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Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe
Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe (5 July 1947 – 15 February 2022: සමන් චන්ද්රනාත් වීරසිංහ), was an award-winning Sri Lankan journalist, lyricist, poet, and novelist. Considered one of the most iconic and prolific lyricists ever produced in the country, he contributed to more than 2,000 songs in a career that spanned more than five decades. Personal life He was born on 5 July 1947 in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. His father Wimal Weerasinghe was an Editor-in-Chief of Lankadeepa newspaper. He studied science subjects at the Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in English medium. But after S.W.R.D Bandaranaike made Sinhala as the official language, he lost the school life. At that time he had a serious car accident and was at home for about years. It was during that time that he became more interested in writing. When Saman was out of school due to a language problem, his father went to Mapalagama Vipulasara Thera where he studied arts at the Parama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moratuwa
Moratuwa ( si, මොරටුව, ta, மொறட்டுவை) is a large suburb of Colombo, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, south of the centre of Colombo. Moratuwa is surrounded on three sides by water, except in the north of the city, by the Indian Ocean on the west, the Lake Bolgoda on the east and the Moratu river on the south. According to the 2012 census, the suburb had a population of 168,280. Moratuwa is also the birthplace of Veera Puran Appu, a resistance fighter against British rule in Matale, the philanthropist Sir Charles Henry de Soysa and the musician Pandit W. D. Amaradeva. Suburb structure Moratuwa consists of 24 main areas: Angulana, Borupana, Dahampura, Egoda Uyana, Idama, Indibedda, Kadalana, Kaduwamulla, Kaldemulla, Katubedda, Katukurunda, Koralawella, Lakshapathiya, Lunawa, Molpe, Moratumulla, Moratuwella, Puwakaramba, Rawathawatta, Soysa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Right Sir
''Left Right Sir'' ( si, ලෙෆ්ට් රයිට් සර්) is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy action film directed by Bandu Samarasinghe and produced by National Film Corporation. It stars Bandu Samarasinghe and Nilanthi Dias in lead roles along with Neil Alles, and Vijaya Nandasiri. Music composed by Sarath de Alwis. It is the 1035th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Bandu Samarasinghe as Sudha * Nilanthi Dias as Madhu * Neil Alles as Saradiel 'Mudalali' * Vijaya Nandasiri as Pinto * Sanoja Bibile as Mary * Susil Perera as Piyasoma * Sando Harris as Ronnie * Susila Kottage as Madhulawathi * Tyrone Michael as Siripala * Rahal Bulathsinhala as Steven Cooray * Teddy Vidyalankara as Jimmy * Arjuna Kamalanath Arjuna Kamalanath Karunaratne (born 10 September 1975 as අර්ජුන කමලනාත්) inhala is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Though he became popular as an actor in cinema, Kamalanath also performed as a director, producer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese People
Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions. Since 1815, they were broadly divided into two respective groups: The 'Up-country Sinhalese' in the central mountainous regions, and the 'Low-country Sinhalese' in the coastal regions; although both groups speak the same language, they are distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa, a third–fifth century treatise written in Pali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From British Ceylon
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Deaths
The following notable deaths occurred in 2022. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. December 25 * Chalapathi Rao, 78, Indian actor and producer, heart attack. (death announced on this date) 24 *Vittorio Adorni, 85, Italian road racing cyclist. * Cotton Davidson, 91, American football player ( Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders). (death announced on this date) *Franco Frattini, 65, Italian politician and magistrate, twice minister of foreign affairs, twice of public administration, European commissioner for justice (2004–2008), cancer. * Madosini, 78, South African musician. * Barry Round, 72, Australian footballer (Sydney, Footscray, Williamstown), organ failure. * Royal Applause, 29, British Thoroughbred raceh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game (2022 Film)
