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Duwana Muwan
''Duwana Muwan (A silent violence)'' ( si, දුවන මුවන්, italic=yes) is a 2014 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Indra Weerasekara and produced by Mano Weerasekara. It stars Uddika Premarathna and Pabasara Diddeniya in lead roles with Maurine Charuni and child actor Kaushalya Nirmana. Music co-composed by Somapala Rathnayake and Gayathri Khemadasa. It is the 1244th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Sama is Sinhala language teacher by profession in her village school. She is married to Amara who has done his tertiary education abroad. Their only son is Dhanushka. The school where Sama teaches is very poor in English although she is a Sinhala teacher she starts to teach English in a new way. She uses new methods which are easy to remember for many children. In the meantime, having realized the ingratitude of some of the school teachers Amara plans to leave Sri Lanka with Sama and their son. She is reluctant to leave. This leads to a conflict ...
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Uddika Premarathna
Uddika Premarathna (born 16 September 1980; උද්දික ප්‍රේමරත්න) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Apart from acting, he is also a singer, TV announcer and a member of parliament. Personal life He is married to Anusha Kumari Pannala and the couple has one son, Angsh Prachien who was born on 24 April 2013. Career Uddika made his maiden cinema appearance with 2011 film Buddhist film ''Mahindagamanaya'' with a minor role. Then in 2013, he came to prominence with main role in the film '' Samanala Sandhawaniya'' with the role "Vadisha Wikramanayaka". The film successfully completed 100 days in theaters. He was nominated for 'Most Popular Actor' at the 2014 Hiru Golden Film Awards. Then he won ' Best Actor' at the 2014 Sumathi Awards for his performance in short period of time. In 2015, he was cast for the role " King Dutugemunu" for the blockbuster film ''Maharaja Gemunu'' directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri. The film awarded Most Popula ...
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Somapala Rathnayake
Rathnayake Arachchilage Somapala ( Sinhala: සෝමපාල රත්නායක; 7 November 1947 – 18 July 2017), popularly known as Somapala Rathnayake, was a Sri Lankan actor, composer, lyricist and a renowned musician. Personal life Rathnayake was born on 7 November 1947 in a small village near Kadugannawa as the fourth of the family with 10 siblings. His father was Rathnayake Arachchilage Don James. He was popularly known as Rathnayake Veda Mahaththaya, was an apothecary and sang "noorthi gee," a type of Sinhala folk songs. His mother was Abeykoon Mayadunnelage Sumanawathi. He was educated at Kadugannawa Junior School and then attended to Kadugannawa Maha Vidyalaya for secondary education. He learned music under K.M. Sugathapala at the school. One of his elder brothers, Victor Rathnayake is a renowned musician in Sri Lanka. Victor has two daughters and two sons from first marriage with Chithra Rathnayake. His daughter Chandani is a dancer and a vocalist. His elder son ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its List of cities in Sri Lanka, largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese people, Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long establ ...
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Sinhalese Language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 2 million people as of 2001. It is written using the Sinhala script, which is a Brahmic script closely related to the Grantha script of South India. Sinhala is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka. Along with Pali, it played a major role in the development of Theravada, Theravada Buddhist literature. The early form of the Sinhala language, is attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions with long vowels and aspirated consonants is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi, a regional associate of the Middle Indian Prakrits that has been used during the time of the Buddha. The closest relatives are the Vedda language (a ...
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Cinema Of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with '' Kadawunu Poronduwa'' produced by S. M. Nayagam of Chitra Kala Movietone. Sri Lankan films are usually made in Sinhala and Tamil languages, the dominant languages of the country. Cinema of Sri Lanka is also referred to as Follywood as many famous Sri Lankan actors had surnames starting with an "F." In the first nine years, most films were made in neighboring Southern India and closely followed the conventions of Indian cinema. Studio shooting was the norm, with Indian style sets erected in film studios. It is widely believed that '' Rekava'', made in 1956 by pioneer director Lester James Peries, was the first Sinhala film to be shot completely out of studio, however, it was the film "Gambada Sundari", starring Kingsley Jayasekera and Sheela Peiris in 1950, which was the first film shot outside studios instead. It ...
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Kaushalya Nirmana
Kausalya () is the senior queen-consort of Kosala in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. She is the mother of Rama, the titular hero of the epic, and the senior wife of Dasharatha, who ruled Kosala from its capital of Ayodhya. In some later accounts, Shanta is described as her daughter, and the eldest child, of Dasharatha. However, in the ''Bala Kanda'' of the ''Ramayana'', Valmiki writes of Shanta only as the daughter of Romapada, the king of Anga, who was a friend of Dasharatha. At no point is Shanta's mother named. Legend Valmiki does not mention the names of Kausalya's parents, but in the 'Ayodhya Kanda' she is described as ''Kosalendraduhitā'' (daughter of the king of Kosala). Later texts name her as the daughter of the King Sukaushala and Queen Amritaprabha of Dakshina Kosala. At her traditionally ascribed birthplace, there exists a temple dedicated to her called the Mata Kaushalya Temple, which is perhaps among the few temples dedicated to her. At the sacrifice perfo ...
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Maureen Charuni
Kurukulasuriya Maureen O'Hara Perera (born 19 September, 1963 as මොරින් චාරුනී) inhala, popularly known as Maureen Charuni, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. Highly versatile actress who dominated television drama, Charuni usually acts in young motherly roles in many dramas and films. Acting career Her maiden cinematic experience came through film ''Karadiya Walalla'', directed by Cyril Wickramage. But the film ''Ranmalige Wasanawa'' screened before the ''Karadiya Walalla''. She directed the film ''Hansa Vilapaya'' in 2000. Selected television serials * ''Aaliya'' * ''Abarthu Atha'' * ''Amaa'' * ''Anagana'' * ''Ananthaya'' * ''Ann'' * ''Anuhas Vijithaya'' * ''Anuththara'' * ''Aravinda saha Indu'' as Indu * ''Ayomi'' as Mangalika * ''Batahira Ahasa'' * ''Bodhi'' * ''Dangakara Tharu'' * ''Daruwange Ammala'' * ''Dedunnai Adare'' * ''Dedunu Sihina'' * ''Dedunu Yanaya'' * ''Depath Nai'' * ''Deveni Amma'' * ''Gamperaliya'' as Nanda ...
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Nanda Malini
Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera ( Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer. One of the best known and most honored singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations. Her songs intricate notional ideas of relationships, life-circumstances, and emotions that stem out of human realities. Early life Nanda was born on 23 August 1943 as the fourth child to a rural family of nine in Lewwanduwa in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka. Her father, Vincent Perera was a skillful tailor and ready-made coat maker. Her mother, Liyanage Emily Perera was a housewife. She has four sisters and four brothers. She moved to Kotahena in Colombo as an adolescent and was admitted to Sri Gunananda Vidyalaya where she came under the tutelage of T. N. Margaret Perera. She was married to Suneth Gokula and the couple has two daughters – Varuni Saroja, Ama S ...
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2014 Films
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