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Kala Korner by Dee Cee
'Golu Hadawatha' steals the show
It's seldom that one topic dominates a discussion at a book launch, but this is what happened the other day at the launch of A. D. Ranjit Kumar's latest book, Nova peraniya lipi saraniya -- a collection of articles, revealing little known facts about men and matters.
| Anula Karunatilleka | A. D. Ranjit Kumar |
The topic discussed at length was Golu Hadawatha. Not many would have remembered that Karunasena Jayalath's novel written in 1962 (Dr. Carlo Fonseka thought it was bolanda) was made into a film six years later by Lester James Peries, followed by a teledrama and more recently a radio serial. An impressive record indeed!
| The teledrama version of Golu Hadawatha |
A major factor for the success of the film was the superb performance of Anula Karunatilleka as Dhammi, the teenager who teased her classmate Sugath who remained delovak atara not knowing whether she really loved him or not. The 'real' Dhammi was in the audience at Ranjit's book launch. The announcement created excitement among the large crowd of well-wishers who turned up at Sumathi Court.
Taking on the role of an investigative reporter, Ranjit had tracked down Padma Lalini Kuruppu (a happy grandmother now in her '70s) and invited her for the launch. Earlier he had written the story in the Sunday edition of Lakbima. The trio in the non-fiction version of Golu Hadawatha was Padma Lalini, Jayalath himself (who is no more) and Baldwin Kuruppu, now domiciled in Australia, himself a fiction writer.
Memories were rekindled when an episode from the radio drama was re-enacted by popular actor Asen Manjula (who came into the limelight with the teledrama Amba Yahaluwo) and radio artiste Eresha Lakmali.
Another subject of discussion was the story behind the popular song Nil ahas tale agei - ne walakulu first sung in the early 1940s. Ever since Tissa Abeyesekera gave it a fresh lease of life when he used it in his film, Mahag Sri Lankan film director (1919–2018) Sri LankabhimanyaLester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාභිමාන්ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006, and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries. He received critical acclaim for directing Rekava, Gamperaliya, Nidhanaya, Golu Hadawatha, Kaliyugaya, Awaragira and Yuganthaya. His movie Wekande Walauwa, starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film Nidhanaya was included among the top 100 films of the century by the Cinémathèque Française. Peries' films often deal with Sri Lankan family life in rural settings and conflicted characters. He helped create an authentic expression of Sinhala Cinema. Lester James Peries was born on 5 April 1919 in Dehiwela, Colombo, Ceylon. His father, Dr. James Francis Peries, studied medicine in Scotland and was also a cricketer for a Scottish club. His mother, Ann Gertrude Winifred Jayasuria, was the first graduate of St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo. Peries had three siblings: Erica, Ivan and Noel. The Peries family was a staunch Roman Catholic family that had become Anglicised. Growing up, Peries only spoke English at home and celebrated Christian traditions. His only link to Sinhala culture was his grandmother who always didn't trust Western medicine and spoke proper Sinhalese. At the age of eleven, Peries was given a 8mmKodascopeprojector by his father as a gift, which ran Chaplin's silent movies. At that time, his only interest in films was when he and his brother Ivan would haunt the cinema to watch foreign film serials which ran day after day. Peries was This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group in Sri Lanka. W. Karunajeewa On the first death anniversary W. Karunajeewa, Attorney at Law and political strategist, I, on behalf of the Alumni Association of University of Ceylon Peradeniya, wish to write a few lines of appreciation of my late friend for 44 years. He was born in the southern hamlet of Kamburugamuwa in October 1946 to a family of traders. His father hailing from Thalpe in the Galle district married from a Kamburugamuwa family whose business interests were in Kandy. Eventually Karunajeewa moved with his parents to Kandy and his father lost his personal business in Pusselawa and his family had a difficult time. They were living in Bowala during this time and he did not have the opportunity to attend a top school in Kandy. He studied at Bowala Maha Vidyalaya. W. Karunajeewa A born leader, he was intelligent and an orator par excellence. He passed the GCE Ordinary Level examination in 1962 with high grades, and entered Dharmaraja Vidyalaya in Kandy for Advanced levels. At Dharmaraja, he led the Sinhala debating team, and after passing the GCE Advanced level examinations Karu entered the University of Ceylon Peradeniya in 1965. When I entered Peradeniya University in 1968, it was the autumn where student activities blossomed through left politics. Although Karu was in his final year as a B.Com undergraduate, he was more occupied with SLFP activities in the Kandy and Matale Districts. He spoke at pocket meetings together with Hector Kobbekaduwa, Monty Gopallawa, G B de Silva, Anurudhdha Ratwatte , D.M. Jayaratne and others. On February 2, 1969, the Peradeniya Campus witnessed a clash between soldiers and students. This came after the Dudley Senanayaka Government housed the soldiers at the university’s gymnasium ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Kandy. The students did not like this and during the night drunk soldiers and students had a confrontation. As freshers at Jayathilaka Hall we witnessed the commandi Lester James Peries
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