), was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre, radio and television as well as a broadcaster, comedian, singer and radio program pr ... as He ...
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Aladinge Waldin
''Aladinge Waldin'' ( si, ඇලඩින්ගේ වෑල්ඩින්) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Upali Piyaratne and produced by Anura de Silva & Thilak Mapatuna for Indu Films. It stars Tennyson Cooray and Sasanthi Jayasekara in lead roles along with Cletus Mendis and Sunil Hettiarachchi. Music composed by Sarath de Alwis. It is the 1004th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Tennyson Cooray as Aladdin 'Dean Martin' * Sasanthi Jayasekara as Kasturi * Cletus Mendis as Mr. Dekatana 'Julie' * Sunil Hettiarachchi as Gulliver * Mark Samson as Prison mentor * Buddhika Rambukwella as Police Inspector * Rebeka Nirmali Rebeka Nirmali (27 November 1964 – 13 August 2014 as රෙබෙකා නිර්මලී) inhala, also as Rebecca Nirmali, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Highly versatile actress with a career spanned for m ... as Kasturi's aunt * Saman Almeida as Minister Samayawardana * Richard ...
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Seethala Gini Kandu
''Seethala Gini Kandu'' ( si, සීතල ගිනි කඳු, italic=yes Translation: Cold Volcanoes) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller action film directed and produced by Daya Wimalaweera. It stars Jeevan Kumaratunga and Dilani Abeywardana in lead roles along with Kamal Addararachchi, and Dilhani Ekanayake. Music composed by Sarath Dassanayake. It is the 976th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Sunny aka 'Henahura' is a local crime lord who is producing and distributing illicit liquor. He lives with Rosy. Rosy was taken with him forcibly, as the settlement of debt her husband owed to Sunny. He has a biological daughter (Dilhani) from a woman whom he raped (Menik Kurukulasooriya), and she lives with her mother. She is in love with Rohana, an ordinary youth who sells king coconut for living. Rohana’s sister (Udaya Kumari Ranasinghe) is in love with an excise officer (Priyankara Perera). When one of Sunny’s thugs (Sando Harris) is imposing violence on an inn ...
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Jonsun And Gonsun
''Jonsun and Gonsun'' ( si, ජොන්සන් ඇන්ඩ් ගොන්සන්, italic=yes), or colloquially as Jonson and Gonson, is a 2001 Sri Lankan Sinhalese romantic thriller film directed by Roy de Silva. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Tennyson Cooray, and Sangeetha Weeraratne in lead roles along with Gemunu Wijesuriya, Jayantha Bopearachchi and Sunil Hettiarachchi. Music composed by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 959th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. Plot Cast * Ranjan Ramanayake as Sanjay Ranasinghe * Tennyson Cooray as Jonson * Sangeetha Weeraratne as Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Dingiri Menika and Inspector Durga * Gemunu Wijesuriya as Rathnayake Mudiyanse 'Ralahamy' * Sumana Amarasinghe as Mrs. Ranasinghe * Sunil Hettiarachchi as Awatheva * Jayantha Bopearachchi as Ranjuka de Silva * Ruwanthi Mangala as Kumari * Mangala Premaratne as Heen Banda * Ronnie Leitch as Thatta Sira * Sandeepa Sewmini as Thatta Sira girlfriend * Upali Keerthisena as Mr. Pusari ...
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Re Daniel Dawal Migel 2
''Re Daniel Dawal Migel 2'' ( si, රෑ දනියෙල් දවල් මිගෙල් 2) is a 2000 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, action film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for E.A.P Films. It is the second film of Re Daniel Dawal Migel film franchise and sequel to 1998 ''Re Daniel Dawal Migel 1'' film and prequel to 2004 '' Re Daniel Dawal Migel 3'' film. Actors from first film reprises their roles. It stars comic duo Bandu Samarasinghe, and Tennyson Cooray in lead roles along with Ranjan Ramanayake, Sangeetha Weeraratne and Maduranga Chandimal. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. The film also became one of Sri Lanka's blockbuster hit with reaching more than 100 days in cinema theaters. It is the 932rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot At the end of first film, Daniyel (Bandu) and Migel (Tennyson) was jailed for more than 1700 years. But they well enjoyed in their life in prison by dancing and singing songs with other pri ...
