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Ran Sayura
''Ran Sayura'' is a 2017 Sri Lankan action film directed by Sudesh Wasantha Pieris and produced by J.H. Wasantha Kumara and S.A. Sanjeewa Kumara under their Mahee Tharu Films banner. The film features Wasantha Kumaravila and Roger Seneviratne as the leading actors and Himali Siriwardena as the leading actress. The film was released on 16 February 2017 in Sri Lanka. It is the 1269th Sri Lankan film in the Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sinhala cinema. Cast * Wasantha Kumaravila as Michael * Roger Seneviratne as OIC * Himali Siriwardena as Maari * Susila Kottage as Katherina * Ruwangi Rathnayake as Nirasha * Mahinda Pathirage as Robert * Wishwa Lanka as Suren * Rangana Premaratne as Anton * Premadasa Vithanage as Liyana Mahaththaya * Hemantha Iriyagama as Constable * Jeevan Handunetti as Gunda * Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi as Punchi Baby * Sanjeewani Weerasinghe as Maari's mother * Sinethi Akila as Sandali Production Team *Art Direction - Sarath Samara Wickrama *Colour Designer - Ananda Bandar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasantha Kumaravila
Wasantha Kumaravila (born December 31, 1955, as :si:වසන්ත කුමාරවිල, වසන්ත කුමාරවිල [Sinhala]) is a Sri Lankan actor, film producer, stunt performer, and stunt director. He is most notable for his role as "Wasantha" in the soap opera ''Nilanjana'', directed by Suki Jeyaram. Early life He was born on 31 December 1978 in Kalutara. He has one elder brother who acted in few stage dramas. Kumaravila is married to his longtime partner Aruni and the couple has two daughters, Mahima and Tharushi. Career At the age of 14, Kumaravila met stunt director Sarath Silva. With the guidance of his brother and Silva, Kumaravila was selected to play in a fight in the 1992 film ''Kiyala Wadak Na'' directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma. It was a small stunt act lasted about 45 seconds. In 1997, a film production crew came to Sri Lanka for the filming of stunt movie ''Bloodsport III'' starred by Daniel Bernhardt. Kumaravila joined with the film crew and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himali Siriwardena
Himali Siriwardena is a Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress and a dancer by profession. Career Siriwardena is a popular dancer in Sri Lanka, before she appeared in cinema and television acting. She has acted in several movies including '' Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe'', '' King Hunther'' and commercially successful '' Ranja''. She has also received critical acclaim for her acting on teledramas including ''Sandagalathenna''. Himali also runs her own dancing troupe, 'The Sensations', but it has broken due to many disputes. In 2017, she appeared in the team Shakyans in a reality show Hiru Mega Stars telecasted by Hiru TV. In 2019, after a brief hiatus, she acted in the comedy television serial ''Sihina Samagama''. In 2021, she appeared as a judge in the dance reality show ''Hiru Super Dancers''. Selected TV serials * ''Athuru Paara'' * ''Ayal'' * ''Binari'' * ''Dedunnai Adare'' * ''Ehipillamak Yata'' * ''Ingi Bingi'' * ''Dekada Kada'' * ''Sandagala Thenna'' * ''Sihina Samagama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Seneviratne
Joseph Roger Seneviratne (born 5 May 1962 as රොජර් සෙනෙවිරත්න) inhala, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television as well as a singer and politician. He is best known for his roles in the teledrama ''Batti'', ''Chathurya'' and as King Vijaya in the film ''Vijaya Kuweni''. Personal life He is a past pupil of St. Thomas' College, Kotte and Saint Joseph's College, Colombo. He is married to Vineetha Chandrasekara and the couple has one daughter Divya Vihari and one son Digantha. His father Riyency Steinwall Seneviratne was a retired officer in Sri Lanka Ports Authority. He died in 2012 at the age of 84. Roger is the second of the family with nine siblings. His elder brother is Ralston and younger brother is Ralph. He has six sisters, Kristine, Darliya, Sharmane, Linet, Michel and Virginia. Acting career His acting career started in 1976 when his friend Milton Jayasooriya introduced him to dramatist Sugathapala de Silva. He acted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhala Language
Sinhala ( ; Sinhala: , , ), 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. It is also the first language of about 2 million other Sri Lankans, as of 2001. It is written in the Sinhalese script, a Brahmic script closely related to the Grantha script of South India. The language has two main varieties, written and spoken, and is a notable example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. 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 Buddhist literature. Early forms of the Sinhalese language are attested to as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions, still retaining long vowels and aspirated consonants, is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi, a regional associate of the Middle-Indian Prakrits that had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...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] |
