Art in brief

Book launch

Martin Jayawardane's 'Makara Divaina' was launched at Dayawansa Jayakody Bookshop, Colombo 10 on December 27 at 10 a.m. 'Makara Divaina' is the Sinhala translation of Kingsley Foster's 'Dragon Island'.

'Makara Divaina' is a Dayawansa Jayakody publication.

Imam's life on stage

Text and pics Ruzaik Farook

Iranian Ambassador Dr Nabi Muhammad Hassani Pouri, Cultural Counselor Mehdi G. Rokni and embassy officials view the drama.	A scene from the drama

The Cultural Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy organized a well-known Iranian stage play T'azieh Imam Hussain at the John de Silva Theatre recently. This drama is based on important incidents of the life of Imam Hussain. Imam Hussain is the son of Hazarath Imam Ali and Lady Fathima. This drama mixed with religious theme is a traditional art of Iran. Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sri Lanka Dr Nabi Muhammad Hassani Pouri, Cultural Counselor Mehdi G. Rokni and embassy officials including the artist and media personnels were present at the event.

An uncommon love story

A scene from Sanda Sitham

Varsha is the only child who hails from a rich business family. She is attractive, lovable and full of pranks. One day she meets with an accident and is admitted to private hospital. Wishwa is the doctor who treats her and he is also a handsome and intelligent young gentleman.

Wishwa gets attracted to Varsha’s beauty and the pranks she plays, but is unable to confess his love. Wishwa’s best friend, Vihanga, intervenes and makes them fall in love. Wishwa is madly in love with Varsha, but he also has a weakness. He cannot control his anger. So he faces many problems.

Varsha also gets affected by this and her parents too do not give their consent for their marriage because of this. Suddenly Wishwa’s mother passes away and he is left alone and Varsha gets married to him.

After marriage Wishwa discovers that he has an incurable disease and he disappears making it out that he has met with an accident and is dead. Varsha does not believe this and she starts to look for him.

With a twist of fate suddenly Varsha meets Wishwa in a foreign country - he is not alone but has a beautiful companion by his side. What happens to Varsha and Wishwa’s love story?

Watch Sanda Sitham on Sirasa TV at 9.30 pm from Monday to Thursday.

Shethra Samarpanam

Abhinaya Academy of Bharatha Natyam proudly presents “Shethra Samarpanam”, an evening portraying Lord Shiva as the embodiement of the five primary elements (earth, water, air, fire and space).

The Bharatha Natya Dance Drama is produced and choreographed by Shrimathy Sivakumari Gnanendran (Principal, Abhinaya Academy of Bharatha Natyam) and lyrics written by Kambavarathy Jeyaraj. “Shethra Samarpanam”- meaning an offering to the Temples, will be staged on January 6 at the New Kathiresan Hall, Bambalapitiya at 6.45 pm.

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