December 28, 1956 remains a red letter day in the cinematic history of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). The maiden feature film of 37-year-old director Lester James Peries premiered at the upmarket ‘Regal ...
Renowned Sri Lankan Film Maker Lester James Peries passed away three years ago at the age of 99. Among the many who paid homage to the Maestro at that time was Asoka Handagama who is one of the two ...
In the 1940s, S.M. Nayagam, an Indian Tamil and Colombo based businessman set up a company – Chitrakala Movietone and built Chitrakala Studio in Madurai to make films in Tamil and Sinhala. He made his ...
Matchstick maker, soap manufacturer, prawn exporter, gemstone trader, and finally, the ‘father of Sinhala Talkies' — though S M Nayagam managed to make a mark in several industries, the story of the ...
In a long, thoughtful article on Vasantha Obeyesekere in the Daily Mirror two years ago (“Versatile Filmmaker Vasantha Obeysekera’s Dadayama“, August 6, 2022), D. B. S. Jeyaraj remembers going to ...
The death of Lester James Peiris, the father of the ‘New Sinhala Cinema’, brings back to mind his winning in 1965, with his Gamperaliya (The changing village; 1963), the first Golden Peacock awarded ...
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