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Goal (2018 Film)
''Goal'' () is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Rohan Perera and produced by Susara Dinal for Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie. It stars Jayalath Manoratne and Chandani Seneviratne in lead roles along with Anula Bulathsinhala and Kaushalya Fernando. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde. It is the 1309th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot The film revolves around a bunch of talented boys in a very remote school Millawitiya Junior School in Kaluwara Eliya. The fate of the children changes when new coming teacher, Samarasekara Sir (played by Manoratne) introduces them to football, an alien game to the children until that point. Reluctant at first, the kids slowly get into the game. The adults are unsure at first, saying it a waste of time, but as the kids begin to improve and their enthusiasm growing, they support them. Facing schools outside Colombo, with kids who have almost lifetimes of practice, they move forward. They end up winning agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayalath Manoratne
Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne (; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020) was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He was a lecturer by profession as well as a director and producer. A highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Manoratne won awards at OCIC (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual), Presidential, Sarasaviya, Raigam Tele'es, Sumathi and the State Literary and Drama festivals. He was the best actor back to back in 1991 and 1992 for his performance in ''Socrates'' and ''Dvitva''. He is considered by critics as one of the five actors who have dominated the Sri Lankan Stage. He died on 12 January 2020 while receiving treatment for cancer at the age of 71. Personal life Manoratne was born on 12 June 1948 in Dehipe, Nuwara Eliya as the youngest son in the family of six children. His father Keselgaspe Manatunga Perera was a lorry driver and his mother Agalakotuwa Herath Mudiyanselage Leela Kumari was a housewife. He u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dananjaya Naveen
Dananjaya is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akila Dananjaya Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera (; born 4 October 1993), popularly as Akila Dananjaya, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of the game for the national team. In March 2021, he be ... (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer * Dulaj Dananjaya (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer * Greshan Dananjaya, Sri Lankan field athlete * Sagara Dananjaya (born 1981), Sri Lankan cricketer {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIGNIS Awards (Sri Lanka)
The SIGNIS Awards are presented annually by SIGNIS, the Roman Catholic lay movement for communication media professionals, to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. There are SIGNIS chapters in numerous countries and this article deals with the Sri Lankan chapter. Background SIGNIS (Sri Lanka) developed in November 2001 from the merger of national chapters of OCIC and Unda. OCIC was the international Catholic communications organisation for cinema and Unda was the international Catholic organisation for radio and television. Both organisations were founded in 1928 in Sri Lanka. SIGNIS Sri Lanka is one of 16 Asian units of the worldwide association of SIGNIS, which general secretariat is established in Brussels, Belgium. Leading directors in Sri Lanka cinema have described being inspired by the Film Review Caucus, a mini-theater organized by OCIC in Colombo. It arranged screenings and encouraged students to write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derana Film Awards
''Derana Film Awards'' (Sinhala:දෙරණ සිනමා සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's silver screen, each year by the TV Derana, Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan cinema industry and cinema achievements. The Derana Film Awards ceremony is one of the most popular cinema award events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 2012 with Unilever Sri Lanka has been the main sponsors of this Film festival. 2012 Derana Film Awards Main Competition * Best Actor - Pubudu Chathuranga ( Challenges) * Best Actress - Dilhani Ekanayake ( Gamani) * Best Direction – Sarath Wijesekara (Gamani) * Best Cinematography – Asoka Sigera (Gamani) * Best Picture – Gamani * Best Screenplay – Sarath Weerasekara (Gamani) * Best Actor in supporting role – Kumara Thirimadura (Gamani), W. Jayasiri (Gamani) * Best Actress in supporting role – Anuruddika Paddukage (Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Film Awards
