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Oktoberfest at Vistas :Brew Party in the Sky
Oktoberfest is the world’s largest folk festival (Volksfest), featuring a folk music, dancing and beer and wine festival and a travelling carnival. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria in Germany. The Oktoberfest is an annual event all over the world and Sri Lanka too is no exemption. Colombo’s biggest Oktoberfest will come up at Swiss based Mövenpick Hotel from 14th to [...]
‘Machan Jeyaraj’ is no more
On Sunday October 2, cinema lovers were shocked to hear the unexpected death of award winning actor Dharsan Dharmaraj, who was just 41 year. Dharshan had died while being rushed to the National Hospital, Colombo after suffering a heart attack. Born in Rakwana and studied at St. John’s Tamil College there, Dharshan came to Colombo [...]
Shyam Fernando makes Kollywood debut
Epic Movie ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ hit Lankan screen: Celebrated Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s new film ‘Ponniyin Selvan:1’, a Tamil-language epic period drama, has taken the box office by storm. Ponniyin Selvan, based on one of India’s greatest emperors, is widely considered by many to be the finest novel ever written in Tamil. It was the name [...]
Two theatre productions go on the boards
‘Raassa Parassa’ and ‘Charithe Horu Aran’ Rohana Dandeniya’s popular play ‘Raassa Parassa’ will go on the boards at 8.15 and 10.30 on October 14 at Rukmani Devi Memorial Theatre in Negombo. The play is prescribed text for Grade 8 Sinhala syllabus, the new production is done by Sriyantha Mendis and it stars Kusum Renu, Jayanath [...]
Vimukthi wins Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund
Cannes awarded Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara was among the recipients of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022. Vimuktih’s newest film project “Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars” (France/Sri Lanka, House on Fire), a story set on a mysterious resort where the protagonist [...]
Mirror
Move, Burn and Earn with Flash Health
By Mahesh de Andrado One of the proverbial silver linings of the cloud that is the fuel and economy crisis is that people when possible have switched to alternative means of transport. I myself travel to work by bus and walk home. It helps me unwind and is also a healthy way to stay fit. [...]
Music News
Sam Smith and Kim Petras storm the charts with ‘Unholy’ Sam Smith and Kim Petras have taken the UK singles No: 1 by storm with the track ‘Unholy’. Both artists aged 30, have stepped out of their comfort zones to indulge in the genre of hyperpop and pop rap. Smith has previously confined to power [...]