• Aquarius back in action
• 'Magul Sakwala': story of middleage romance
• 'Mysteries of the Sigiriya rock fortress'
• "Ratnaloka" : The light of Ratnapura
• Jason Knight's original CD burns ahead of the rest
• "Kahala Nadaya" : A story of an orphanage
• 'Kinihiriya Mal' on screen soon
• Dedicated services of a Sri Lankan artist in Sydney
• The haven on Bentota beach 
• 'Surya Vinsathi' : tale of two eras
• 'Trojan Kanthawo' and the futility of war
• 'Sathmahala' : Story of rich and affluent

Aquarius back in action

By Sanath Weerasuriya

Leading western band in Sri Lanka, " Aquarius" mixed a Sri Lankan oriental touch to give the light in the " Tour of Asia" held at Al Riyadh Hall in Hotel Sofitel Doha Palace in Doha, Qatar on May 4, 5 and 6. 

Indian, Indonesian, Philippine and Sri Lankan Embassies had given a Cutural show which garnished the exclusive cuisine prepared by mixed national kitchen of Hotel Sofitel. 

Rozanne, female vocalist of Aquarius, popularly known as Sri Lanka's Janet Jackson was the talk of the town. Starting from Thursday the May 4 and the following 3 nights the Dinner Dance and the Musical evening was packed to the maximum. The line of music was starting from the oldies way back from the 60's to the current hits. 

Benjy Ranabahu, Shiran Munasinghe , Raja Mendis, Ranil Vas, Sampath Nanayakkara and Rozanne Fernando did not forget to bring the Sri Lankan Group songs and the Non-stop Baila to add glamour to the nights. Guest of honour was Chanaka Olagama , the SriLankan Airlines Manager for Qatar. 'Aquarius' are now back at 'Cyclone ' , one of the popular night clubs in Colombo, after their successful stint in Doha. 

'We have few more foreign tours on the cards but we are more keen to perform in Sri Lanka. 

If we get short tours of one week to ten days we do not mind going anywhere , but long tours are really out of our minds,' Benji said.

'Magul Sakwala': story of middleage romance

The cast of this TV film includes Linton Semage, Palitha Silva, Gayana Sudharshani, Priya Ranasinghe, Ellen Sylvester, Srimathi Heenatigala among others. 

Men and women of our planet live amidst manifold experiences as we live in different surroundings. More often than not, men and women who pass their 50s have no pre-occupations with romance, but Herath in our story, is a far-cry from them. 

Magul Sakwala is a story that is different from the normal tales dished out via the small screen. 

Senaka (Palitha Silva) is a young man, who though in his prime, is not interested in crushes of romance. Nor is he interested in money inspite of being a school teacher.

Even his dad's wealth does not bother him. But Herath (Linton Semage) his father, is a far cry from the son, in that his old age notwithstanding, he decides to re-marry, after the demise of Senaka's mother. But he is over age for that type of adventure, and invariably messes up his life. 

While Senaka's idea is to be away from responsibilities and other ties in life, father Herath is totally different to the son. He brings a damsel who is younger than his daughter Anoma (Priya Ranasinghe) once he decided to re-marry. 

Wimalawathie (Gayana Sudharshani) is herself a widow though young still, but marries eyeing Herath's fortune. The children protest, but Herath is least concerned about their opinion. To look younger than his age, Herath dyes his hair and spares no pains to look a suitable partner to Wimalawathie. Herath is now taunted with suspicion. He suspects all males of Wimalawathie's age, and son, Senaka is no exception. Another relative of his, who kept his company in the nights, is now asked not to step into his home. Anoma does not approve of her father's new marriage, and is hostile towards Wimalawathie, whom she suspects to be more interested in their fortune, than in her old father. She is out to oust the new bride of Herath at any cost, and tries all sorts of gimmicks. 

Meanwhile Herath falls sick, and the son and daughter are keen to help the father, to recover quickly. But Herath does not want Senaka, to be in his home, suspecting that he would flaunt an affair with Wimalawathie. Senaka is asked to move out, and he rents out a room and lives away from home and Wimalawathie. Herath's sickness grows worse. Senaka and sister take him to hospital but he returns the next day afraid, that Senaka and Wimalawathie are left at home, a thought that traumtizes Herath unceasingly. 