Presidential Film Awards is a film award ceremony held in Sri Lanka. It is organized by the National Film Corporation along with the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was 1st awards in 1979 by President J. R. Jayewardene, and continue till 2004. The awards were not held from 2005 to 2014 when Mahinda Rajapakse was president. The award started to be presented again in 2015 by President Maithripala Sirisena, and last awarded by President Ranil Wickramasinghe in 2023. President awarding J. R. Jayewardene 1979 Winners *Best Film: '' Bambaru Avith'' - Thilak Godamanna *Best Direction: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Dharmasena Pathiraja, ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Lester James Peries *Best Actor: '' Ahasin Polawata'' - Tony Ranasinghe *Best Actress: ''Bambaru Avith'' - Malini Fonseka *Best Script Writer: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Tissa Abeysekara *Best Cinematographer: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Donald Karunarathna *Best Editor: ''Ahasin Polawata'' - Sumitra Peries *Best Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasun Kalhara
Kasun Kalhara Jayawardhana ( Sinhala: කසුන් කල්හාර ජයවර්ධන) (born 3 November 1981), known professionally as Kasun Kalhara, is a Sri Lankan singer, musician, vocal coach and record producer. During his musical career, Kasun has released three albums, ''Haritha Nimnaye'', ''Radical Premaya'' and ''Romantic Opera''. Regarded arguably the greatest Gen Y singer Sri Lanka has produced, Kasun's singing voice has garnered acclaim from prominent musical peers and publications. He is one of the biggest and best-selling music artists in Sri Lankan history. Biography Kasun was born in Rajagiriya on 3 November 1981. His mother Malani Bulathsinhala, was a veteran vocalist and his father H. M. Jayawardena was a renowned composer as well. His younger sister, Nirmani Chaya died in 1991 at the age of three. Kasun's music career started along with Indrachapa Liyanage and his schoolmates from Ananda College under the mentorship of Maestro K. M. Rathnapala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhashini Jayarathna
Subhashini is an Indian actress who works in South Indian films and television. Career Her notable films include '' Sivaranjani'' (1978), ''Johnny'' (1980), '' Doctor Cine Actor'' (1982), ''Meghasandesam'' (1982), and '' Arundhati'' (2009). She also acted in serials like ''Nagaastram'' (ETV), ''Sundarakanda'' (Gemini TV Gemini TV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It is the first satellite TV channel in Telugu. It was launched on 9 February 1995 by the Gemini Group of Hyderabad (run by Akkineni ...) and '' Chellamay'' ( Sun TV). Subhashini's daughter Pooja also acted in a film but she gave it up. Partial filmography TV serials * ''Chinna Chinna Aasai- Ganga'' * ''Nagaastram'' * '' Nagamma'' as Rayudu's daughter * '' Sundarakanda'' as Bhanumathi Devi * '' Chellamay'' as Thaazhaiyamma References External links * *https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/subhashini/ {{authority control T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavan Bimsara
Pavan may refer to: * Pavan, alternate spelling of ''pavane'', a slow 16th-century dance, or the musical form for such a dance * Pavan (Hindu god), a god of wind in Hindu mythology and father of Hanuman * Pavan, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran * Pavan, Dahanu, a village in Maharashtra, India * 18123 Pavan, a main belt asteroid * Pavan (given name) * Pavan (surname) See also * Pavana (other) * Pavane (other) The pavane is a slow Renaissance dance. Pavane may also refer to: * musical compositions related to the dance such as: ** ''Pavane'', a composition for orchestra and optional chorus by the French composer Gabriel Fauré ** ''Pavane pour une infan ... * Vayu (other), another name of the Hindu god {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devid Karunarathna
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Devid is a given name, a variant spelling of David. It may refer to: * Devid Striesow (born 1973), German actor * Devid (footballer) (born 1996), Devid de Santana Silva, Brazilian football forward * Devid Naryzhnyy (born 1999), Russian competitive ice dancer * Devid Eugene Bouah (born 2001), Italian football defender See also * David (other) David was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and a figure in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions. David may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film and television * ''David'' (1951 film) * ''David'' (1979 film), a We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
