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‘Clifford Richard in Concert’
Popular singing sensation Clifford Richard will come alive with a concert of his own after a long period of silence. After many very successful shows held in the past years, the Golden Voice of Sri Lankan showbiz Clifford Richard will be holding his newest concert on Sunday, 12th August at the Bishop’s College Auditorium at [...]
‘The Voice From Beyond’
As usual the local Jim Reeves Fan Club will be hosting a special radio programme on SLBC to commemorate Jim Reeves 54th death anniversary on July 31st. Seen above is perhaps the only picture of that kind to have reached Sri Lanka, with Jim Reeves and his wife Mary Reeves together. It was personally autographed [...]
‘Guitar and Folk Music Festival 2018’
‘Guitar and Folk Music Festival 2018’, the eighth consecutive guitar festival was held at the Russian Centre in Colombo last week. The guitarists from all over the world joined the guitar wizards from Sri Lanka to rock the festival. They performed in six Universities, three cities and two workers Centres in Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna. [...]
‘Free cinema’
Cinema enthusiast and film importer, Imthiaz Cader complains that there were many irregularities in the Sri Lankan film industry and says liberalisation should be continued to have a clear, transparent and fair film distribution and exhibition system. While the public debate and a legal battle are on whether the National Film Corporation (NFC) should take over [...]
Teacher’s mission to spread soccer in a rural school
With the Football World Cup in Russia is just finished and soccer fever is still in the air, ‘Goal’ a movie that narrates the story about a group of children in a rural village who enticed by the popular game is now being screened in theatres around the country. Screenplay written and directed by Rohan [...]
Handagama in song writing
Ceremonial launch of the music video ‘Mama Donkarayayi’ ( I am Echo) based on a song written by award winning filmmaker Asoka Handagama and composed by Chitral Somapala and sung by Indika Upamali will be held at the NFC’s – Tharangani Cinema at 4 p.m. on August 1. This song, based on two mythical characters, [...]
Galagedara joins Scope
Jayaratne Galagedara, a longtime cinema industry personality and actor recently joined Scope Cinemas Private Limited as Manager Production and marketing. Galagedara worked with the EAP Films for nearly 22 years. In addition to being an administrative officer, Galagedara also has acted minor roles in a number of films and teledramas and worked as a dubbing [...]
Weligama Marriott celebrates one year of success
Weligama Bay Marriott Resort and Spa, celebrates its first anniversary on July 20th this year. The highly anticipated resort officially opened its doors one year ago, steering in a new era of luxury travel, centred to capture, create and inspire life’s most memorable journeys. Located along the Southern coastal belt of Weligama, offers a modern [...]