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MLH felicitates Chef Publis Silva
Mount Lavinia Hotel recently held a felicitation ceremony to honour Dr. Chef Publis Silva who was conferred with a Deshabandu Award for distinguished services to the nation. The awards were presented by President Maithripala Sirisena for outstanding achievements of Sri Lankans or others, at the recently held National Honours 2017 ceremony, which was held after [...]
French Fare at the Brasserie by Mövenpick
From the opulent vertical building, make the way to level 1 as Mövenpick Hotel Colombo unveils the Brasserie, offering the finest French cuisine in town. Grand mirrors to the spectacular muted jewel shades of the painstakingly painted walls, the Brasserie is the newest addition to the city’s five-star hotel. Inspired by the concept of the [...]
Prasanna’s ‘With You, Without You’ bags main Presidential Awards
Prasanna Vithanage’s ‘Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka’ (With You, Without You) won the main awards including the Best Director, Best Actor and Actress at the 8th Presidential cinema Awards held recently. Indian actress Anjali Patil and theatre veteran Shyam Fernando who played the lead roles in Vithanage’s film won the Best Actress and the Best Actor [...]
Honey Beach Club: Sundown Parties with DJs
The newest ‘Honey Beach Club’ was launched last week at the Kingsbury poolside with DJs Anjya Peca and Party Maker Steff. ‘Honey Beach Club’ opened for destination to kick off shoes and trample the golden sand or simply grab a few cold ones and relax to the tunes of DJ Anjya Peca and Party Maker [...]
Rajitha’s play on post-war Sri Lanka wins many State Drama Awards
Veteran playwright Rajitha Dissanayake’s ‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ won eight awards including the Best Drama award at this year State Drama Festival held recently. Rajitha wonthe Best Play, Best Direction and the Best Script awards while Dharmapriya Dias and Shyam Fernando won Best Actor and Best Supporting actor respectively. Bimsara Premaratne won the Best Supporting Actress, [...]
‘Weli Kathara’ digitalised
Sri Lanka’s first Cinemascaope film, ‘Weli Kathara’ debut direction by visionary filmmaker Dr. D. B. Nihalsinghe was recreated with the digital technology and was screened at National Film Corporation theatre recently. With the digital restoration, this 1971 hit movie will be back on theatres. This outstanding film which is included among the ten best Sri [...]
Movie on black magic
‘Bandanaya’, a newest movie to hit the theatres will revolves around black magic and dangerous outcome it create on people. Directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya, the film stars a seasoned cast including Cyril Wickremage, Hemal Ranasinghe, Suweenitha Weerasinghe, Dulani Anuradha, Saheli Satharasinghe, Nilmini Tennakone, Ravindra Yasas, Priyankara Ratnayake, Liyoni Kotelawela, Wilmon Sirimanne, Somaweera Gamage, Sudam Katukithule, [...]
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Put your records on
There are among 500-plus artists supporting the tenth Record Store Day – the annual event celebrating independent record shops – with Prince, David Bowie and Madonna all joining the fun. The 90s band Aqua are celebrating 20 years of Barbie Girl by re-issuing their global smash in a plastic sleeve. Why? Because “life in plastic, [...]
Spreading the warmth of the Avurudu season
Aside from the various fun filled games, not to mention the numerous delicacies, the Avurudu season is a time to spread love and joy. Hence, the reason behind socialservice.lk organising an event for the visually challenged this year. This event is being held for the third consecutive year. This unique event aims at providing an [...]
Raising voices for ‘Pulse of the Heartians’
BnS, Billy Fernando and 2Forty2, Hector Dias, Umaria and Voice.Print are the stars who will perform together at “Pulse of the Heartians” on April 22 at the BMICH at 6.30 p.m. The musical show is organized by the Sisters of Charity, Galle, with support from past pupils of Sacred Heart Convent, Galle to fund the [...]
Traditional gets a subtle twist
Batik demands the attention of those who behold it – it is free-spirited and yet still traditional. It can be sophisticated, demure and even subtle, as proven by Yathra Jayawardena’s batik collection which hit the ramp at this year’s Colombo Fashion Week’s (CFW) Emerging Designer show on March 15. The grand daughter of batik and [...]