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The Newspaper (film)
''The Newspaper'' ( si, ද නිවුස් පේපර්) is a 2020 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film co-directed by Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (born April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර) [Sinhala) 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. .... It is produced by Bandula Gunawardane along with Ravindra Guruge and H.D. Premasiri. It stars both directors Kothalawala and Thirimadura in lead roles where Gihan Fernando, Dharmapriya Dias and Pubudu Chathuranga made supportive roles. Music composed by Gayathri Khemadasa. A special screening of the film was held at the Savoy Premier Hall in Wellawatte on 29 June 2020. A special screening will be held on the 24 July 2020 at 4 pm at the Wilmax Cinema Hall in Anuradhapura. A special screening and dialogue of the film was held on the 3 September 2020 at the Savoy Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Kothalawala
Sarath Kothalawala ( :si:සරත් කොතලාවල) inhala is an actor, director, producer and a screenplay writer in Sri Lankan cinema. He, along with Kumara Thirimadura, won the Award for the Best Screenplay at Derana Lux Film Awards in 2014 for ''Thanha Rathi Ranga'' movie. Personal life His father was a businessman and mother worked as a rubber collector in a rubber estate. He is married to Pushpa Samanmali, and they have one daughter Isuri Sandeepani and a son Isuru Manusha. Career Kothalawala first appeared in Street theatre ''Diriya Kadella'' directed by Jayalal Rohana. While performed in the drama, he met Shelton Payagala, who was his teacher and guided him towards stage dramas and other theatre works, as he said. He took 15 years to study aspects of drama. Kothalawala has acted in about 80 stage plays, where he also directed many stage plays. His most popular stage plays include ''Sookarayek Samaga'', ''Nari Burathi'', ''Gabbara Minisa'' ''Gutikamata Niyamit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasantha Kumaravila
Wasantha Kumaravila (born on December 31, 1955, as වසන්ත කුමාරවිල inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, and stunt director. Particularly active in cinema in villain roles, Kumaravila is also a film producer and stunt performer. He is most notable for the role "Wasantha" in soap opera ''Nilanjana'' directed by Suki Jeyaram. Early life He was born on 31 December 1978 in Kalutara. He has one elder brother. His brother acted in few stage dramas. Kumaravila is married to his longtime partner Aruni and the couple has two daughters, Mahima and Tharushi. Career At the age of 14, Kumaravila met stunt director Sarath Silva. With the guidance of his brother and Silva, Kumaravila was selected to play in a fight in the 1992 film ''Kiyala Wadak Na'' directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma. It was a small stunt act lasted about 45 seconds. In 1997, a film production crew came to Sri Lanka for the filming of stunt movie ''Bloodsport III'' starred by Daniel Bernhardt. Kumaravila joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Films
2020 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films were still in theatres where guidelines enabled them so. As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers. Highest-grossing films The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s Sinhala-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Chandrasiri
Sarath Chandrasiri (13 June 1964 – 4 December 2021: as සරත් චන්ද්රසිරි) inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. He is best known for the role "Samagipura Wasantha" in popular television serial ''Paba'' and role "Ukkuwa" in the serial ''Malee''. Personal life He was born on 13 June 1964 in Panadura, Ceylon. He went to Wekada Bauddhaloka Vidyalaya where he met drama teacher Sarath Kulanga. Later he was educated at Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya, Panadura. Chandrasiri is married to longtime partner Charika Jayamali. The couple has one son – Kanchuka Thilakshana, and one daughter – Hasara Nilakshi. Kanchuka is an engineer graduated from University of Moratuwa. Hasara is a physics graduate at University of Sri Jayewardenepura. On 21 November 2016, Chandrasiri was hospitalized by a brief illness while working in a stage play. He was rushed into the Alpitiya hospital. In November 2021, he was again hospitalized and has been rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umayangana Wickramasinghe
Umayangana Wickramasinghe (born 24 October 1980 si, උමයංගනා වික්රමසිංහ) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a television host. She is best known for the role in television serials ''Ithin Ita Passe'' and ''Jeewithe Lassanai''. Personal life She was born on 24 October 1980 in Borella as the eldest of the family. Her father Sunil Wickramasinghe worked at the Sri Lanka Railways and mother Anula Kanthi Kumari worked at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. She has one younger brother, Mahesh Wickramasinghe. She completed primary education at Basilica Maha Vidyalaya, Ragama and then secondary education at St. Paul's Girls School in the Milagiriya district of Colombo. After finishing school times, she followed a course in medicine conducted by The Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition. and began her career as a news presenter for Derana TV and then as a news presenter at Sri Satellite TV. Career She start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayalal Rohana
