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Lalai Lilai Lai
''Lalai Lilai Lai'' () is a 2024 Sri Lankan black comedy teledrama broadcast on Swarnavahini. The series is directed by Supun Rathnayake and written by Rasika Suraweerarachchi. It is produced by Venus Productions and music direction is by Anushka Weerakkody. The serial stars Randika Gunathilake and Michelle Dilhara in lead roles along with Dharmapriya Dias, Uma Aseni, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Lal Kularatne, Ferny Roshini and Deepani Silva in supporting roles. Plot Cast and characters Main cast * Randika Gunathilake as Dhanushka * Michelle Dilhara as Mila * Uma Aseni as Thanuṣhkā, Dhanushka's sister * Dulan Liyanage as Sukumal Supportive cast * Lal Kularatne as Panambokke, Dhanushka's grandfather * Deepani Silva as Aththamma, Dhanushka's grandmother * Niroshan Wijesinghe as Dhanushka's father * Ferni Roshini as Dhanushka's mother * Dharmapriya Dias * Semini Iddamalgoda * Volga Kalpani * Asha Edirisinghe * Sanjaya Muramudali * Manruchi Siriwardena as Raveen Minor cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Dilhara
Hatharasinghege Michelle Dilhara (Sinhala: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා; born 1 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan actress and environmentalist. One of the most popular television actresses in Sri Lanka, Dilhara is best known for playing the role of Ayoma in the television series '' Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin'' Apart from acting, she also engages in various philanthropic activities and is a social activist and an author. In 2019 Dilhara received the National Youth Icon Award at the World Youth Summit held in New Delhi, India for her book ''Social Invisibility is not a Fiction, it Exists'' and for her "Theory of Alternative Social Cogwheel". In 2020 Dilhara won the Best Upcoming Actress award at the Raigam Tele'es awards ceremony for her role in the critically acclaimed serial ''Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin''. For the same role, she also won the Best Upcoming Actress award at the 2019 Sumathi Awards, as well as won the 15th Sri Lankan Television State Awards in 2021. In 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmapriya Dias
Halaperuma Arachchige Dharmapriya Dias () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. And a professional dubbing artist since 1995. Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and has a master's degree in theatre and drama. He is the performing arts and sculpture art teacher in Shasthrananda Vidyalaya, Dehiwela. Personal life Dharmapriya has one brother and three sisters. He studied at Sir Jhon Kothalawala College from grade 1 to O-Levels. He completed his education from Piliyandala Central College, where he started drama under Premakumara Karunaratne. He is married to Anoja Milanthi and the couple has two sons - Swarna Rawana and Prawara Bhashana. Theatre career Just after advanced level, he started to act in stage dramas. He acted in a stage play together with his fellow school leavers and the drama was selected for the final stage of State Drama Festival as well. His talents were polished under the direction of Sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galle District
Galle ( ''gālla distrikkaya''; ''Kāli māvattam'') is a Districts of Sri Lanka, district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a Government Agent (Sri Lanka), District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent (Sri Lanka), Government Agent) appointed by the Government of Sri Lanka, central government of Sri Lanka. Geological background Its area is : is water and is land. Galle District is bounded on the north by the Benthara River, south and west by the Indian Ocean and east by Matara District, Matara and Ratnapura District, Ratnapura districts. The topography of the Galle District is very diverse. The climatic condition of Hiniduma Patthuwa is very similar to the central hill country of Sri Lanka. This area consists of rainforests, which is the water catchment area for most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarnavahini
Swarnavahini (; literally Golden Channel) is a Sinhala language general entertainment and news television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of EAP Holdings. Launched in 1994 as ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision), it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Its sister channel ETV 2 was launched in 1995 when ETV was re-branded ETV 1. The channel's owner Extra Terrestrial Vision (Private) Limited, who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992, changed its name to EAP Network (Private) Limited on 30 April 1996 following the acquisition by EAP. At that time ETV 1 was re-broadcasting BBC. ETV 1 was re-launched as Swarnavahini, a mass market Sinhala language channel, on 16 March 1997. EAP Network (Private) Limited changed its name to EAP Broadcasting Company (Private) Limited on 16 May 2012, EAP Network (Private) Limited on 31 October 2012, EAP Network Limited on 28 August 2013 and EAP Broadcasting Company Limited on 11 September 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lal Kularatne
Mahathanthilage Lal Kularatne (born May 5, 1949 as ලාල් කුලරත්න) inhala, popularly as Lal Kularatne, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Kularatne is best known for the role ''Liyana Mahaththaya'' in ''Ethuma'' teledrama and role ''Adiriyan'' in ''Batti'' teledrama. Personal life He completed his education from Vidyarathna University College, Horana. He passed A/L examination through commerce stream and was able to enter the university. She is married to Sriyani Perera, who is the elder sister of popular actress Devika Mihirani. Devika is married to popular artist, late Vijaya Nandasiri. He was a teacher by profession until fired due to lengthy vacation took for a stage drama showed in abroad in 2004. The couple has two sons - Awantha, Hirantha, and two daughters - Arundathi, Sanduni. Acting career At the school, his teacher was popular veteran artist Hemasiri Liyanage. Kularatne started acting under his guidance along with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepani Silva