''The Game'' () is a 2022 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Suranga de Alwis and produced by Nishantha Weerasinghe for Sangeetha Films, and distributed by A4Movie. The film stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Sriyantha Mendis and Janith Wickramage in lead roles, whereas Buddhika Jayaratne, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Wasantha Kumaravila made supportive roles. The film revolves around an extremist who started to assassinate a powerful aristocrat, where the theme loosely based on April 21 Easter Sunday Bombings occurred in Sri Lanka. Plot Ajay and Vijay are two friends. They work in the police station under the OIC named Samaradiwakara. One day, an emergency phone call to Samaradiwakara says that Ajay has an information about a mysterious murder. Since Ajay was not at the police station at the time and the importance of the information, Samaradiwakara ordered Vijay to appear as Ajay and obtain the information. Reluctantly, Vijay agrees and goes to meet Ganga, who made the ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athuru Mithuru Hari Apuru
''Athuru Mithuru Hari Apuru'' ( si, අතුරු මිතුරු හරි අපූරු) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhalese children's film directed by Lal Priyadeva and co-produced by N. Udaya Kumar and P. Arooran for Balaji Cine Films. It stars Mahendra Perera in lead role along with Don Guy and popular television comedian Suranga Satharasinghe, who made his maiden cinema appearance. Music composed by Edward Jayakody. It is the 1318th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. Cast * Mahendra Perera * Suranga Satharasinghe * Rajiv Nanayakkara * D.B. Gangodathenna * Sunil Premakumara * Don Guy * Samantha Higurage * Gamini Subasinghe * Inoka Edirisinghe * Manel Wanaguru * Ariyasena Gamage * Sugath Janaka * Ronnie Leitch References External links * ''Athuru Mithuru Hari Apuru''on Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is Bandu
''My Name is Bandu'' ( si, මයි නේම් ඉස් බන්දු) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, family film directed by Suranga de Alwis and produced by Suranga de Alwis. It stars Bandu Samarasinghe, and Anusha Damayanthi in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula, Roy de Silva and Mark Samson. Music for the film is done by Sarath de Alwis. The film is the 85th film of Bandu Samarasinghe. It is the 1239th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Bandu Samarasinghe as Bandula / Saliya * Anusha Damayanthi as Sanju * Rodney Warnakula as Raju * Ariyasena Gamage as Dhanasiri Mudalali * Roy de Silva as Sinhabahu Abeywardena * Mark Samson as Assistant * Ronnie Leitch as OIC * Premadasa Vithanage as Martin Kapuwa * Vishwa Lanka as Vishwa * Denuwan Senadhi as Punyasoma / Pusa * Rashmi Sumanasekara as Anju * Upali Keerthisena as Naattami * D.B. Gangodathenna as Municipal tractor driver * Damitha Saluwadana Damitha Turlin Fernando (born 18 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Horu
''Raja Horu'' ( si, රජ හොරු, italic=yes) is a 2013 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed and produced by Suranga de Alwis. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Arjuna Kamalanath, and Buddhika Jayaratne in lead roles along with Ariyasena Gamage, Himali Siriwardena and Sriyani Amarasena. Music composed by Sarath de Alwis. The film has influenced by Bollywood film '' Hera Pheri'' which itself was adopted from Malayalam film ''Ramji Rao Speaking'' which turn was based on 1971 Television film ''See The Man Run''. It is the 1198th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. Cast * Ranjan Ramanayake as Mahesh * Arjuna Kamalanath as Sirimal * Ariyasena Gamage as Sumanapala * Buddhika Jayaratne as OIC Kapila * Himali Siriwardena as Shanika * Sriyani Amarasena as Mahesh's mother * Sandun Wijesiri as Dunusinghe * Ronnie Leitch as Manager * D.B. Gangodathenna as Makka * Eardley Wedamuni as Prabha * Premadasa Vithanage as Mudalali * Hemantha Iriyagama as Maradankadawala Gune * Nishani Gamage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seetha Man Awa
''Seetha Man Awa'' ( si, සීතා මං ආවා, italic=yes) is a 2013 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy, family film directed by Jayasekara Aponso and produced by Chaminda Ranasinghe. This is Aponso's second direction. It stars Bandu Samarasinghe, and Jayasekara Aponso in lead roles along with Sanoja Bibile, Rodney Warnakula and Kumara Thirimadura. Music for the film is done by renowned musician Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 1195th Sri Lankan film in the Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sinhala cinema. Plot Cast * Bandu Samarasinghe as Rama * Jayasekara Aponso as Ravana * Chanchala Warnasooriya as Sita * Sanoja Bibile as film directress * Rodney Warnakula as guide * Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (born April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර) [Sinhala) is an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is an actor, singer, filmmaker and journalist by profession. ... * Bandula Wijeweera * Sarath Kulanga * Jeevan Handunnett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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