Maha Egodage Jayalal Rohana Perera ( si, ජයලාල් රෝහණ; 1 November 1964 – 11 February 2021), popularly known as Jayalal Rohana, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Rohana was also a theater director, writer, makeup artist and radio play writer. He has won greater reputation from his bright career as an actor in Television after winning the award for the Best Actor in Sumathi Awards for the role in ''Isuru Yogaya''. Rohana taught drama and theater to students as a freelance dramatist in Sri Lanka. Personal life Jayalal Rohana was born on 1 November 1964 in Colombo. He says that his father was the Treasurer of the Communist Party in Kotte. He studied at Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte in 1976. He graduated in Bachelor of Arts from the University of Peradeniya (External) in 2007 and then Masters of Drama and Theater, University of Kelaniya in 2009. In 2006, he faced a terrible accident, where he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihira Sirithilaka
Mihira Sirithilaka, (born May 28, 1978, as මිහිර සිරිතිලක inhala is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Primarily active as a comedian in Sinhala television, Sirithilaka is well known for the roles in the television serials ''Monarathenna'', ''Ataka Nataka'', ''Ingi Bingi'' and ''Sihina Genena Kumariye''. Early days He was born on 28 May 1980 in the village Eraminiyaya in Agunakolapalessa, Hambantota as the second child to a middle-class family. His father worked for the River Valley Development Board. He has one elder and one younger brother. He studied up to Ordinary Level at Wewa Central College. Then he attended to Weeraketiya Rajapaksa College for Advanced Level Biology. During school, he is an active member in speech competitions and essay competitions. When he was doing Advanced Level, his father died and his mother took sole responsibility for raising the family. When father died, his elder brother dropped out of school and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nethalie Nanayakkara
Kalabushana Nethalie Violet Nanayakkara (born 26 December 1936 as නෙතලි නානායක්කාර) inhala, popularly as Nethalie Nanayakkara, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan television drama industry, Nanayakkara has involved more than 140 serials across a career spanning more than six decades. Personal life Nanayakkara was born on 26 December 1936 in Kiribathgoda, Colombo as the fourth of the family. She has one elder brother and two elder sisters, where one sister died at small age. She also has two younger brothers. Her father worked at a private company. She started education from Roman Catholic School, Pamunuvila. She is fluent with English and passed the O/L examination at the age of 13. Then she attended to Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya and studied from English medium. After the final exams at school, she joined to a private company under the guidance of his uncle. She worked in that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giriraj Kaushalya
Silmesthri Giriraj Kaushalya (born November 13, 1964) (), popularly known as Giriraj Kaushalya, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya also has worked as an assistant director, producer, script writer and a filmmaker. Personal life Kaushalya was born on 13 November 1964 in Kolonnawa, Colombo as the youngest of the family with four siblings. He has three elder brothers and one elder sister. He entered village school in Kolonnawa and then attended to Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya. His father was an active trade unionist in Ceylon Electricity Board and a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party represented the Left Movement. He worked in Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka before entering to acting. His elder brother Lalith Janakantha is also a renowned actor in stage, television and cinema. He met his wife Mangalika Fernando during the work in Mahaweli Authority in Lihinyagama, Mahaweli C zone i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumara Thirimadura
Kumara Thirimadura (born April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර) [Sinhala) 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. He is considered one of five actors who have dominated the Sri Lankan Stage by critics. Early career He was born on 17 April 1969, in Rawathawatta, Moratuwa as the sixth child of the family with seven siblings. His father Thirimadura Rantin de Silva worked in the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. His mother Jothimuni Malini Miureen Perera worked as a cashier in a restaurant. He has four elder sisters - Sandya, Udaya, Ramya, Soumya and one elder brother, Kosala, one younger sister Bhagya and one younger brother Chamila. His sister Sandya died in April 2022. Thirimadura is a past student of Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa. He won many awards at school level through many theatre works, which gave him boost to the career. But, before turning in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyam Fernando
Shyam Fernando ( si, ශ්යාම් ප්රනාන්දු), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is a dubbing artist and was nominated for several dramatic roles. Career Fernando started his drama career under Somalatha Subasinghe with Play House Kotte. He joined Subasinghe's children’s productions such as ''Thoppi Welenda'', ''Hima Kumari'', ''Walas Pawula''. He was then selected for the play ''Veeraya Marila'' directed by Rajitha Dissanayake. Fernando started his film career with a role in ''Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka'' in 2012, directed by Prasanna Vithanage. His most popular cinema acting came through films ''Premaya Nam'', ''Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka'' and ''Davena Wihagun''. In 2020, he acted in the short ''One Blood'' directed by Chathura Fernando. In August 2020, he won the award for the Best Actor at Hollywood Venus Awards short film festival at Istanbul in Turkey. Notable music videos * Sakura-Charitha athalage Notable theater works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