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, the dominant languages of the country. During the first decade, 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 filmGambada Sundari, starring Kingsley Jayasekera and Sheela Peiris in 1950, which was the first film shot outside studios instead. It was also the first Sri Lankan film where, like in "Rekava", the dialog was recorded on the spot. This was because the film was shot on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susila Kottage
Hewamunaweerage Susila Devi de Silva (born January 30, 1957, as සුසිලා කෝට්ටගේ) inhala, popularly known as Susila Kottage, is an actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ... in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. One of Sri Lanka's best female comedians, Kottage is famous for the role ''Dayawathi'' in television serial '' Kopi Kade'' and films ''Angara Dagara'' and ''Sikuru Hathe''. Personal life Susila Kottage was born on 30 January 1957 in Matara. Her mother died at the delivery and her father married another woman when she was young. She completed her education from Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara. She is married to Rahal Bulathsinhala, who is a retired jail police officer as well as a renowned actor. She met Rahal during stage dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahinda Pathirage
Thanthrige Pathirage Mahinda (born March 22, 1952, as මහින්ද පතිරගේ) inhala, popularly as Mahinda Pathirage, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Acting particularly in comedy roles, Pathirage is best known for the role ''Purohitha'' in television sitcom ''Raja Sabhawa''. Personal life Mahinda was born on 22 March 1952 in Anuradhapura. His father was Thanthiri Pathirage Hendrick Appuhami. He has 10 siblings in the family. He completed education until grade 10 from Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya. Before entering to drama, he continued his father's business as photo framer and painter. Mahinda is married to Kumudini Gunawardhana and the couple has one daughter, Nipuni Sharada and one son, Nandun Nisanka. Career In 1976, he along with many artists in Anuradhapura formed a drama group called ''Jana Nalu Kela''. He first played in the play ''Aruma Naruma'' produced by Anuradha Ranjith. He won a merit award for his role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangana Premaratne
Rangana Premarathne (Sinhala: රංගන ප්රේමරත්න; born 12 January 1959) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre, and television. Premarathne has appeared in over 100 films and teledramas, earning numerous accolades, and is well known for his strong character and vigorous voice. Career Rangana began his career as a stage drama actor in the early 1980s acting in the famous stage-drama ''Sajan Nallathambi,'' one of the first financially successful Sri Lankan plays. Its popularity spread to the Middle East and Sinhala audiences. Rangana then stepped into teledrama acting in the teledrama ''Gamana'' in 1987. He first appeared in cinema in the blockbuster film ''Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli ''Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli'' (, English: ''Firearms and Fireworks'') is a 1998 Sri Lankan crime film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, based on a popular fictitious novel written by Anura Horatious. The plot ...''. He became a signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi
Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi (born 23 March 1983; ), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Personal life He was born on 23 March 1983 in Matara, Sri Lanka as the youngest child of the family. He completed education from Rahula College, Matara. He has one elder brother. Before entering drama, he worked in Sri Lanka Army The Sri Lanka Army (; ) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; .... He worked as a second lieutenant in Army from 2003 to 2007. His first working station was Ariyalei in Jaffna during Eelam War. Then he worked at Naagadeepa, Kilali, Sarasale, Eluthumadduval and Muhamalai army bases. After quit from army, he worked as a manager in the pharmaceutical marketing industry. In 2013, he completed the degree on Drama and Theater from University of Drama. Career After quit from arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Drama Films
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, Sinhalese, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Assamese, Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as ''Sri'', ''Sree'', ''Shri'', ''Shiri'', ''Shree'', ''Si'', or ''Seri'' based on the local convention for transliteration. In Tamil it evolved to Tiru. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language. "Shri" is also used as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for individuals. "Shri" is also an epithet for Hindu goddess Lakshmi, while a '' yantra'' or a mystical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
