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Solidarity Guitar Concert for Rohan Silva
Rohan Silva, one of the few pedal steel guitarists from Sri Lanka, had met with a motor accident recently and is lying at the hospital bed. The Guitar Association of Sri Lanka is organising a concert ‘Solidarity Guitar Concert’ on the 20th August at Russian Centre, Colombo 7, from 6.00pm onwards to raise funds for [...]
Yashan to hit the sky with ‘Jeevithe Obamai’
Popular singer Yashan de Silva is all set to release his latest music video title ‘Jeevithe Obamai’ on Sunday, 21st of August. It’s an upbeat track consists a mixture of hip-hop and dance-pop styles. Music for the song was composed and directed by veteran producer, Udara Fernando and the lyrics were penned by Yashan himself. [...]
Real cinema needs real people: Suranga
Young Sri Lankan filmmaker Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala whose maiden film, ‘For a Son’ (Puthekuta) was screened at the 52nd Pesaro International Film Festival 2016 last month says that to him cinema is making film with real people and real life events. Having been brought up and studied in Italy and now based in Verona, Suranga [...]
Cinema love in Theatre
Udayasiri Wickramaratne’s play “Pem Yuwalaka Ona Kara Thibe” (Wanted a Real Couple), the romance of the 1970s film in transformed into a unique 21st Century theatrical experience and will be staged on August 28 at 4.30 p.m at S. de. S. Jayasinghe Theatre Dehiwal. The theme of this play is how the world of love [...]
Donald given an honorary title
Well-known assistant director and director of ‘Pravegaya’ was honoured for his long standing service to cinema and art recently. The honorory title ‘Kalashoori Deshamamaka Lankaputhra’ was bestowed on Donald for his three decades long service to Sri Lankan cinema. The picture shows Donald receiving the title from Deshamanya Sudarshana Gamage, chairman and director general of [...]
Award winning “Kuweni” at Punchi Theatre
The new production of late playwright Henry Jayasena’s renowned play “Kuweni” which was released as an experimental play during the 60’s will be staged at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm today, August 14 at the Borella Namel Malini Punchi Theatre Borella. When first staged the play won six awards including the Best Drama at the [...]
20 thematic conversation sat Cinnamon Colombo scope 2016
The fourth edition of Cinnamon Colomboscope, presented by EUNIC Sri Lanka together with Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts, will host a series of thematic conversations between artists and experts in the art and technology fields. The festival this year is titled Testing Grounds: Art and Digital Cultures in South Asia and Europe and will be held [...]
Lankan cuisine elevated to the next level with Anchor Food Professionals
Working alongside chefs across hotels, restaurants, bakeries and cafes, Anchor Food Professionals launched its foodservice brand last week at the Waters Edge Hotel. Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka launched its foodservice brand, Anchor Food Professionals, helping to cement the dairy co-operative’s position as a leader across the foodservice industry. Anchor Food Professionals will use its strong [...]
