Rock-Pop festival @ Le Kandyan
"Rock-Pop Dance 2002" the biggest ever Rock Pop festival in Kandy will
be held this year too at the Le Kandyan Hotel on March 30.
The popular band "Sound Journey" is set to rock at Le Kandyan with YES
FM and MOS DJ crew on Saturday night from 9.30 p.m.
Yes FM DJ's Mike Rally, Shek, Mos DJs Vino and DJ Ansar, Shiraz will
be in action at this rock party along with the band.
This is going to be the biggest party in Kandy for the coming long weekend.
There will be loads of surprises and games such as selecting the "Best
Dancer", "The Top Rocker" and "The Queen of the Night" said Rushdy Raheem
of the Le Kandyan, who is the brain child of this project.
There are "Sound Journey" fans from Colombo have already booked their
rooms and tickets for the show added Rushdy Manager - Food & Beverage/
Le Garage Discotheque. Also he said there is a package for fans called
"Sound Journey Package" from the Hotel in offering.
The tickets are priced at Rs. 500/- per head and ladies are free to
enter.
The latest HI Tech sounds and lighting will be provided by "Master of
Sounds" who handled Venga Boys and Inner Circle concerts last year.
'Nimal & The Equals' expand
Nimal Jayamanne of 'Ranpota' fame is back in the scene with the expanded
outfit, he was planning to have for a long time.
'Nimal & The Equals' was formed in February 2001 and moved in straight
away to perform at Bentota Beach Hotel.
The Original Line-up consisted of Roshan Dias on keyboards, Trevin Senn
on Guitar, Sharmalee de Silva and Nimal himself on vocals. Two months later
Trevin took wings to Maldives and Lucian de Andrews joined the band.
In December last year Nimal decided to revamp and expand the band to
a bigger outfit and so Willy Dias, formally of X-periments joined to play
bass and Lucian's elder brother Royle joined as the drummer. But 'Nimal
& The Equals' is now an all-male band
"We had to let Sharmalee do her own thing as she had to shuttle between
Sri Lanka and Gemany every four months or so and due to the fact that there
is a dearth of good female singers who are willing to come out and join
an outfit, we decided to do without one. We do not work at Bentota Beach
any more but I have something bigger planned out for the band and we are
working hard on that. When the time comes we will spell it out but for
the time being you will have to take my word for it", Nimal explained his
plans.
"All my members are very experienced. Roshan is the youngest in the
band, but he too, has been in the scene and is very reliable both musically
and as a colleague.
Willy, Royle and Lucian of course are highly experienced and all four
of them are pillars of strength to me. Being experienced doesn't mean that
we can create miracles overnight. We have to work hard as a team and build
up the understanding amongst each other. But, when you have people who
are experienced, willing to help and learn from each other it makes thing
easier for the whole team," he said.
"Apart from Ranpota.. and a few of my own songs we keep to the music
of the 60s & 70s only. We do play a repertoire of both English and
Sinhala songs from that era. We try as much as possible to do songs that
most other bands don't handle. We want to bring the 60s & 70s atmosphere
back so that while the not so young can re-live those memories the young
ones can get a taste of the romantic old times. It is a around this strategy
that we are planning our entire programme," he added.
The band is now ready to take the scene with a more positive approach.
'Stigmata live' at MKOP
The time is here... To let your mind and soul go free... Let it ponder
the extremes. Give it a break from the routine rat race... let it be stigmatized!!
Top rock band Stigmeta will be in action Taj's "My Kind of Place" on
March 27 from 8.00 pm.
Suresh, Tenny, Andrew, Shehan and Dilukshan popularly known as "Stigmata"
are ready to blast out on next Wednesday. Stand by for a repertoire that
covers all segments of Rock. If it's Metallica, Iron maiden, System of
a Down, Linkin Park, Creed or even if rockers crave for some Scorpions,
Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, well the fans are in for a treat.
Stigmata has always specialized in giving their fans a range of originals
that have peaked local radio charts. And on the agenda, they are ready
to unleash the unreleased.
Also there will be a new rock band with stigmata. A debut guest appearance
by "Soul Skinner" - a promising young rock outfit, is bound to create a
storm.
"Stigmata Live" will come in association with "The TV Times", "Taj Samudra"
and "101.7 TNL - Rocks". Tickets will be available at the entrance and
are priced at Rs. 250/- for guys and the ladies get in free.
Garage Party at Prokart
By Sanath Weerasuriya
The first ever Jaguar Garage party will be held at the Millennium
Park on March 27 at 9.00 pm onwards. Widely acknowledged as the Cradle
of Motor Racing, Colombo Prokarts has proven in recent times to be the
hottest venue in town for music concerts with the likes of Sri Lanka's
top bands performing live, these concerts have been a tremendous success,
especially with the younger generation turning up in large numbers.
