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'Sura
Pura Sara' New tele drama on Sirasa TV Sura Pura Sara
is a story told in lighter vein, with lots of comic relief and is
not dissimilar to the recent popular dramas "Sakisada Elias'
and "Sabada Pabilis" and is directed by Chandraratne Mapitigama.
The story is
based on the folk tale from the Old Sinhala Fables - "Gamarala
Divayaloke Giya Heti" with an unexpected twist at the end.
Hethu Hamy
is a farmer who earns his living by paddy cultivation. One morning
he finds that some wild creature had eaten the paddy which had been
ripe for harvesting. The village headman advises Hethu Hamy to keep
watch in the paddy field so that he can nab the culprit. But the
thief turns out to be an elephant. In an attempt to stop the elephant,
Hethu Hamy clings on to its tail, but the elephant disappears with
Hethu Hamy to heaven. As predicted
by an astrologer, Hethu Hamy returns home after seven years. But
his people at home shun him, thinking that he is a ghost. Later
he reveals how he hung on the elephant's tail and went to heaven,
where he met his dead father who helped him. Hethu Hamy brings a
drink from heaven called "Amurthaya" that prevents old
age. He makes his whole family young by giving "Amurthaya".
All the magical objects from heaven helps Hethu Hamy to become rich.
Many villagers
including the village headman drink "Amurthaya" and after
some time they start talking about their misdeeds. They expose their
true characters. Hethu Hamy
says that sinners cannot go to heaven and therefore following his
advice, the villagers avoid committing sinful deeds. After Hethu
Hamy becomes young he is tempted to lead a sinful life and he commits
a lot of mistakes. After cultivating
paddy he gets the idea of going to heaven again. When the elephant
comes he clings on to the elephant, but the elephant kicks him off
and says that sinners do not have a place in heaven. Thereafter
Hethu Hamy's wealth vanishes and he becomes the laughing stock in
the village. Commencing on June 13, Friday at 8.25 pm on Sirasa TV Now
weekends are fun with Shakthi FM Shakthi FM
started a new chapter in radio programming from last week by introducing
"Weekend Shakthi FM". Weekend line-ups will have new programs,
better variety and will certainly be a lot more fun. The Weekend
concept brings more fun during holidays and targets all segments
of listeners with a fresh new line-up. By launching
weekend special programming the station adds value to its programmes
and more listeners are expected to tune into Shakthi FM. The strength
of Shakthi FM is that it belongs to a Network family with top 7
channels and thus its emergence as the number one channel in the
local entertainment spectrum is no surprise. MTV Channel
(Pvt) Ltd and MBC Networks (Pvt.) Ltd. which represent the most
vibrant media organisation in Sri Lanka including Sirasa TV, Shakthi
TV, MTV, Sirasa FM, Shakthi FM, Yes FM and Classic FM, have emerged
as a complete media outfit providing entertainment to all ethnic
groups in Sri Lanka. The popular
Shakthi FM radio channel, in operation since 1998 providing entertainment
with innovation in Tamil Radio programming in Sri Lanka has grown
to be an International broadcaster through World Wide Web - www.shakthifm.com.
Shakthi FM partners with radio stations from various countries to
provide the Tamil-speaking listeners the best overseas entertainment. Shakthi FM which operates round the clock daily with island wide coverage is popular among listeners with innovative and wholesome programmes including news, current affairs, interactive sessions and the most exciting fresh and new line-up of music with the latest movie songs, for the first time on Sri Lankan Tamil radio. With the special weekend coverage extending to Kandy, the upcountry, the North Western and Southern provinces Shakthi FM stands tall as the only popular Tamil FM channel to soothe the ears of listeners in Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee and Jaffna. Strongly based in Colombo and suburbs and extending its coverage to areas where any other radio is not heard. 'Rathriya':
Suspenseful entertaining on Swarnavahini A story written
to a weekend newspaper of the same title was made into a script
by Nihal Peiris. Jagath Weerathunge is the editor and make-up is
by Derrik Fernando. Daya Sooriyarachchi did the filming and Tharupathi
Munasinghe handled the music. G. Mampitiya
who had made the most number of teledramas for the small screen
had produced it. The cast includes
a number of gifted and versatile actors and actresses such as Janaka
Kumbukge, Nayana Kumari, Duleeka Marapana, Wijeratne Warakagoda,
Edward Gunawardena and Muri Samarasinghe who also helped to make
the story into a successful audio visual product for the mini screen.
Dhanuska and
Sangeetha are married. One day while
having a heated argument Dhanushka loses his temper and starts assaulting
Sangeetha. Sangeetha falls,
her head strikes the wall and as a result becomes an invalid. Her nerve centre
is affected and she is paralysed from waist down. This causes
a conflict between husband and wife, mainly due to absence of physical
relationship. Dhanuska who thus is forced to lead an unhappy married
life is attracted to Amanda who has come recently to his office.
This attraction gradually leads to a relationship between the two.
Sangeetha tries
to commit suicide hoping to release Dhanuska from the frustrated
married life. This causes
Dhanuska to regret his affair with Amanda and decides to start an
new with Sangeetha. Meanwhile Amanda
tells Dhanuska that she is pregnant as a result of their affair. This brings
the usual heartache, unexpected challenge and heart wrenching decision
that has to be faced with Dhanuska, Amanda and Sangeetha. There
is a climax of suspense as Sangeetha's life is threatened by a mysterious
stranger. The teledrama
most of which was filmed in the locations entirely in the Kalutara
district included Bandaragama, Horana and Panadura. The twenty
five episode drama will be telecast every Thursday at 9.00 pm on
Swarnavahini Channel . Await next week for the trivia on 'Rathriya'. Jackie's
Tuxedo in Colombo The popular
Jackie Chan movie Tuxedo is now run to packed audiences at Liberty
Cinema in Colombo. "The Tuxedo" stars Jackie Chan, the
comedic action superstar who has more recently conquered the worldwide
box office in such films as "Rush Hour 1 and 2" and "Shanghai
Noon". Tuxedo is a
story on a playboy millionaire Clark Devlin. When Devlin is temporarily
put out of commission in a explosive "accident", Jimmy
puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit
may be more black belt then black tie. Suddenly thrust
into a dangerous world of espionage, paired with a rookie partner
(Jennifer Love Hewitt) as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes
an unwitting if impeccably dressed secret agent. Starring opposite
Chan is Jennifer Love Hewitt ("Heartbreakers"). The film
also stars Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot"), Debi Mazar ("The
Insider"), Ritchie Coster ("The Thomas Crown Affair"),
Romany Malco ("The Chateau"), Mia Cottet (upcoming "Phone
Booth") and Peter Stormare ("Minority Report"). The action
comedy marks the feature film directorial debut of Kevin Donovan,
who made his name as an award-winning commercial director. Adam Schroeder
("The Truman Show") and John H. Woilliams ("Shrek")
produced "The Tuxedo." |
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hamlet
"Baddegama" off Elpitiya in the Southern Province and
revolves around simple village folk led by the "Arachchila."
The feudal head, "Arachchila" is portrayed by veteran
film actor Joe Abeywickrama. The others in the cast include Anton
Jude, Sanath Wimalasiri, Nimanthi Porage, Sureni Senerath, Sunil
Hettiarachchi, Edward Gunewardena, Vinoja Nilanthi, Miyuri Samarasinghe
and Gihani Amarasena. 
direction.
