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Palama’:Errors that cannot be rectified The story deals with a theme where when one takes an early decision in life which is timely unsuitable, one has to face the consequences. Many when young arrive at life’s decisions when the time is not ripe, but by the time the folly is realized it is pretty late and nothing can be done to right the wrong decision. Nirmala is the main character whose erratic decision, taken when young, leads to a series of errors that cannot be rectified. The Heenthennna family is a feudal type of family where time honoured traditions are kept with precision. Heenthenna Hamine is the wife of a school principal who is a peaceful man. They have a son who is on the verge of entering higher education in a campus. As any other young man he falls in love but the difference here is that Nirmala is a poor village lass, whose lifestyle is a polarized one from the Walawwa mentality of the Heenthennas. Their secret affair climaxes with the couple eloping and getting married which situation is privy to their parents. On learning of the registration of their son, the feudal couple breaks ties with him, dropping him off their line of generation. The duo settle down in a quiet location near a friend of Jagath’s - one Dabare. This person works as a resident foreman in an engineering firm and only his mother and his young daughter reside in the house. They offer help to the newly married couple who have to fend for themselves. Jagath is unemployed and to add to the situation he starts drinking. Meanwhile Nirmala is pregnant and life becomes difficult due to financial constraints. Jagath often
tends to fight with his wife accusing her of destroying his life.
Not finding a better job, Jagath finds employment under an undertaker,
now glorified as a funeral director. His job is to embalm corpses
and prepare them for burial. The cast includes names like Jagath Beneragama, Ruwanthi Mangala, Hashinika Karaliyadda, Edward Gunawardene, Menike Attanayake, Daya Alwis, Suminda Sirisena, Chitra Warakagoda and a few others. It is a P. Mampitiya production which has been directed by Sumith Kumarage. The
success story of Kumar & Yasmin Yasmin and Kumar took over a six-month old ‘Bonsoir’ in January 1986 and infused freshness and dynamism into the programme making it appeal to a wide range of viewers. Coupled with the extensive television production training they both have had in Paris, they were the pioneers who took the programme’s presentation into the outdoors, bringing it greater colour and more animation. Eighteen years down the line, Yasmin Rajapakse now divides her time equally between France and Sri Lanka. While in France she tours the country collecting extensive video footage on a diverse range of subjects which enrich the programmes she does for ‘Bonsoir’. Among her recent successes was the documentary on French nobleman Count de Mauny, who arrived in Ceylon in the 1920s and built the octoganal house on the little island, then known as “Ganduwa” (now Taprobane Island) in the Weligama bay. The film bears great cultural and historical value to Sri Lanka and France. It explores his personality and gives an insight into his interesting family history in France, and, the two decades of his life spent in Ceylon until his death in Jaffna. Now in France, Yasmin is currently researching and filming her second documentary “The French Pass” on the French naval expedition to 17th century Ceylon. Well-known media personality Kumar de Silva has, on the other hand, diversified his interests locally with ‘Adahas’, his popular event designing, public relations and media consultancy company, known for its creative and quality work. A sought after corporate compere, he is still very much a part of ‘Bonsoir’ while also continuing his monthly chat on ‘Dhamma in Daily Life’, telecast over ITN on poya nights, in addition to conducting interviews for ‘Business Matters’ over Rupavahini’s Channel EYE. Kumar is currently working closely with Dr. Lester James Peries on the latter’s autobiography. Each film takes the form of an extensive chapter, revealing interesting incidents, episodes and all that went into the making of the maestro’s nearly twenty films. Yasmin and Kumar recall “great times on Bonsoirs past”, and, together with the programme’s second generation producers and presenters, look forward to greater times in the years ahead.
Talk show on ‘Sudu Kaluwara’ on Rupavahini
A special programme, “Sudu Kaluwara Peradekma” , a preview of Sudu Kaluwara - highlighting the film “Sudu Kaluwara” will be telecast on Rupavihini on Wednesday, July 31 at 7.30 pm. This popular is film directed by Sudath Rohana, based on the novel “Ulu Gedera Arachchila” by N.T. Karunatilleke, which is currently being screened at Regal, Lido and other cinemas in the prestigious circuit. This TV preview is directed
by veteran teledrama actor Amittha Weerasinghe. The mega-cast of Sudu
Kaluwara includes veterans Sanath Gunatilleke, Jayalath Manoratne,
Indrajith Nawinna, W. Jayasiri, Buddhadasa Vitanachchi, Palitha
Silva, Jayani Senanayake, Somalatha Subasinghe, Hemasiri Liyanage,
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody, Sandeepa Sewmini, Errol de Niese, Ratna
Lalani Jayakody, Lal Kularatne, Mali Jayaweera, Malkumari Geetharani,
Buddhi Wickrema, Prasanjith Abeysuriya, Manori Wimalathunga, Wally
Nanayakkara, Richard Weerakkody, Bandula Vithanage and Gayana Sudarshani
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