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Re Daniel Dawal Migel 1
''Re Daniel Dawal Migel'' ( si, රෑ දනියෙල් දවල් මිගෙල්, italic=yes) is a 1998 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, action film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for E.A.P Films. It is the first film of ''Re Daniel Dawal Migel'' film franchise. It stars comic duo Bandu Samarasinghe, and Tennyson Cooray in lead roles along with Ranjan Ramanayake, Sangeetha Weeraratne and Maduranga Chandimal. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. The film became one of Sri Lanka's blockbuster movies with reaching more than 150 days in cinema theatres. It is the 894th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Daniyel (Bandu) and Migel (Tennyson) are two kind-hearted, but thieves in the village. They were known to steal chickens, goats, cattle and also do canny things and they are caught by the village head master. With these incidents, they started to leave the village and move to town. After moving to town, two detectives cobra and h ...
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Cheriyo Darling
''Cheriyo Darling'' ( si, චෙරියෝ ඩාලිං) is a 1996 Sri Lankan Sinhala medical mystery romantic comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and co-produced by director himself with his wife Sumana Amarasinghe for RS Films. It is the third film of '' Cheriyo film series'', which is sequel to ''Cheriyo Captain''. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Dilhani Ekanayake and Bandu Samarasinghe in lead roles along with Tennison Cooray, Ronnie Leitch, Freddie Silva, Wimal Kumara de Costa, Ravindra Randeniya, Sanoja Bibile, Sumana Amarasinghe & Damith Fonseka in supporting roles. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake and it is the 863rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Sri Lankan films ever made, Cheriyo Darling is the only film in history to get a rating of 70 or more in the official 'Films.lk' Sinhalese Cinema database. Plot State mental hospital is in chaos. Junior Doctors Dr. Coco & Dr. Dunnoth Mala gives anatomy lectures t ...
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Demodara Palama (film)
Demodera is a town in the central highlands of Sri Lanka, located in the Badulla District of Uva Province. It is approximately south of Badulla (the capital of Uva Province), on the A16 (Beragala - Hali Ela road). Transport It is served by railway station of the Sri Lanka Railways on the Badulla branch. There is a spiral at this location. It is easily visible from the Demodara railway station. This involves a tunnel which actually runs beneath the Demodara railway station. On the track which exists, the tunnel winds around a mountain, continuously ascending to end up at a higher elevation on what was the mountain under which the tunnel is built. See also * Railway stations in Sri Lanka * Nine Arch Bridge, Demodara The Nine Arches Bridge ( si, ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. It is loca ... Re ...
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Cheriyo Captain
''Cheriyo Captain'' ( si, චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන්) is a 1995 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the second film of '' Cheriyo film series'', which is sequel to ''Cheriyo Doctor''. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Sabeetha Perera and Cletus Mendis in lead roles with Sanath Gunathilake and Bandu Samarasinghe. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 839th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Varuni (Sabeetha) is the only daughter of Major (Mervyn). During a party, former army man Alphosus (Cletus) kidnap Varuni and ask Major that he needs to marry Varuni. Major does not accept it and recruit captain doson (Joe) and his team to save Varuni from Alphosus. Captain doson with his seven army man start searching Varuni at a vast jungle. Meanwhile, Varuni's boyfriend Rahal (Sanath) with his friend (Shashi) also come to know that Varuni is kidnapped by Alphonsus. They also started ...
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Cheriyo Doctor
''Cheriyo Doctor'' ( si, චෙරියෝ ඩොක්ටර්) is a 1991 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the first film of '' Cheriyo film series'', which continued with three more films in 1995 (''Cheriyo Captain''), 1996 (''Cheriyo Darling'') and 2002 ('' Cheriyo Holman''). It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Sanath Gunathilake and Sabeetha Perera in lead roles along with Bandu Samarasinghe, Tennison Cooray and Freddie Silva. Music for the film is done by Somapala Rathnayake. It is the 734th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot ''Cheriyo Doctor'', centering on the incidents occur within a mental hospital run by Professor. Incidents starts when Nurse Surangi falls in love with one of fake patient Chaminda Randenigala. After series of comedy incidents, Chaminda's friend Nalin also attended to the hospital with fake illness and Chaminda's realized that his sister Madhu falls in love with Nalin. ...
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