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‘Dharamasoka ballet with Thala’ of Channa Wijewardena will be staged at the Musaeus college auditorium Colombo on April 6 at 6.30 pm. The event is organised by the Colombo

branch of Dharamasoka college Past Pupilss Association to mark the centenary of Dhara-masoka College, Ambalangoda.

The Rhythmic Thala concert performed by Channa Upili Institute of Dance is staged annually since 2008. Channa wijew-ardena looks forward to carry out a differ-ent experiment through this dancing con-cert.

Dharamasoka college of Ambalangoda is a leading school which emerged during the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and is an emblem of Buddhist education.

This ballet has been composed by Was-antha Kumara Kobawaka and music will be by Samantha Perera.

‘Dharamasoka ballet’ at Musaeus auditorium

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Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich (2000) will be screened on April 2 at 6 pm at the American Centre, No 44, Galle Road, Colombo 3. (Running Time: 132 minutes)

She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees Broke and des-perate, the twice-divorced single mom Erin bosses her way into a clerical job with attor-ney Ed Masry (Albert Finney). Erin is soon focused on suspicious connec-tions between a mighty power com-pany, its abuse of toxic chromium, and the poisoned water supply of Hinkley, California, where locals have suffered a legacy of death and disease. Match-ing the dramatic potency of Norma Rae and Silkwood, Erin Brockovich filters cold facts through warm humanity, especially in Erin's rapport with dying victims and her relationship with George, a Harley-riding neighbor who offers more devotion than Erin's ever known. The factual basis of Erin Brockovich adds a boost of satisfaction, proving that greed, neglect, and corporate arrogance are no match against a passionate crusader.

600 Kilos d’or purThe movie,600 Kilos d’or pur(2010) by Éric

Besnard will be screened on Tuesday, April 2 at 3pm and Wednesday, April 3 at 6.30pm at Alliance Française de Colombo,11,Barnes Place, Colombo 7.

A group of adventurers undertakes to make the break-in of a goldmine in the heart of Guyana.

But the operation does not occur as envis-aged, and, during their escape, their helicop-

ter meet with a catas-trophe and were to land in the middle of the jungle. They laid their hands on six hundred kilos of gold…which must now be carried on their backs in a very hostile surroundings. The booty becomes a bur-den…. The movie is most suitable for mature audience and is subtitled in English.

SaraShi SaMaraSiNghe

This week's `Cultural Diary' brings you details about several other fas-cinating events happening in the city. Take your pick of stage plays, exhi-bitions or dance performance and add colour to your routine life. You can make merry and enjoy the adventures or sit back, relax and enjoy a movie of your choice. Make a little space to kick into high gear amid the busy work schedules to enjoy the exciting events happening at venues around the city. If there is an event you would like others to know, drop an email to eventcalendar25@gmail.com (Please be mindful to send only the essential details). Have a pleasant week.

‘Madura Jawanika,’ an excellent drama of Dayanan-da Gunawardena’s will stage two special shows on Satur-day (April 6) at 3.30 pm and

6.45 pm at the Town hall in Panadura.The drama will include popular artists such as Jackson Anthony, Rodney

Warnakula, Bandula Wijeweera, Madhani Malwatte, Rathnasheela Perera, Tharanga Kumari, Indika Jayasinghe, Wasantha Gunawardena, Buddhika Ranaweera and Jayanath Bandara. Music will be com-posed by Kapila Pugalarach-chi while costume designing will be by Irangani Guna-wardena. Jude Srimal is the main organiser of the drama. Tickets are now available at Luminex Poth Madura,Shakya book shop and Polar Regent in Panadura and theatre gate.

‘Madura Jawanika’ to be staged

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‘Tharawo Igilethi,’ directed by Lush-an Bulathsinghala will be staged on April 4 at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm at the Buddhimandapaya hall, Ambilipitiya.

‘Tharawo Igilethi’ will be starred with renowned artistes such as Harsha

Bulathsinghala, Niroshan Wijesinghe, Sumith Rath-nayake, Ferni Roshani, Gamini Samarakoon, Rand-ima Thilini including many others.

Music will be by Gunadasa Kapuge, lighting will be by Gamini Hemachandra and choreography done by Nimal Rajapakshe.

‘Tharawo Igilethi’ will be organised by Priyantha Ranjan.

For inquiries please contact Priyantha Ranjan on 071 4822890 or 077 6240033.

‘tharawo igilethi’ at Buddhimandapaya hall

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‘Sokari’ at Nanda cinema hall ‘Sokari,’an old folk drama

in Sri Lanka, which was formed according to the rural traditions of shanthikarmas that were performed to god-

dess paththini seeking fertility and pros-perity will be staged on Wednesday (April 3) at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm at Nanda cinema hall in Nikawaratiya. This play is directed by state award winning director Jaliya Rajapakshe and organis-ing is done by Priyantha Ranjan.

R P Wijesinghe’s latest book, ‘Monte Christo Situvaraya’ will be launched at the Dayawansa Jayakody book-shop, Colombo 10 on April 2 at 10 am.

It is the authentic Sinhala translation of Alexander Dumas’ ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’Wijesinghe is the author of several other books including ‘Peralikara Pasala,’’Helidaravva,’’Venus and Adonis,’’Nagarajge Lokaya,’’Daiva M a h i m a y a , ’ ’ D i m u r , ’ ’ M o l e Gedara,’’Gora,’’Casterbridge Nagaradhip a t h i , ’ ’ U p e k s h a v a , ’ ’ V e e r a Bhumi,’’Parithyagaya’ and ‘Sebala Katha saha Senevi Pushkin.’‘Monte Christo Situvaraya’ is a Dayawan-sa Jayakody publication.