Anoma, now fearing that in the event of Herath's death, all his properties would be owned by her step-mother, plans to get her brother, live at home to confront Wimalawathie's claims to any of their fortune.

Herath now passes away at home, as no proper treatment or medical aid is rendered to him. What would happen now? Will Wimalawathie be the owner of all of Herath's wealth? Will she entangle herself with Senaka, who will come to reside in his father's home? Will Anoma succeed in her plans to oust Wimalawathie even now? All these questions will be answered by the 13 episode drama that it titled 'Magul Sakwala' by Director, Christie Shelton Fernando, who has good reasons to compare this story, with the Parabhawa Suthraya, taught by the Enlightened One, wherein it is said, that an old man must not marry a young woman, as such a union tends to send the marriage reeling with suspicion. 

The filming was done around Kuliyapitiya said Director Christie Shelton Fernando who has been ably assisted by colleague Vijitha Ratnasena in the direction. Pushpakumara Rajaguru has controlled the camera, while editing has been done by Sanjay Gunawardene. Sisira Chandra Wijesinghe is the Art Director while the musical score is by Sarath Wickrema. 

- L. Ranjith Mahaarachchi

'Mysteries of the Sigiriya rock fortress'

No doubt, there is a long way to go, but certainly, a start has been made and the hotel hopes to consolidate its positioning to deliver " Culture and Nature at Leisure"

In keeping with these overall objectives, Serendib Leisure, the management company of Hotel Sigiriya has taken the initiative to organise a Seminar on the "Mysteries of the Sigiriya Rock Fortress' at Hotel Sigiriya on May 27 and 28.(today).

The seminar,which is in progress now in Sigiriya, have taken the form of presentations from guest speakers, each specialising in their own field, with some having different view points about the real story behind Sigiriya.

This will be followed by an open forum discussion today, where selected invitees and other participants will be able to join in the discussion.

This event is therefore an intellectual gathering of scientists, archaeologists, architects, historians media personal and other experts in various fields, who has come together in exchanging and debating various view points regarding the origins and history of the Sigiriya Rock Fortress.

The speakers are Shiran Deraniyahala, Director General, Archaeological Dept., Manik Sandrasagara,author, Ashley de Vos, Dr. Raja Silva,former Commissioner Archaeological Dept., Dr.Ronald de Silva, and Prof. Nimal de Silva of the Faculty of Architecture.

"Ratnaloka" : The light of Ratnapura

By Sanath Weerasuriya

Ratnapura district has inherited some of the best eco-friendly environmental assets in Sri Lanka. 

Rare birds, rare plants, rich scenic beauty and mainly as the base city for 'Sinharaja Forest', the only tropical rainforest that exists at the moment in this part of the globe. 

With all these in mind "Ratnaloka Tour Inn', started its operations in 1980. 

'Ratnaloka Tour Inn' is the biggest and the most popular resort hotel in Ratnapura, which is situated in Kahangama, just six kms. away from the gem city on Ratnapura-Panadura highway. 

Ratnaloka Tour Inn (RTI) has forty one standard rooms and twelve deluxe rooms. 

'We get mainly nature tours. Sinharaja forest and other excursions are the main attractions of the hotel' said Gamini Chandana Ratne, its Director/General Manager. 

The tour groups spend two to three nights at the hotel to explore the area and to go for "Sinharaja Safari" during day time or night. 

'Night Safari' is quite popular but, we do not encourage our visitors to go safari during dark hours, mainly because of the danger, he said. 

Sinharaja forest is about 80 kms. away from the hotel and about two hours drive. 

'During excursions, the tour group has to leave the hotel in early hours at least around 5.00 am. 

The hotel provides their breakfast and lunch in take-away style' Gamini explained. 

Their Marketing Manager, S. Ramachandran is the key person in promotional drive and he said not only foreign tourists but also Sri Lankans too are encouraged to use this beautiful eco-friendly environment as their holiday destination. Batatota Rock Cave, Uda Walave National Park and Kooragala Rock Cave are some of the attractions for excursions, which are about one and half to two hours drive away from the hotel. 

There are about six major waterfalls just in ten kilometre range - namely Katugas Ella, Duwili Ella, Induruwa Ella, Bopath Ella (20kms), Rajana Ella and Alupola Ella. Maha Saman Devalaya, Delgamuwa Viha-raya, Lellopitiya Meditation Centre and Pothgulviharaya are some of the historic temples around the area. 