Deepani Silva () also known as Deepani de Silva () is a Sri Lankan popular veteran film and teledrama actress. She made it to the films after appearing in several street dramas and plays. On 28 May 2018, Deepani Silva was arrested and was released on bail for involving in an accident in Bandaragama. Biography Deepani Silva is the only film artist in her family. Her father, D. Peter Silva was a trade union leader. She finished her higher education at the Buddhist Ladies' College which is situated in Colombo. Career She started her acting career in 1975 through acting in street dramas. To learn her acting, Deepani joined veteran theatre actor Dhamma Jagoda's theatre school, Lionel Wendt Kala Kendra Ranga Shilpa Shalika which was inaugurated by Dhamma Jagoda as Sri Lanka's first ever theatre school. She learnt acting in the Ranga Shilpa Shalika from late Gamini Haththotuwegama who is still considered as the father of Sri Lankan street theatre. She acted in several teledra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semini Iddamalgoda
Semini Dinusha Palihawadana née Iddamalgoda (born June 19, 1973, as සේමිණි ඉද්දමල්ගොඩ) inhala, popularly as Semini Iddamalgoda, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Performing in both dramas to comedies, she is best known for the role ''Roshini'' in television sitcom ''Yes Boss'', role ''Kumari'' in the film ''Sinhawa Atharin'' and as ''Suddi'' in film ''28''. She participated in reality programs ''Sirasa Dancing Stars'' and ''Hiru Mega Stars'' Personal life Semini Iddamalgoda was born on 19 June 1973 in Colombo as the eldest of the family for K.M.P. Bandara and Nesta Palihawadana. She has a younger brother, Gihan Menaka. She started education from Niyagama Primary School, Elpitiya. She is married to Dhammika Jayalal Keerthi Iddamalgoda, who is a Police officer. He was born on April 27, 1967, as the youngest of three siblings. His father, Weerasiri Kularatne Iddamalgoda was a Co-operative Inspector and Internal Auditor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saranga Disasekara
Saranga Disasekara () (born 31 January 1983) is a Sri Lankan actor, singer, model and a host by profession. Saranga was awarded the most popular television actor in Sri Lanka award at Sumathi Awards, Raigam Tele'es and SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards several times. Currently, he is hosting reality programme ''Hiru Star''. Early life Saranga Disasekara was born on 31 January 1983 in Kalubowila, Sri Lanka, to singer Narada Disasekara, and radio host and actress Tileka Ranasinghe. He completed school life at Thurstan College, Colombo and graduated from Northumbria University, Newcastle. Saranga's uncle Douglas Ranasinghe is also a popular artist in Sri Lanka. After completing computer science for his higher studies, he entered commercials and minor cinema acting. Career At the age of 10, Saranga acted in the short film ''Marana Samapthiya''. Then he was involved with many television commercials and radio castings. His debut film in a major role was ''Nil Diya Yahana'' opposite Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. , Facebook claimed almost 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. , Facebook ranked as the List of most-visited websites, third-most-visited website in the world, with 23% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TikTok
TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and Short-form content, short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed through a mobile app or through its website. Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms to connect Content creation, content creators and influencers with new audiences. In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion mobile downloads worldwide. Cloudflare ranked TikTok the List of most-visited websites, most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google Search, Google. The popularity of TikTok has allowed viral trends in TikTok food trends, food, fashion, and TikTok Billboard Top 50, music to take off and increase the platform's Cultural impact of TikTok, cultural impact worldwide. TikTok has come under scrutiny d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Awards
Popular Awards are awards presented annually by the Youth Star Entertainment in Sri Lanka in recognition of individuals’ excellence in the field of cinema, television, social media, music, and media. The Popular Awards ceremony is considered to be one of the most prestigious television program events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 2023. History The Popular awards ceremony began in 2023 with the leadership of Geethanjana de Costa. Awards were presented recognizing outstanding individuals across various fields to acknowledge and bring forward their value and efforts. Apart from De Costa, Sunil Costa, Nithya Devindi, Malkanthi Jayasinghe and Lasantha Gunawardena served as the executive committee for Popular Awards 2024. The award ceremony has been witnessed 2 times consecutively. Awards Given In 2023, the award ceremony commenced with awards under 38 categories, which were increased up to 69 categories with 83 awards in 2024. The awards are categorized into nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
