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Sarasaviya Film Festival on a grand scale
Sri Lanka's most prominent and prestigious film festival - the Sarasaviya Film Festival will be held on a grand scale next week marking yet another milestone in the island's celluloid industry. The 28th Sarasaviya festival and award presentation will be held on September 5 at 6.00 pm at the BMICH and it will be preceded by the Sarasaviya Film Festival Week at the Regal Cinema from August 29 to September 04.
The film week which began yesterday features seven films directed and produced locally out of the 26 screened in 2001. These films focusing different themes were selected by the festival's jury. Among the awards are those presented to the best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress.
The Ranapala Bodinagoda Memorial Award will be presented to a journalist who is dedicated to film literature and propagation of local cinema. There will also be the presentation of Rana Thisara award which is presented to an artiste devoted to the film art and lifetime achievements in cinema. There will be three such Rana Thisara awards this time.
Other awards include best script, best music director, best lyrics, best singer, best songstress, best art director, best make up, best editing, best cinematography, best upcoming actor and best upcoming actress. Awards are also presented to the most popular actor and actress and also to the best comedian.
The festival organised by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (Lake House) is sponsored by Swedeshi Industrial Works Limited, manufacturers of Rani Sandalwood soap. The festival will be telecast over Swarnavahini at 9.30 pm on the same day.
The seven films selected to the official film week are; Director/Actor Ranjan Ramanayake's "Parliament Jokes", Daya Wimalaweera's "Seethala Gini Kandu", Dr. Sunil Ariyaratne's "Sudu Sevaneli", Somaratne Dissanayake's "Punchi Suranganavi", Linton Semage's "Mage Wam Atha", Wasantha Obeysekara's "Salelu Warama" and Jayantha Chandrasiri's "Agni Dhahaya". All these films have been nominated for the "Best Film Award" at the Sarasaviya Film Festival.
The screenings will take place at 10.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. every day. The cast, crew and directors of the day's film with other star-studded guests and distinguished local artistes, will attend the evening show. The official carrier for the show is SriLankan Airlines Limited while Electronic media sponsor is Swarnavahini. *********************** Indu at the Wendt with a "Tommiya"
The Dubai returned Lucy has invested her earnings in a small garment factory in partnership with Galaboda Ralahamy's family and Andana Silva the hair dresser, is the designer. They want to appoint Ralahamy's only son, Tommy, as the Factory Manager. But the simple Tommy has never left the village and is rather backward. So he is told to go to Colombo with Andana to learn English and get a bit fashionable. Tommy who has fallen hopelessly in love with Lucy's niece, Geetha, refuses to go at first, but when Geetha laughs at him and refuses his marriage proposal, he agrees to go. Once in Colombo, Tommy tries very hard to understand and learn to be part of the so-called fashionable world. There are times when the kind and patient Andana wishes he had never undertaken this Herculean task and even considers sending Tommy back to the village. After being away for two months finally Tommy returns to the village for the opening of the Garment Factory. Did Andana succeed in transforming the simple country bumpkin into a fashionable young man? From the original cast the veteran theatre personality Jith Pieris will be back on stage again playing Tommy's father, Galaboda Ralahamy. Indu plays Tommy while Michael Holsinger plays Andana Silva. Priyanka Holsinger who was also a member of the original cast plays one of the society ladies, while the versatile Krys Sosa and Catriona Nicholas play society ladies that Tommy encounters in Colombo. In this production the colourful role of the Dubai returned Lucy, is played by Natalie Soysa. Angie Seneviratne will play Caroline, Tommy's mother, while Keshanee Gunawerdena plays the pretty Geetha. Don't miss this hilarious comedy that will provide entertainment for the whole family. *********************** Nanda Malini's latest compilation Visharada Nanda Malini will launch her latest cassette " Punchi Sadu " which contains children's songs next month. Well-known lyricists Dharmasiri Gamage, Kularatne Ariyawansa, Kumaradasa Saputantri, Bandula Nanayakkarawasam, Praneeth Abhayasundara etc had written songs for this cassette. Music has been composed by Rohana Weerasinghe, Navaratne Gamage, Carlo Wijesiri, Karunaratne Wijayawardena and Leslie Thomas. Earlier, Nanda Malini presented two cassettes " Handahami and Hindu Hodiya " containing children's songs. |
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The second in the Indu Dharmasena's popular "Tommiya" series,
"Madai Tommiya Colamba Giya" will go on the boards at the Lionel
Wendt on September 6 and 7. This play first staged in the early 90s was
the most popular of the series. It ran to packed houses and was also
staged out of Colombo.