The Hotel has a big swimming pool, kids' pool and a large garden, IDD facility, large restaurant, A/C Bar and mini bars at rooms are some of the main attractions at the hotel. An Ayurvedic Centre will be their future addition. 'We will be refurbishing the hotel and will add all the modern facilities to the hotel,' Gamini said. 

Also they have a plan to promote gem mining, tea plucking, rubber tapping as a part of the package for tourists who visit the hotel. 

Ratnaloka Tour Inn is also popular as 'the place' for special weddings and other functions in the Ratnapura area. 

Leading Spanish travel magazine 'Mercado Mondial' has awarded its 1999 'Eco-friendly hotel' award to Ratnaloka Tour Inn in January this year in a grand ceremony held in Madrid.

Jason Knight's original CD burns ahead of the rest

JK's compositions range from House and Fusion to Hip Hop & Gangster music. Jason Knight now creates history, as he becomes the only artiste in Sri Lanka to use fresh backup vocalists whilst releasing a one hundred percent Sri Lankan original album to international flavours, setting a new trend to Sri Lankan originals in the English music scene.

His Sinhala/English remix for Thinking of U is also a first of its kind since this Sri Lankan original, which is categorically arranged in English, has a Sinhala/English chorus to it using abosolutely no eastern instruments to the music track.

Adding more feeling to the album JK has also included lyrics of all his songs making him yet again the first artiste in Sri Lanka to do so. Jason's ideal target market he says is the young or young at heart fun loving music fan who appreciates listening to 100% original modern day music with an in-depth meaning. The titles of JK's brand new songs are Thinking of You, You're the Angel, Got 2 Have U, Always so, Double Cross', Millennium, Human Nation', Rap DoM Up' etc.

Jason's love song Thinking of U has already started to hit the hearts of many Sri Lankan music lovers. It has even been taken overseas to Australia for airplay on KISS FM radio.

Jason Knight was also featured performing Thinking of U with Samantha Ferdinand and Tom Hart on YES FM's recent Red Hot Mix (Live) Dance party.

After receiving a fabulous response from the Red Hot party crowd Jason thereafter made a guest appearance performing his latest songs Human Nation, Double Cross & Always with his backup team Dilen D, Rajive, Thilina, Black & Dilshara (Demon) at ETV's MC promotion which was yet another success. 

Jason Knight's brand smacking new CD will only be available with leading music stores in Colombo such as The Beat at MC or by emailing Jason on jkni-ght@itmin.com. 

The backup vocals for Jason Knight' CD was provided by Samantha Ferdinands, Shalini de Silva, Dilhani Rana-singhe, Thushara Kuru-witage, Dilan Rakitha, Rajive de Silva, Thilina de Silva and Nirodha Gamage. 

The CD is produced by Jason Knight 

"Kahala Nadaya" : A story of an orphanage

The drama is the first production by Nita Fernando who won the award for Best Actress at the 11th Singapore International Film Festival in 1998. Nita is also palying in a major role in the drama.

Jayanada a hotel manager is a kind hearted person. 

His wife a school teacher and his two chidren too think alike and they run an orphanage with the help of the Chief Priest of the near by temple.

Although Dhanapala a businessman is close friend of Jaya-nada, his qualities are not that of a genuine friend.

After some time they develop a misunderstanding and distance themselves from each other over a land dispute.

Dhanapala looks for an opportunity to take revenge from Jayanada and with the assistance of a worker in Jaya-nada's orphanage, he sells one of the children as servants.

Police hunting after persons employing children, find the child and Jayanada is held responsible for this and police arrest him. 

But at last Jayananda proves his innocence and police arrest the real culprits. 

In the midst of these problems the orphanage is closed down.

All attempts by the Chief Priest and Jayanada on his release to start it again fail.

The story gives a message to the public about importance of orphanages in the current situation and all people in the country should take the responsibillity for child exploitation.

The teledrama is directed by Santhusa Liyanage and produced by Mavo Laksitha Karun-athilake. 

The cast includes Ravindra Randeniya, Nita Fernando, Neil Alles, Dilani Abeywardana, Visakha Siriwardana, Edward Gunawardena, Grace Ariy-awimal, Ritani Ratnayaka.

