“There are dramatists who preserve their individual work. Yet, what we want is a collective system where all theater work will be preserved for the use of next generations,” Rodney Warnakula, one of the most celebrated Sinahala artistes who conquered the stage, television as well as the silver screen as an actor, producer and also as a singer said ...
Award winning playwright and director Ruwanthie de Chickera believes that there is no gender inequality in the contemporary Sri Lankan arts field and that the field is very open to women today. “Yet, however, other pressures of society – like judgment of women artistes, pressures of family life, prejudices and double standards of society pull women artistes down more than ...
Artiste Neela Wickramasinhe of ‘Master Sir’ fame talks about her 47-year-career in the music industry It’s not only her songs that are remembered when the name Visharad Neela Wickramasinghe is heard. As much as her flexible voice is widely admired, social services she has rendered are also remembered and valued. Among all, Sri Lanka will not forget her service in ...
From a distance, these images may look like black and white photographs and only a very close look will reveal that these are not photographs, but portraits neatly sketched using pencil. Using no colors, Shamen Walker’s steady hands are capable of preserving the liveliness of the portrait depicting the facial emotions giving priority to the finest details. Shamen, speaking to ...
Recently, Visharad Wasantha Madurangani successfully staged her folk music concert at Viharamahadevi Open Theater celebrating 25 years in the field of music“Now I can die in peace. I have the feeling that I have done something for my country. That’s the most important achievement of Sanda Saawi Maa - Folk Song Concert,” Visharad Wasantha Madurangani said. She is a student ...
Saumya Sandaruwan Liyanage won the State Literary Award for the Best Poetry Collection at the State Literary Award Ceremony held recently, for his debut poetry collection Hate Watte Magdalena“Not in my wildest dreams did I think that I would win an award for Hate Watte Magdalena,” Saumya Sandarauwan Liyanage, the State Literary Award winner of this year for the Best ...
Renowned storyteller and artist Sybil Wettasinghe believes that art is the best method of communication “Next month I will be eighty seven years old. I prefer to be alone. My children are worried that I live upstairs alone. But quietness is something amazing. I admire it and it helps me live in my own world. I’m not worried to be ...
Veteran teledrama director Ananda Abeynayake believes children are reluctant to listen to Dharma while being seated in one position for an hour, but they can be influenced to watch a teledrama on religion Sansare Piyasatahan,popular Poya Day single episode Buddhist teledrama series directed by veteran teledrama director Ananda Abeynayaka celebrates 21 years In an era where teledrama directors constantly get ...
Literary giant and award winning author Dr. Liyanage Amarakeerthi warns that it is not technology which has changed media; it is the grip of capitalismSwarna Pusthaka Award Winner of 2014, Dr. Liyanage Amarakeerthi suggests that the Book Publisher’s Association should focus on Short Stories and poetry in a similar manner to show they appreciate the Sinhala novel, so it ...
Isuru Chamara Somaweera is a young writer who speaks openly about homosexuality and related social concerns through his literary work. Malak Katha Karai (A flower speaks), his debut short story collection,won the Godage National Literature Award for the Best Short Story collection this year. Sri Lanka is not a society that is tolerant of homosexuality. Intolerance, however, cannot and ...
Interview with the author of ‘A known story’ Lakshaman PiyasenaSri Lanka was in the wrong track long before the Portuguese invasion and India’s impact on the country was present since the Maha Parinirvana of Buddha, says the latest book written by veteran journalist Lakshman Piyasena. The author launching his book, Danna Kathawak (A Known Story) attempts to discuss the ...
We usually recognize people by their outer appearances and not by their voices. It is indeed very rare for an entire country to recognize and remember a person’s voice. A veteran journalist, writer, lyricist as well as a well-known speaker Saman Athaudahetti is gifted with such a voice. His voice is still remembered and recognized as Gulliver of Gulliverge ...
Journalist turned publisher Prem Dissanayaka talks about emerging business trends, the mindset of buyers and the future of literature in Sri LankaPic by Ravindra Dharmathilake For a book lover Maradana Road is a road to heaven. The number of bookshops and discount stores are fascinating and it would take more than an entire day if one is to check out ...
Artist and aesthetic scholar Champanie Devika Devaraja talks to Fine on how her paintings have developed over the years and also of her experiences in China as a student Champanie Devika Devaraja, the artist and poetess is familiar to The Nation readers due to her contributions. Her paintings of light colors and human-like figures with no facial features accompanied ...
Dinesh Sandaruwan is an amateur dramatist who is about to stage his debut drama direction, ‘Blood Wedding’.Pix by Ravindra DharmathilakeFew months ago, when Gayan Randeera, Director of Johnge Sattuwatta, spoke to The Nation,he said that he found the ideal person for the character of John. Johnge Sattuwatta is a Sinhala adaptation of The Zoo Story which was originally titled Peter ...
The 25th death anniversary of journalist, lyrics composer, critic and media man Premakeerthi de Alwis fell on July 31. In the history of Sinhala songs, we come across a little girl called Surangi. She is sad and starts to shed tears. A drop of a tear runs to the river and flows to the sea. This teardrop finds its ...
Veteran dramatist Rajitha Dissanayaka says that the name of a play makes a huge impact Pic by Chandana WijesingheWitnessing a stage drama is different from all other aesthetic experiences. It’s live and a fine theater production is capable of speaking to the heart as well as the brain of the audience. “Once a person experiences this wonderful feeling he or ...
Cartoonist Thalangama Jayasinghage says cartoonists must use satire to drive home the message that politicians are being watched and an artist has a responsibility to guard the Wellbeing of the society Thalangama Jayasinghage’s characters Palamalla and A-Thuma are no strangers to the contemporary Sinhala newspaper readership. Jayasinghe, who is attuned to what’s happening in the country, even after his ...
When you play for children you have to give them knowledge while shaping the child’s personality. Our folklore has a lot of wisdom which is capable of doing just thisWhat we usually take notice about Somalatha Subasinghe is that she is a veteran theater artiste, an educationist, an actress and also a scriptwriter. She is also the pioneering personality ...
‘Creative writing must be included in the syllabus’ - Sampath Bandara For veteran journalist Sampath Bandara, Ananda Coomarswamy is a marvelous character. Bandara said that the characteristics he learnt while reading about this personality inspired him to write a book. “Everything about him surprises me,” said Bandara. Bandara has done research on this legendary personality for the past five ...
