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Natannethuwa Dinna
''Natannethuwa Dinna'' ( si, නටන්නැතුව දින්නා, italic=yes) is a 2016 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 ...n Sinhala comedy film directed by Kalyana Chandrasekara and produced by A. Parister. It stars Bindu Bothalegama and Roshan Pilapitiya in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula and Cletus Mendis. Music composed by Sarath Wickrama. It is the 1245th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Bindu Bothalegama as Veera / Sira * Cletus Mendis as President * Rodney Warnakula as Premayaa * Roshan Pilapitiya as Nishan Porapitiya * Madhi Panditharatne as Neela * Ronnie Leitch as Gunda * Milinda Perera as Jewelry owner * Ariyasena Gamage as Wimale * Dayasiri as Jailer * Devinda as Police officer Soundtrack Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cletus Mendis
Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis, popularly as Cletus Mendis (born July 17, 1949 as ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhala) is a Sri Lankan actor, mainly works in cinema and television. He has received a number of awards for portraying villains at the Sarasaviya, OCIC, Raigam, and Presidential film festivals. His elder brother, Vinicius Mendis died in October, 2019 at the age of 75. Personal life Cletus is married to Dorrin Jayakody in 1987 and they have single son, who was born in 1994. Acting career In 1971, before moving into silver screen, Mendis did dramas at church feasts and taught gymnastics and martial arts to the youth at Katupotha. Then 1973, he went Colombo to face an interview with Henry Chandrawansa and then met Sugath Samarakoone at that interview. In 1977, he worked as the stunt director of the film ''Wanagatha Kella''. His first cinema acting came through 1978 epic history film ''Veera Puran Appu'' as a supporting actor. Then he acted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Warnakula
Warnakula Patabandige Rodney Priyantha Perera, (born 24 April 1961 as රොඩ්නි වර්ණකුල) inhala, popularly known as Rodney Warnakula, is a Sri Lankan actor, comedian, singer, and dubbing artist. Family Warnakula was born on 24 April 1961 in Ja-Ela, as the son of Aloy Warnakula, an actor, and Annie Jayakodi, a housewife. He made his stage debut in Lucien Bulathsinhala’s 1981 drama ''Tharavo Igilethi''. He is married to Erani Warnakula. They have two daughters and a son. His elder daughter Harshani Prasangika is a dancing teacher, second daughter is Samadhi Upekshika and youngest is the son, Eron Lakdeepa. Career In 1980, The Tower Foundation conducts a drama course with lecturers from Shanti Niketan, India by selecting 100 participants. Warnakula was selected for that group and successfully completed the course. Later one of the lecturers in the course, Anula Bulathsinhala invited him to participate for the stage play ''Tharavo Igilethi''. Warnaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Pilapitiya
Roshan Pilapitiya Abhayasinghe (born 21 March 1975: si, රොෂාන් පිලපිටිය), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a singer. Largely active in television serials, Pilapitiya was awarded the most popular actor award at Sumathi Tele Awards in 2003 and 2004. Personal life As the youngest of the four children, Roshan was born on 21 March 1975 in Hanguranketha, city near Kandy, Sri Lanka. His father is Ariya Abhayasinghe who was a tea plantation owner. His mother Mallika Pilapitiya is also a retired actress, where she recorded the first female lead role of Sri Lanka's first outdoor movie ''Rekava'' in 1956 directed by Lester James Peries. She died on 26 March 2022 at the age of 86. His primary education is from C. C. College, Hanguranketha, and then he attended Dharmaraja College, Kandy for secondary education. He also performed well in college stage dramas. He was a bright student in the school, where he was a member of the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Leitch
Ronnie Luke Leitch (19 October 1953 – 1 October 2018 as රොනී ලීච්), better known as Ronni Leitch and Thattaya, was a Sri Lankan actor, comedian, singer, presenter and a social activist. Largely popularized as a comedian, Leitch was a singer, having gained fame for singing over 350 songs. His most notable songs include "''Thattaya''" and "''Kauda Bole Alice''". Family Leitch was born on 19 October 1953 in Dehiwela. His father died on 26 December 2017 and funeral took place on 27 December at 4:00 p.m at the Mount Lavinia Cemetery. He married his childhood sweetheart, Yvette in 1986, and is the father of daughter Keshia and son Keshan. Leitch met Yvette first in 1974 in Bellanvila, when their homes were situated in close proximity to each other. They married on 7 June 1986. Their first child, Keshia was born on 17 September 1989. Keshia married on 8 June 2017. Keshia is a past pupil of Bishop's College, Colombo and Keshan is an old boy of S. Thomas' College, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Films
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made '' Creed'', or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic '' Shutter Island'', or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." Highest- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