This garage party will feature popular band 'Kreb's Cycle'. The tickets
are priced at Rs. 300/- per entry and the venue can accommodate more than
1000.
The band Kreb's Cycle comprises' of Senaka on drums, Iqu on bass, Azlam
frontline vocals, Ranil and Ezraad on guitar. The boys are more popular
for alternative rock and hits like 'Drops of Jupiter", 'One Step closer
to the Edge", "Smells like teen Spirit' are some of their favourites.
Also they recorded few of their originals. "My Sacrifice", "Pelican,
Highway" and "Hold the line" are to name a few.
The boys started their activities in 1997 and after sometime, the band
fell on a Low key. But they came back on one stage concert organized by
TNL radio in year 2000.
The Garage Party would be packed with free gifts, Daring competitions,
Raffle Draw, Special Dance Acts and much more fulfilled activities.
Sponsors for the event Regency Automobiles, TV Times Yes FM, C. Vibes
MTV, Autodrome Ltd., Sri Lankan Airlines, B & H Douglas & Sons.
The tickets would be available at following outlets and would be priced
at Rs. 300/- Colombo Prokarts, Millennium Park, De Zoysa Organisation Colombo
6. McDonalds and KFC.
'A Friend For Boltan' at RussianCentre
A Friend For Boltan, he Lion a children theatre will be held at Russian
Cultural Centre on march 27 at 6.30 p.m. and on March 28 at 10.30 a.m.
The theatre is based on the children's book of the same title by Kalus
Kordon and Pieter Kunstreich.
Music and Performance by Erik Schaeffler and Uwe Schade Two tales for
the young. These two musical adventure tell about a difficult but not impossible
friendship between a lion and a camel.
In the first tale A Friend for Boltan the Lion, the audience meets Boltan
the Lion for the first time. Boltan is the king of the animals, who reigns
from an oasis in the middle of a vast and burning hot desert. When he comes
across a camel half-dead from thirst, he begins to be interested in the
camel's stories and store of wisdom and the two become firm friends. However,
the jealous desert fox Abdul finds a way to come between the pair. "What
a ridiculous lion! A beast of prey - friends with a camel. "That strings
the lion's pride and hence, the conflict begins. The second tale Lion in
Search of a Lioness focuses on Boltan's great yearning for a wife and family.
Whether that leaves any space, however, for Boltan's friendship with Murat
the camel, is still far from clear...
'Inert Volcano' too hot inside
By Susitha R. Fernando
Scenes of regular fights were a decisive factor in getting a good market
for Sri Lankan films made several decades ago.
Recently this trend, has been changed though in a disturbing manner
with Daya Wimalaweera's "Inert Volcano" ('Seethala Gini Kandu') released
in the fifth circuit.
The story unravels a battle between the good, represented by young Rohana(
Kamal Addararachchi), who works hard to look after his fatherless family
which includes the mother and younger sister and the evil, portrayed by
'Sunny' (Jeevan Kumaratunge), the village thug who is responsible for causing
a number of painful incidents on certain villagers and who is involved
in number of illegal activities in the area.
Rohana has an affair with his cousin sister 'Nadi' (Dihani Ekanayake)whose
birth is shrouded in mystery known only by Sunny and the girl's mother
(Manik Kurukulasuruya). The secret is that Sunny is the father of this
girl. But Sunny lives with 'Rosy' (Dilani Abeywardena), a woman forcibly
been taken from a man who failed to settle a debt to Sunny.
Basically the story of 'Seethala Gini Kandu' portrays a struggle between
the good and the evil. As similar to any other commercial films here too
the good wins defeating or destroying the evil at the end of it.
Playing one of the principal roles Kamal Addararachchi (Rohana) had
done justice to his part acting as a young lover, determined youth and
a hot-tempered fighter. Jeevan Kumaratunge playing the role of Sunny, the
thug and the one who is responsible for all the cause of evil in the village
has fulfilled expectation of the audience.
The violence one comes across in 'Seethala Gini Kandu' torments its
viewers needlessly and could be the film which carries the most number
of disturbing scenes that had ever been made in Sri Lanka.
These scenes raise some questions in the minds of the audience. The
director, a man of wide experience has tended to use the camera in a manner
that may not bring credit to the industry. Every film maker has to respect
the taste of the audience.
'Seethala Gini Kandu' is a film with a good story line but presented
in a most disturbing manner.
Lara Croft Raids Colombo
By Sanath Weerasuriya
The Much awaited Movie "Tomb Raider" with Oscar winner Angelina Jolie as
modern action heroine Lara Croft has now hit the audiences at Liberty Cinema,
Colombo.
Jon Voight, Lain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig tar in Tomb Raider
with Angelina.
Simon West is the director of this highly computer graphic based movie.
