Popular actress and dancer Anusha Damayanthi won the coveted ‘Dance Stars Dance’ title last week at the closely contested Competition.
This popular reality programme telecast over Swarnavahini culminated at the Sugathdasa Indoor Stadium amidst a packed audience.
The winner Anusha said finally she has been rewarded for months of hardwork, commitment and dedication.
Hemal Ranasinghe won the first runner up title, while actress Menaka Peiris clinched the second runner up medal. Popular singer and heartthrob of many young girls Chilli was placed fourth in this Competition.
The panel of judges included veteran and most knowledgeable dance instructor Kevin Nugera, Minister Mervyn Silva and Geetha Kumarasinghe while Ranjan Ramanayake presented the show.
Korale Mahattaya on ‘Celeb Chat’
‘Korale Mahattaya’ plays his alter ego ‘Wijeratne Warakagoda ‘ on Prime TV’s ‘Celeb Chat’ at 9.00 pm on Monday 15 August on CSN.
From the days of radio and stage … over the years to cinema and television, Wijeratne Warakagoda has been a household name for decades.
Listen to him relate stories of his early days in the Police Department, his entry into the performing arts and of course ‘Korale Mahattaya’ of ‘Muwan Pelessa’ fame, the lovable character which has now become his alternate persona.
This programme repeats on Tuesday 16 August 8.00 am. Celeb Chat is on CSN on UHF 22, Channel 75 on Dialog TV and also on PEO TV.
Viewers overseas can catch the LIVE streaming at 16h30 GMT on www.primetv.lk.
Debut album from ‘Chimes of the 70’s’
By Sanath Weerasuriya
‘Chimes of the 70’s’, the latest band to hit the music scene, is this week’s featured on TV Times’ ‘Star of The Week’.
TV Times together with M Entertainment and Vibrations bring weekly ‘Star of The Week’ competition featuring a singing sensation. Each week we introduce a singing star, a popular figure in the Lankan music scene or a latest music album of a popular star to our readers. TV Times readers can now win two brand new albums of the particular star, featured on the TV Times, with the compliments of the Vibrations, your favourite music store.
All you have to do is to read the story of the ‘Star of The Week’ and answer the simple question on the coupon and post it to ‘Star of The Week’, Sunday TV Times (Coupon No 8), No 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 2 on or before 23 August.
‘Vibrations’, the popular music store in the city, is the main sponsor of this competition along with the M Entertainments.
All answers should be on the coupon No. 8 appearing on today’s TV Times and no photo copies are accepted. The two lucky winners of the Coupon No. 8 will win two ‘Piyaneni’ CDs of ‘Chimes of the 70’s’.
The names of the lucky winners of the Coupon No. 8 will be announced in the TV Times of 28 August.
Chimes of the 70’s consists of a group of young individuals who have worked hard to separate themselves from any up and coming bands in Sri Lanka by promoting the musical style of the seventies with twists of young and vibrant melodies.
‘Piyaneni’, which is the title of their debut album consists of 15 new tracks of which the music video for one single, Mobile Phone, has already been released. Famous Sri Lankan starts such as Ronnie Leitch and Sanette Dikkumbura also appear in the Mobile Phone music video.
Chimes of the 70’s should also be proud of the fact that many Veteran Sri Lankan artistes such as Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka and Hussain Jiffry, who plays bass guitar on the albums only English track titled, ‘Dreams To Follow’ were also involved in the making of this album.
What makes Chimes of the 70’s even more different from any current band in the local music industry is that its drummer, Udesha Karunanayake, is the youngest drummer in Sri Lanka at the age of nine.
By having so many veteran artistes involved and by having such young talent in this band, Chimes of the 70’s is bound to reach music lovers all across the island and bring about the Revival of Sinhala Pop music.
Question: What is the name of Chimes of 70’s debut album?
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