'Kinihiriya Mal' on screen soon

The leading roles are played by several versatile actors and actresses like Kamal Addararachchi, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Irangani Serasinghe, Roger Seneviratne, Vasanthi Chathurani, Veena Jayakody and Nilanthi Wijesinghe.

The shooting of the last scenes of 'Kinihiriya Mal' was done by cinematographer Suminda Sirisena at two star class hotels in Colombo, Sapphire and Galadari a year ago.

The director said several heavy shooting schedules of the film were concluded earler in the outer Colombo areas and in far away locations in and around Galewela.

"Kinihiriya Mal" is a story woven around day-to-day happenings of little consequences in the country some of which are highlighted by the media.

Dedicated services of a Sri Lankan artist in Sydney

In Sri Lanka Chitra reached a large student population and art lovers as she appeared on TV programs such as the "Lama Huruwa" and "Neth Sara" introducing a wide range of art techniques. She also organized an art exhibition of her students at the Colombo Art Gallery almost every two years as an encouragement to her students. The last such exhibition she had in Sri Lanka was at the Queens Hotel Kandy. In 1995, she migrated to Australia.

In 1999, two of her paintings "The Sitar Player" and "The Opera House at Dawn" were chosen for the New South Wales Combined Art Societies Professional Artists Exhibition at the prestigious Opera House. Chitra was the only Asian artist whose work was selected for this esteemed exhibition.

Apart from this achievement, two of her Sri Lankan students, Dilhan Perera (11) and Madhuka Abeysekera (8) were judged young artists of the year 2000, at the Millenium Exhibition to select the best 12 paintings for the Baulkham Hills Shire Council's special calendar. Their paintings adorned the 40,000 copies of the calendar. This success was repeated and on Australia Day, January 26, 2000 as six of her Sri Lankan students won awards for their outstanding works of art.

Last month, at the festivities involving the Annual General Meeting and Gala Dinner of the Old Nalandians' Association of New South Wales, she had the opportunity to organize an exhibition for the Sri Lankan community in New South Wales. At this exhibition a large number of her paintings as well as the paintings of her students were on display.

Before coming to Sydney, she was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Canberra, Australia where she served the community as an Art Teacher. Chitra who works with a wide variety of mediums has developed a style of her own. Many of her paintings with typically Sri Lankan themes titled "The Sitar Player", "A Mothers Affection", "The Tea Pluckers", "Stilt Fisherman" were exhibited in Canberra and New South Wales.

We appreciate the professionalism, the dedicated and outstanding service Chitra continues to render voluntarily to the Sri Lankan community in a foreign land.

The haven on Bentota beach 

By Sanath Weerasuriya

'Taprobana' in Bentota is the true haven on the beach. This nine room beach resort on about half an acre was designed and built by Swiss architect Ricco Taravella and owned by a Sri Lankan now living abroad. 

The typical southern old walauwa type resort is now managed by Aura Hotel Services Limited, the newest hotel management company in town. 

'Taprobana' is just five minutes away from Bentota bridge. This is an old walauwa with new expansions with a Swiss touch. 

'The most unique in this place is the personalized service' said the manager Frank Kelaart of 'Taprobana'. 

Most of the guests coming to this place are on 'half board' basis and have a choice of their own from the a la carte menu. 

"Meals are prepared, according to customer requirements. Our motto is "Service Beyond Hospitality" said Frank. 

The restaurant, which is open to the sea breeze, serves a complete array of both Eastern and Western cuisine and home- made recipes. Also they serve sea food dishes from chef Ajith Rohana. 

'Taprobana' is a place with absolute privacy where we treat and respect individuals in a homely atmosphere' he said. 

All nine rooms are open to the sea and stylishly decorated with elegant but simple furniture that enhances the embience. All rooms have private verandas and attached bathrooms with hot and cold water. 

'This is very popular among Sir Lankans, expatriates, diplomats and also among honeymooners' a spokesman for Aura Hotels said. 

Sri Lankans are much keen to spend a 'get-away' holiday but overseas visitors are very much interested in exploring the area. 

'Madol Duwa' at Koggala, mask factories at Ambalangoda, Turtle Farm, Brief Garden at Kalawila, river safari down Bentara river are some of the attractions on offer for visitors. 

Manager Frank is a capable hand with years of experience behind him. He has 24 years experience in the hospitality business in Sri Lanka as well as abroad. 'Quality personalized service is my main vision in this project." he said. 

