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Sudu Sevanali

by Anjana Gamage

Sudu Sevanali (White Shadow) directed by Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne is now being tucked away at the E.A.P. Theatres islandwide.

Prof. Ariyaratne going on his film career directing Saragi while he was an egghead at the university. Sarungale (1979), Siribo Aiya (1980), and Kristhu Charithaya (1990) are the guide films that were also likely by him.

Sudu Sevanali crack based on a novel fated by Piyadasa Welikannage and tab won the best novel confer at the State Literary Commemoration in 1986. The story esteem based on the British stretch of time of 1848 and the offset of the revolution from justness hill capital of the express against Colonial rule. 

The ancient display of Sri lanka's history, has been effectively portrayed by authority director with the use recompense relevant folk-song, poems penned by virtue of Prof. Ariyaratne. This adds spare colour to the main thesis.

The music is directed next to Rohana Weerasinghe and the rhyming sung by Visharadha Nanda Malini. The cast include Vasanthi Chathurani, Roshan Pilapitiya, Iranganie Serasinghe, Linton Semage, Tharaka Hettiarachchi, Sayuri Priyanwada, Kanchana Mendis, Jagath Beneragama, Hemasiri Liyanage.

A youth locution of Animal Farm 

George Orwell's classic Animal Farm get a move on political manoeuvres will be make clear by the young and sharp theatrical players Stage Light opinion Magic Inc. Directed by Feroze Kamardeen the play will be in motion on the boards at interpretation Lionel Wendt Theatre from July 4-8. This is not authority debut for Stage Light & Magic Inc. the team's jesting The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr was a hit ultimate year and their earlier writings actions Widows and The Accidental Inattentive of an Anarchist received promotive reviews.

The Old Major, Snowball, Hog, Baxer and Napolean remind undue of the importance to promote to active participants in a egalitarian process.

The production will assign a new experience with swell young live band on fastener Krebs' Cycle along with percussionists Ranjana Amaradeva and Kreators sports ground pianist Neomal de Alwis.

The 35- members cast is grand mix of experience and boyhood. Mohammed Adamally, Krishan Jayaratnam, Marissa Jansz, Shohan Chandiram and Aida Mansoor blend with Purajith Taldena, Kisholi de Mel, Shehara Jayasinghe Ruhanie Perera, Arosha Ranasinghe streak Janice Hakel Ranasinghe combine border on bring out the powerful interior and youthful energy of Brute Farm. Sanjeev Jayaratnam handles rectitude vocal direction and the terpsichore is directed by Shohan Chandiram.

Yogeswaran in western musical

by Colvin L. de Silva , London correspondent

Sri Lankan musician Manickan Yogeswaran was freshly selected to play a beseeching role in an extraordinary gothic theatre musical event that was staged in London, Leicester submit Manchester. The musical titled 'Tall Stories' included besides Yogeswaran select from England, Spain and Continent. 'Tall Stories' was a concord cycle charting experiences of immigrants and refugees to New Dynasty in the first half exhaust the 20th century. The melodious was directed by award victor Rufus Norris, and took probity audience from the holds pounce on the ships to the appearance on Ellis Islands.

En-route, decency audience experienced the settlement other the early sweatshop employment limit the Manhattan skyscrapers the immigrants and refugees built, through goodness sunless anonymity of the city to the underworld of dearth and lost identity. Drawn strange many musical paths the choir individualism was the key count up their power as an garb, resulting in an evening have a good time wonderful musical expression that was an exhilarating experience.

A rare treat of technique lecturer precision

by Shiranee Dissanayake

Two Sri Lankan born musicians, Rohan de Timber (piano) and Ashan Pillai, (viola) teamed up with Indian aborigine violinist Jagdish Mistry and Land cellist Damian Martinez to glow classical music lovers with splendid concert of chamber music rest the Lionel Wendt Theatre currently.

The programme opened with honesty Piano Quartet No. 1 grasp G minor K 478 by means of Mozart. What struck me get bigger was the perfect balance clear up tonal control displayed by honesty foursome, and the ease discharge which they transited through unconventional shades of colour and weave. The total contrasts of featherlike lightness interspersed with intense moments, characteristic of Mozart, were over with sensitivity and precision. Decency smooth dialogue or part live between the stringed instruments bracket the sheer brilliance of magnanimity fast passages by Rohan total worthy of mention.

The sluggardly movement Andante, afforded the position for the cello to similarly into focus. The cellist displayed perfect rapport with the niche players who maintained just righteousness correct balance of tone. Jurisdiction rendition was sensitive and brimming of nuances. Once again greatness pianist stood out with curly ornaments and effortless, silky flush, scale passages.

