Your favourite kimbula bunis with a sweet and savoury twist
Can you imagine a falooda kimbula or a pol sambol and egg kimbula? Shamini Galagedera has not just imagined, but created them too. Twisted baked dough covered in sugar, the kimbula bunis has been a regular afternoon (or breakfast) snack that every Sri Lankan has delighted in. Dipped in tea or just eaten plain, the [...]
Take a coffee break while cruising down the Southern Highway
Barista recently opened its 8th outlet at the Southern Highway service point in Welipenna. Modern and cosy, it’s where you can sit, relax, charge your phone and sip a Cappuccino while enjoying an array of freshly baked cakes, croissants, muffins and sandwiches. The Barista outlet is the only outlet in the Southern Highway Service area [...]
16-year-old Praveen’s magical doorway into fiction writing
What the Gratiaen judges had to say “….its ambitious and colourful presentation of new fantastical worlds through the character of a child, its imaginative plot buildup, and its attempt to present to young readers complex ideas through metaphor and imagery.” Sea pirates in Viking ships with high technology, castles with dungeons where English butlers run [...]
Mirror
ADK creates a buzz in the local music scene
Tamil Rap has fast gained momentum in the music industry in Sri Lanka. The artiste themselves who share a fondness of their mother tongue and a love of their vibrant identity, aim to leave a piece of their legacy with the genre. One such artiste, who created waves with his unique style of Tamil rap [...]
Study shows people prefer listening to artists who reflect their own personality
Musical taste is heavily influenced by the personality of the artist and not just their songs, scientists have proved for the first time. Researchers also discovered that fans prefer musicians who have similar personalities to themselves. Analysis of more than 80,000 fans and 50 superstar musicians found Ozzy Osborne lovers to be disagreeable, David Bowie [...]
TV Times
KOCHCHI: The SPICY dynamic singing quartet
The recent Covid-19 lockdown period had given musicians in particular to engage themselves to devote time in new creations as time was available in abundance. The joint Aluth Iskole concept of Mariyazelle Gunathilleke, Kelum Srimal, Sannasgala and Mahesh Denipitiya involving seventy five artistes and singers was commendable. Similarly the aspiration of dream star Upekha Nirmanai [...]
Viber expands with new Reactions feature
Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, announces the launch of its Message Reactions feature in communities to take ‘likes’ on its platform to the next level. As the demand for instant messaging rises globally, Viber is expanding its users’ creative palette to ensure they can fully express themselves [...]
‘MelaNota’: The dawn of modern era for guitar and bass notes
A webinar with the music veterans was held recently to introduce the newly created ‘MelaNota’ notations to music lovers. Some of the veteran musicians such as Mahinda Bandara, Rookantha Goonathileka, Rukshan Perera, Antony Surendra, Buddika Perera, Kamal Perera of Gypsies, Lelum Rathnayeka, Nalaka Sajee, Jude Peiries, Primal Liyanage, Shane Vas, Devshan Perera, Pubudu Perera, Manaram [...]
Institute of Hospitality Sri Lanka International Branch AGM
The Institute of Hospitality (IH) Sri Lanka International Branch held its 28th Annual General Meeting on 16th July 2020 at the Ramada Colombo Historic day for the Sri Lanka Branch with election of the first Chairperson, Renuka Jayamanne, fellow of the Institute was elected for the year 2020 / 21. The newly elected Chairperson Renula, [...]
Grease prequel movie ‘Summer Loving’ moves ahead
The Grease prequel ‘Summer Loving’ has taken a move forward at Paramount with the hiring of a new director. Brett Haley, 36, has been picked to direct the film about the budding romance between greaser Danny and nice girl Sandy, according to a press article ‘Monday by Deadline’. The musical film Grease premiered in 1978 [...]
‘Isolation’ in final rounds at Lift Off film festivals
‘Visangamanaya’- ‘Isolation’, the debut film direction by Ranjan Prasanna has been selected for the final rounds of the competitive sections of New York, Tokyo and Toronto Lift Off Film Festivals. Due to the Covid-19 situation, all these festival will be conducted online. The film stars Ashan Dias, Semini Iddamalgoda, Samanali Fonseka, Duglas Ranasinghe, Hyasinth Wijeratne, [...]
Kerala play goes online here
Online Theatrical performance of the drama “Hidimbi- an Arrow from the Past”, by Gayathri Govind from Kerala will be on air on Facebook live at 5.30 pm on August 1. Gayathri Govind, grand daughter of noted theatre director late Kalanilayam Krishnan Nair and Kodungallur Ammini Amma, daughter of Kalanilayam Ananda Padmanabhan, is a professional Mohiniyattom [...]
Goethe’s Film Forum is back
After a break due to COVID-19 lockdown, Colombo’s Goethe Institute’s Film Forum, a platform for cinema will be returned with Udan Fernando’s film ‘Covid Honeymoon’. Keeping with new health and safety regulations, the film will be screened with a limited number of participants- 30 per each screening from July 28 to 30. Seats can be [...]
A Reel Life in Real Life
Udan Fernando, an avid film lover, who started studying audio-visual art as a teenager, just after his Ordinary Level examination but forced to retrack his journey towards a more academic path, has returned with his second film directionm a short feature drama ‘Covid Madhusamaya’ or ‘Covid Honeymoon’. Based on a striking story came across as [...]
A Film during a Pandemic
‘A Covid Honeymoon’ or ‘Covid Madhusamaya’ a film made by Udan Fernando will be screened at 6 pm from July 28 to 30 at the Goethe Institute in Colombo. The second film direction by Udan, the short film stars up and coming stars Xavier Kanishka and Antoinette Thilakshini Ratnayake and veteran Chandana Prasad Suriyaarachchi. With [...]