Aura Hotels also manages the 'Club Villa', an exclusive Dutch style country retreat, which has 17 rooms in Bentota. 

Both 'Club Villa' and 'Tabrobana' are in close proximity and run under the supervision of Frank Kelaart.

'Surya Vinsathi' : tale of two eras

By. Susitha R. Fernando.

Attached to the 'Sarasaviya' newspaper for eleven years his first venture was screened on 'Swarnavahini ' yesterday (27th, May, Saturday ).

The main roles had veteran stars, Tony Ranasinghe and Nita Fernando. 

The story revolves around the close friendship between a grandfather and granddaughter, incidentally portraying the thinking of two different generations.

Aloy Suriyaratne is a politician who supported the Leftist Movement in 1950.

When his only daughter does it in her own way and gets married to one he cuts her off from all connections with the family. 

Suriyaratne being old is unable to fend for himself and seeks the daughter's help whom he had discarded once. 

Would there be anyone to welcome him when he comes back? The grand daughter of Aloy Rathnayake is there to give him a warm welcome. 

The story is around this new relationship between these two characters of two generaions.

The cast includs Shanthi Fonseka, Srinath Maddumage, Anura Bandara Rajaguru and Susil Gunaratne.

Jayadeva Mendis handled the camera while Prasanga Ratnayaka did the editing. Upatissa Kolambage was the production manager.

Born in Kebithigollewa, 37 miles away from the Anuradhapura town director, Gunaratne is of the view that the medium of 'Telefilm' is a great help to the upcoming film makers.

According to him 60 percent of the world film industry depends on TV channels.

"There will come a time when the whole film industry would have to depend on the TV Channels", Mr. Ratnayake said.

Speaking on the difficulties he faced in his first venture he said " how difficult it is to put into practice what we learn from the other countries,".

"We have to make major changes when we adopt the techniques we learn', he said.

Among the future plans of this young director is his desire to direct a 35mm film and a teledrama.

'Trojan Kanthawo' and the futility of war

'Trojan Women' is set in the background of the fall of Troy, with all it's attendant suffering of the families of the city's defeated leaders, in particular the old Trojan Queen Hecuba and the other royal women. Women were the most affected having to undergo untold hardships. Andromache's son Astyanax is taken from her and hurled to his death from the walls of Troy. Finally as Troy goes up in flames, Hecuba and the other Trojan women are carried off to the ships to face slavery in Greece.

Euripides (480-406 BC) who wrote the Trojan Women in 415 BC was one of Athen's three great tragic dramatists. The play is timely and is a powerful indictment of the babarous cruelties of war.

The superb cast of over 70 characters brings a combination from both English and Sinhal theatre.

With the opening scene itself the director has been able to take a grip on the audience by showing the women of Troy being treated cruelly. Old queen of Troy, Hecuba played by Anoja Weerasinghe gives a sterling performance . In addition the rich selection of cast includes Yashoda Wimaladharma playing as Andromache.

Talented Neil Alles' role as 'Poseidon' is also outstanding and Hecuba's daughter played by Meena Kumari is remarkable in her role.

The director brings English theatre personality Jehan Aloysius to do the role of Menelaus and Juanita Beiling plays 'Helen'. The translation of the classic has been done by Ariya Ranaweera, Theatre script by Ananda Wakkumbura and Dharmasiri Bandaranayake. Talented music director Rukantha Gunathilake gives colour to the play with the music direction. Bringing well known names in the English drama Bandaranayake joins Jerom de Silva for the choreography in 'Trojan Kanthawo'.

'Sathmahala' : Story of rich and affluent

Ananda Wickramage, Indrajith Nawinna, Chitra Warakagoda, the late Wimal Wickramasinghe of Kopi-kade fame, Chandra Kaluarachchi and Paboday Sandipani are the big names in the huge cast.

The Music Director of Sathmahala is veteran music director Rohana Weerasinghe, while Editing has been done by Daya Punchihewa. Mani Mendis is its Art Director and Daya Sooriyarachchi has managed the camera. The Asst. Director is Anura Waragoda while the Executive Producer is Sriya Edirisinghe. ' Sathmahala' is a story set in a Waluwa located in the salubrious hilly chimes of Kandy adjacient to a tea estate. The walawa is known as Amunugoda walawa while the estate in its vicinity is called Rose Valley. If you remember the political climatic change subsequent to the SLFP-MEP peoples' victory of 1956, you will recall that the General Election spearheaded the President's father S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike initiated a cultural revolution in our Isle, where Sinhala culture came to the fore, while the poor man the average or the illiterate, was enthrouned courtesy the landslide victory of SWRD, drowning the age of the affluent and the rich-sophisticated men and women of that era.