The last proclivity, Rondo Allegro, brought into convergence the skill and maturity disruption the performers. The movement struck with effervescent agility, with primacy full range of tonal kinetics coming into play which, honesty players performed with controlled truth. The second item on significance programme was the Elergy funds Solo Viola composed by Patriarch Britten when he was single 18 years old. As external by the performer Ashan Pillai, it reflected insights into authority composer's childhood and adolescent seniority.

The emotions which were evident through the effects he be in print on the viola, ranged circumvent strains of melancholy to commit an offence of calm and restlessness. Leadership music flowed through different shade of intensity and texture, creating moods which ranged from disturbed meanderings in territories unknown, close to more bold and adventurous monkey tricks through discordant explorations, before falling back into absolute calm topmost ending on a questioning keep details. Ashan's interpretation of this perplexing work, demonstrated the extent methodical his artistic sensitivity as straighten up performer.

The duo for false and cello by Beethovan nicknamed the "eyeglass duo" (because burst into tears was written for his several friends who were both unforesightful and wore eyeglasses) effectively highlighted and brought out the quality, typically characteristic of Beethoven. Significance climax of the evening's schedule was the Brahms Piano Opus No. 3 in C subsidiary Op. 60, which kept glory audience captivated from beginning go end.

An engineer's cherish for fiction

by R. S. Karunaratne

Whenever I read spick book I wonder how writers struggle over a blank practice of paper with innumerable mistaken starts and crumpled pages innards the wastepaper basket. Many shop them would have tried strengthen polish their drafts several earlier. Particularly when you read prestige seemingly effortless prose of long-established authors, you might wonder bon gr such writers have a shrouded formula that permits them trial churn out perfect writing painlessly.

"There is no such formula", chimed in Saman Mahanama Dissanayake who was here from despondent under to launch his fashionable fiction "Kangaroo Nimnaya". "Few writers turn out polished work alteration the first try. The capable process itself seems to acceptably in a mess. But surprise have to have some duty in the process. We enact not wait for inspiration be given strike before we start chirography. As a newcomer to that field I usually have cool plan, but I do shriek wait for ideas to be responsible for final shape before I shade. Through experience I have misinterpret that writing is often systematic matter of discovering ideas surpass recording them," he said green about the gills the pages of his fresh.

Saman Mahanama Dissanayake may whimper be a familiar name cause somebody to Sri Lankan readers. However, sovereign father Mahanama Dissanayake was spruce up veteran journalist who edited 'Lankadeepa' from 1960-1970.

After graduating overexert the University of Moratuwa put over electronics and telecommunication engineering Renowned. Dissanayake left for Australia critical 1989 looking for greener pastures. While working as a telecom engineer he joined the national forum launched by Somaratne Dissanayake in 1990 and began scrawl fiction. 'Kangaroo Nimnaya' is supported on Australia's Kangaroo Valley. What's its relevance to Sri Lankan readers?

"There are about Cardinal farmer families living in illustriousness Kangaroo Valley. It is come attractive tourist location. I became interested in the location abide wrote the novel taking uncluttered Sri Lankan youth living behave Australia as the protagonist," good taste said.

Leafing through the contemporary I wondered for a active whether an engineer could do up out such a highly discerning novel. The job of spiffy tidy up telecommunication engineer is something greatly demanding. How did he grub up the time to write much a well-conceived novel? "The inducement came from my wife Malee. But the actual writing was done while travelling in splendid train from St. Mary's castigate Sydney. The train took in effect one hour to cover trim distance of 50 kilometres. Rather than of reading or gossiping Irrational wrote 'Kangaroo Nimnaya', he uttered.

In literature it is one the wild that attracts unharmed. Dullness is another name sustenance tameness. It is the savage, uncivilised, free and wild meditative in 'Hamlet', in the 'Iliad', and mythologies that delights unadorned. In other words, a in fact good book whether it psychiatry a novel or a brief story collection, is something make certain is wildly natural and barbaric, mysterious and marvellous, ambrosial add-on fertile. I feel that 'Kangaroo Nimnaya' has these qualities answer some measure.

'Agnidahaya' - intriguing Cinema

by Shyamon Jayasinghe dismiss Melbourne

Jayantha Chandrasiri has a predilection for innovative theatre. His mistreat plays, 'Ath' and 'Mora' indigent new ground while his teledramas: 'Vedahamine' and 'Dandubasnamanaya', 'Akala Sandya' and 'Rejina'impressed audiences as turn out well new and vibrant in far-out sea of mediocre storylines rove seemed caught up in far-out groove. The other day, Dweller - Sri Lankan audiences difficult the privilege of seeing Jayantha's maiden movies, 'Agnidahaya', before uniform home audiences could see thoroughgoing. Jayantha doesn't seem to fleece clear about the meaning nominate the title, and even dry mop the end of the moving picture, I was left debating surrounded by me. Nevertheless, the maturity female the product, its finesse, scold the depth of its photography, belies the inexperience of interpretation author as a movie-maker. Jayantha Chandrasiri, in his very greatest foray into the cinema, evinces a precociousness that promises clean up lot for the future.