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‘Monte Christo Situvaraya’ to be launched

02April

Photographer Ange-lo de Mel’s sixth solo exhibition ‘Commen-taries on Living IV’ is presented by the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC)

Colombo in association with the Tagore Society of Sri Lanka at the ICC from April 4 to 7. The inaugu-ration will be held on April 4 at 6 pm at the Centre located at 16/2, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7. The exhibition will remain open from April 5 to 7 from 10 am to 6 pm.

Photographer de Mel has a knack for giving a meaning to his photo-graphs that lifts it soemtimes to the realm of philosophy. This he does by giving a title taken from a work of literature or from a religious text. A case in point is the picture enti-

tled “The vanishing footsteps of life upon the shifting sands of time” which is a graphically stunning depiction of the ephemeralness of life itself.

The present exhibition contains 80 colour and black and white pho-tographs which he has taken since his last exhibition at the Art Gallery in 2010 under the same title.

Angelo de Mel hails from Mor-atuwa, and had his education at St.Sebastian’s College, in his home town, where he picked up his pho-tography. In 1955, he teamed up with soem of his classmates who were movie mad as himself at that time and produced the first ever children’s film made entirely by children in Sri Lanka which was Ceylon at that time. He still travels

widely around the country off the beaten track in search of pictures of people as they are straight from the flow of life. The exhibition promis-es to be treat for the eye as well the mind. For further details please contact the Indian Cultural Centre on telephone no: 2684698 or Email: iccrcolombo @gmail.com.

‘Commentaries on living iv’ by Angelo de mel

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‘Kolompure,’the latest comedian produced by Pri-yantha Ranjan and scripted by Koth-male Senevirathne and Sarath Kulanga will be staged on April 4 at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm at the Sakariyas Hall in Wennappuwa.

The chief organ-ising will be done by Priyantha Ran-jan while music will be by Sarath Kulan-ga.

For any inquiries please contact Pri-yantha Ranjan on 011 7207687, 071 4822890 or 077 6240033.

‘Kolompure’ at sakariyas

Hall

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‘Kalani Palama,’ directed by R R Samarakoon and produced by Priyantha Ranjan will be staged on April 7 at 7 pm at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa theatre.

The cast includes Ramya Wanigasekera, Sanjeewa Upendra, Prasannajith Abeysooriya, Geetha Kanthi Jayakody, Thilak Kumara Rathnayake, Prasad Sooriyaarachchi, Niluka Rekhani,

Kamal Jayakody, Tharanga Bandara, Samson Gomas, R M Abeynayake, Samantha Kumara Gamage, Dimuthu Chinthaka along with Madhani Mal-watta and Anusha Dissanayake.

Choreography by Wasantha Wittachchi, Kumara Galahitiyawa and Upul Mahanama, stage management by Priyantha Ranjan and assisted by Anush-

ka Vithanage and Chandima Samar-asinghe. Prompting done by Nilanka Sandamali. Lighting by Wasantha Kumara, stage decorations by Lionel Bentharayan and stage equipments by Rohana Hewavitharana.

‘Kalani Palama’ is presented by House of Drama while production management and chief organizing done by Priyantha Ranjan.

For inquiries please contact Pri-yantha Ranjan on 071 4822890 or 077 6240033.

‘Kalani palama’ to be staged at nelum pokuna

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Theatre is no fresh concept to the Sri Lankans, a country that had housed many ancient drama forms such as ‘nadagam.’

Even evolving into more advanced forms, teledrama and cinema, Sri Lan-kans still seem fond of theatre.

The theatre is slowly outsmarting its contemporaries.

Theatre stands alone, since it is the most alive medium – that is the opin-ion of the seasoned artistes.

Sri Lanka’s only international thea-tre festival, Colombo International Theatre Festival (CITF), aims at going beyond language barriers in its second year. The festival will carry on till April 4, to coincide with World Theatre Day.

The festival’s objective is to enhance the centralised knowledge of the Sri Lankan youth to a more open status thereby transforming the Sri Lankan theatre for betterment.

CiTF till april fourth

April 1 (Nepal)Maila Dot Com: Director - Daya-

hang Rai from the Mandala Theatre.

April 2 (Saudi Arabia)The Other World: Director -

Mohammad Alotaibi from the Saudi Arabia Association For Culture And Arts, Alqassem Branch.

April 3 (Sri Lanka)Disaster Market: Director - Par-

akrama Niriella Janakaraliya from the Theatre of People.

April 4 (Sri Lanka/India)Knotted “Ropes”: Director - M.

Safeer, with FLAME.

Q: Why didn’t you screen Dawala Doowili in Sri Lanka?

A: I am a disciple of Dr Tissa Abeysekara. Therefore I like to make art movies but I have seen the local audience turning their back on art productions simply because they do not see beautiful images on the trailers.

Only an academic level audience will come to watch such productions.

Sometimes that particular audience will come for the premier and media show.

The rest of the days only a few passerbys will enter the hall to watch the film.

The publicity campaigns and post produc-tion work which is involved while screening the movie is costly. We have to fund all this by ourselves.

Any field will survive if it has a good interaction with the citizens in its country. We can go beyond these boundaries and reach international standards if we are given economic support.

Some countries have film funds. They select upcoming directors from film schools and fund their projects. They make Art House films in this manner.

Sri Lanka does not possess such a system. Therefore we have to depend on producers in making movies.

We cannot target film festivals or awards when we take up this chore because the main focus needs to be on earning the money that the producer has put into the film.

This has become our foundation today.

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