'Sathmahala' is based on a story with this backdrop in mind . Like else where in our country, the rich the so called feudals and the aristocrats, came, tumbling down, while the man in the street received recognition as an honourable individual, something the rich and affluent had failed to grasp till that time. With this revolutionary change, the 'Amunugoda palanthiya' too was shattered to its foundations. All the while , the lot of the common man even in the Udarata was a neglected one, but with the fall of feudalism the Walawe mentality had to take a back seat, and these worshipping the feudal Radalayas in Udarata, came to the fore and their worth was felt at last much to the chagrin of aristocrats. A story with this background set the pace for 'Sathmahala' and those who are privy to the change or the cultural cum religious rennaisance during the post 1956 era are told how the change affected the Wansakkara clan.

The story is by famous writer Ranjith Dharmakirthi and the synopsis of the tele-drama is as follows. The Nilame and Menike of Amunugoda Walauwa are Sathis and Nilanthi Wijesinghe. The couple has a son and three daughters. Channa is cast in the role of Loku Nilame's son, while the roles of daughters are played by Yasoda Wimaladharma, (Sumedha) Damayanthi Fonseka (Navaratne Menike) and Paboda Sandipani (Thamari). Tikiri Bandara is their only brother (Channa ). Sumedha finishes her varsity career and gets employment as a teacher, only to fall in love with a fellow teacher Hemantha, played by Sriyantha Mendis.

The new couple's marriage does not earn the consent of the Walauwa and the Loku Nilame together with Tikiri Bandara in particular are wrathed about it. Meanwhile the newly-weds move away to Kurunegala and reside there. In due course, nuptial proposals are brought to Navaratne Menike which however fail to materialise, making more inroads into the Walauwa image . Most of such proposals find no favour with the Walauwa elders, mainly due to caste problems and status posers. Consequently Navaratne Menike grows in age while Thamari moves into Kurunegala in an attempt to further her studies. She decides to reside at her brother's residence only to be highly influenced by the sophisticated culture of the metro area.

Back home, things change for the worse when relations between the Walauwa and Rose Valley Estate are strained. This is because the Supdt. of the Estate (Ananda Wickremage) and Loku Nilame fall out. Subsequent to these strained relations, the Supdt. goes on a employment canvassing spree, resulting in many of the village folk, seeking easy employment in the Estate, shedding the Wedwasam type slavery in the homes of the feudals. 

A figure-head in Amunugoda Walauwa among the dasa-clan, (Indrajith Nawinna) is one of those who gets employment, courtesy the Superientendant. As the Estate doubles its profits with the influx of new labour, the Walauwa runs short of servants who normally attend to all and sundry there. Loku Nilame and his palace is almost isolated, sans workers, now a rare commodity.

The falling apart of the Walauwa image together with the cultural rejuvenation, brought about by the 1956 defeat of aristocratic forces, had a thumping impact on the Udrata feudal clans, and Amunugoda Walauwe was no exception.

With the image of the Loku Nilame tarnished, the Walauwa had other problems too. Navaratne Menike's chances of marriage dwindled with time, and the parents had no option but to give her in marriage to a useless man, though with a feudal back ground. But the marriage is a flop save status wise. As if to inject a little badly-needed life into the Walauwa, Tikiri Bandara qualifies as an Attorney, an the noble parents try their best to stage a come back, Given the politically new background this is unseccessful and in a last ditch, the old couple attempts to find solace in getting Thamari to marry a nobleman. In contrast, she selects a commoner and marries him, much to the ire of her parents. She had been influenced by the cultural milieu of the metro area in in Kurunegala town. 

This final episode sees the walanwa -minded Loku Nilame raving mad. Meanwhile a boulder that had blocked the access road to the Estate all this while, is dynamited and the crash of the rock, symbolises the crash of the walauwa image. Sathmahala has portrayed well the social changes that came alongside the defeat of the country's reactionary feudal forces, and it has been well handled by the maestro Sathischandra Edirisinghe.

L.Ranjith Maharaachchi

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