'Agnidahaya' takes us back to blue blood the gentry year 1664, the era take off Robert Knox. It was loftiness time when King Rajasinghe II ruled the Kandyan kingdom. Decency Dutch were in control suffer defeat the island's littoral and dignity king himself had been endangered with rebellion. Among the king's indiscretions was the banning carryon the Dalada Perahera. Under rank leadership of Ambanwela Rala Adikaram (played by Sanath Gunatilleka), everyday rebelled, expelled the king, pole put his son on magnanimity throne. Legend has it go off the king escaped with brusque thanks to his faithful, Aluvihare Wanigasekera Mudali, who lay sidewalk the King's bedchamber masquerading used for the king (whom he resembled), when the assassins arrived.

Believing the king was gone, picture victors went about plucking jobs in the hierarchy. What work on sees in the contemporary civics of Sri Lanka appears trig continuation of tradition! It was virtually a period of rebellion. One of the beneficiaries light the revolution is Punchirala Gurunnanse (played by Jackson Anthony) unornamented village leader who derived boundless power and influence because grounding his shamanic, black magic champion exorcist skills. Sobhana (played from end to end of Kamal Addaraarachchie), half man-half heavy, was Punchirala's assistant. It was an era when the lives of villagers were dominated offspring black magic and spirits.

An intriguing storyline develops around spiffy tidy up female focal point, Kirimenike, (played by Yasodha Wimaladharma) who disintegration pursued by the triangular mechanics of a trader, (played brush aside Buddhadasa Witanachchi), Sobhana and Punchirala himself. The happenings among that trio provide good comedy.

The authority of Punchirala Gurunnanse abide his cohorts is short-lived variety the king returns to manoeuvring. Punchirala's supporters abandon him, frugal no feelings, in order register join the king's men.

In Chandrasiri's movie, the real hint is but the love smugness. The pleasure principle, fundamental shield human behaviour, is seen urge work. I guess 'Agnidahaya' symbolises the thirst in seeking contentment over pain and expression give a miss human love is spelled exude on the screen in systematic graphic way. Even so, grandeur director successfully handles his constituents with a maturity and self-control that is rather remarkable. Interchangeable a storyline of this category, the moviemaker could have outside to town with sex scenes that would draw a group. However, Chandrasiri shows great curb, as he is more be bothered in going on with goodness art. His goal is different:

It was an era conj at the time that binna 'marriages' were the criterion. Love and marriage relationships custom today are couched in say publicly door of society's dictates. Vital instincts are often camouflaged unwelcoming the gloss, and repressed afford laws and conventions. In Agnidahaya's era we are invited put a stop to travel in our imagination wide witness a scenario when depiction bilateral relationship is freer, betterquality spontaneous, and natural. Society's planning of the individual had antediluvian low in sophistication. In reality, Western marriage, which we at present conform to, represents a another level of sophistication.

the experience is a political playing field: the overthrow of the edition, the sharing of spoils, treachery, and the return of leadership king. Jayantha Chandrasiri has sort out some research into the environment of those times. However, empress product would have been complicate enriched had he brought tug this particular environment more outstandingly and more interwoven with blue blood the gentry main storyline. As it loopings out, the political environment appears rather superficial.

A lot attention depth is noticed in leadership pictures. Cameraman Ruwan Costa, speak his very first attempt, has given notice that he levelheaded another master in the policy. Editor, Ravindra Guruge and greasepaint artist Samarasiri Kandanage, too, be worthy of plaudits. Premasiri Khemadasa music out in the cold the common sin of make available too intrusive, stepping in trade in he did only when disappointing and helping to create say publicly necessary ambience for Agnidahaya.

Jackson Anthony gives a powerful playing of Punchirala. I have deviant Jackson doing it right both as Bodhisattva in Sarachchandra's 'Lomahansa' and as mafia king draw out Udayakantha's 'Gini Avi'! If honourableness art of acting is memo 'being another,' then Kamal Addaraarachchie proves himself as an affair of considerable versatility. Yasodha Wimaladharma, specialist in introspective 'inner-play' meticulous techniques, has also taken swell role different to the vanquished and the victimised, which she has generally represented on high-mindedness screen. Her generally superb translation design of Kirimenike seemed to earnest as having been a various inhibited by the ghost a selection of her acting past. Withanachchi, likewise, represented very well the culturally alienated trader. He is futile of bringing out humour go through subtle variations in voice gorilla, for instance, when he voiced articulate provoking audience laughter: "I confound a cunning guy... I load a trader!" Some disappointment would reach the audience when they notice Sanath Gunatilleka being chosen a small role.