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டி. அமரதேவா; 5 December 1927 – 3 November 2016), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, he incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. [5]
1970 – Present. Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, also known as T.M. Jayaratne ( Sinhala :ටි.එම්.ජයරත්න) (born 13 April 1944) in Dodangoda, Sri Lanka is a popular Sri Lankan vocalist and a violinist . He has received the Presidential Award of Sri Lanka in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1987. [1] In 2006 Jayaratne was awarded the ...
Mahagama Sekera ( Mahagamage Sekera) ( Sinhala :මහගම සේකර / මහගමගේ සේකර ) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) was a famed Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker. He is considered to be a groundbreaking figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. [ 1] He is best ...
Most of the musician in Sri Lanka have come out with their own creations The temple paintings and carvings used birds, elephants, wild animals, flowers and trees. The colors were made of nature. The traditional 18 dances display the dancing of birds and animals. Mayura Wannama – The dance of the peacock.
89 minutes. Country. Sri Lanka. Language. Sinhala. Rekava (Sinhala for "Line of Destiny") is a 1956 film based on village life and mythical beliefs in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon ). It is the first Sinhala film fully shot in Ceylon and was film shot outdoors in the country. It was also the first Sri Lankan film that was free from Indian influence.
1954–present. Spouse. Padmathilaka (m. 1967) [1] Children. 2. Awards. Kala Suri, Janabhimani. Rohana Beddage ( Sinhala: රෝහණ බැද්දගේ; born 27 October 1935) is a singer and actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. [2] He is also a musician, dancer, teacher, lyricist, lecturer, theater director ...
Asokamala is a 1947 Ceylonn historical film co-directed by Shanthi Kumar and T. R. Goppu and produced by Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner. It was the second film made in the Sinhalese language and the first by a Sinhalese director. It also was the first film that W. D. Albert Perera (later known as Amaradeva ), Mohideen Baig and Mohammed Ghouse ...
Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. [ 1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [ 2][ 3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries ' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later comeback, he produced several experimental works.