Lara Croft was born into wealth and groomed at the most elite schools.
She travels to dangerous and mysterious locales around the globe in search
of rare, lost crypts and long forgotten empires. She speaks numerous languages,
is highly trained for combat and answers to no one, obeying only a desire
for adventure.
But now she must face her greatest challenge yet: to find two halves
of an ancient artefact buried in space and time. To possess it means ultimate
power for its possessor. But to get there, she must first take on a powerful
and dangerous secret society. The fate of mankind rests in the hands of
one - Lara Croft, a twenty first century heroine inspired by the most popular
interactive video character in history.
From the phenomenally popular interactive Tomb Raider game, springs
a new kind of action hero: Lara Croft.
Travelling, taking prize winning photographs, mastering foreign languages
and visiting archaeological sites are perfectly apropos for a rich and
pampered heiress... and very good camouflage for Lara Croft's real passions:
raiding tombs,busting bad guys and throwing herself into one extreme adventure
after another. Lara's current mission takes her to worlds of mystery and
magic: the ancient Tom of the Dancing Light in Cambodia, and then to Siberia's
Temple of Ten Thousand Shadows.
Tomb Raider was already a phenomenon when Paramount Pictures first considered
the idea of making it into a feature film. Lara Croft was a megastrar of
cyberspace: a fantasy figure to every teenage boy and an icon to every
teenage girl.
It was Angelina Jolie first, last and always with West, who says that
without her, he would not have done the picture. "It was obvious to me
that Angelina Jolie was the only actress who could play Lara Croft," West
said once to a popular, film review.
Sriyani's joint venture film
The first Sri Lanka-Australia co-production of a teledrama held its muhurath
ceremony recently in Australia.
The film produced by actress Sriyani Amerasena has not been titled yet.
The ceremony was held at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Sydney under the patronage
of Sydney Consul General, Sumanasena Abeywarna. The entire teledrama will
be shot in and around the locations in Sydney.
The screen play and the script is by journalist Chandrasiri Dodangoda.
Sriyani Amerasena is the local producer while Lucky Radaliyagoda, who plays
the main male role is the Australian producer. While Sriyani herself plays
the female lead, young actress Paboda Sandepani and talented Jayasri Chandrajith,
who is popular in both stage and small screen have roles in the teledrama.
Saman Sigera handles the camera and Somadasa Maldeniya assists in the
direction.
Roaming Gypsies
The popular band, Gypsies will perform in Europe and Canada next month
at a Gala Dinner Dance and Musical Extravaganza.
Tickets for the dance to be held on April 20th in Toronto are almost
sold out while the Concert is being held on April 21 at the prestigious
Ryerson Theatre in downtown Toronto.
The Gypsies last - performed in Canada in 1998. Gypsies will be in Canada
after their latest European tour starts from March 31. They will perform
in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and in Zurich.
Their first performance will be in Paris on March 31 and on April 7
they will come alive in Milan, Italy. Zurich, Switzerland will be their
next stop on April 13 and again will be in Rome for another dance and concert
on April 14.
Their Canadian tour starts with Toronto dance/concert on April 20 and
again they will perform in Edmonton on April 27.
Their last stop will be again in Europe and they will be performing
in London on May 5.
Their Canadian tour is being organized by two Toronto based entrepreneurs,
Upali Obeysekera of Ad-Bri Enterprises Inc. and Nirantha de Silva of Trico
International Forwarding Inc. Sunil Perera, leader of the Gypsies in an
interview with the Sunday Observer in Toronto was confident that the Toronto
shows will be a total sell out.
The details can be ablained through Gypsies website www.gypsies.lk.
'Sound of Music for co-existence'
'Sound of Music for co existence' will be the name of the series of shows
planned to perform in Northern and Eastern provinces.
Our objective is to get world wide help and aid to those who are been
displaced due to the on going war, without any racial religious or community
barriers", said Gratian Ananda, the man behind this project.
This project is sponsored by Elience (Pvt) Ltd. a Sri Lankan company
based in Switzerland.
With confidence of sharing the happiness of living in co existence with
every ethnic group of Sri Lanka the first show of this live Musical programme
will be held on Friday the March 29 at the Salgadu Public Ground, in Anuradhapura
city. Thereafter, "The sound of Music for co-existence," will be shown
around the country and we expect your participation for same with respect.
The show is planned to be held at Valvettiturai, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee,
Ampara, Batticaloa, Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwaraeliya,
Badulla, Kataragama, Hambantota, Matara, Galle, Kalutara, Colombo, Katunayake,
and all other major cities. Latha, Edward, Charitha, Nirosha, Chandana,
Gratian, Priyantha, Nihal Nelson, Kumudini Gunawardena are billed to perform
at this concert. "This will be a free concert for public and we hope to
raise funds through sponsors and donors" Gratian said. |
