Akila Dhanuddhara was awarded the most popular actor

 
The son of director and actor Jackson Anthony, Akila Dhanuddhara, was awarded the most popular actor for his performance in Siri Parakum movieat the Hiru Golden Film Awards yesterday (Oct 25).

However, after he received the award his first reaction was to thank his father by saying ' thank you Appachchi'. Since the organizers of the event had stated that the most popular actor, actress and song were selected at the Hiru Golden Film Awards through SMS and voting through the film awards website, Akila thanking his father puzzled many who were at the award ceremony as well as those who were watching the event on TV.

However, Akila was able to defeat Ranjan Ramanayake, Roshan Ranawana and Saranaga Disasekara in winning the award.

Nevertheless, the critiques are of the opinion that most popular actor in Sri Lankan cinema is Ranjan Ramanayake. If he was not given the award on a political reason, the next most popular actor is Roshan Ranawana, they say. They further stated that when compared with the other nominees Akila can be placed at the last position.

Jackson Anthony's son Akila with his girl friend Amy

Popular model Nilukshi Amanda also known as Amy Silva is romantically involved with Jackson Anthony's elder son Akila Dhanuddara and their relationship is going strong, reports add.

Amy came into the limelight as a contestant of Derana Veet Miss Sri Lanka beauty pageant. She was one of the top five finalists and also won the title of 'Miss National Costume' at the event.

At a height of 5.9 feet, Amy is one of the tallest girls in the local fashion industry.

She has also studied modern ballet at Kapila Palihawadana's nATANDA.

Trained by model Rozanne Dias, Amy has taken part in some of the most renowned fashion shows like the Colombo Fashion week, AOD, IIFA Fashion show and the LIFT fashion show.

She was also named as the best female model 2010 and represented the county at the Best Model World 2010 competition held in Benidorm, Spain.

Amy has also appeared in Mobitel and DFCC television commercials.

Sinhala cinema celebrates anniversary with Kusa Paba

Sinhala cinema celebrates her 65th anniversary with the screening of Sunil Ariyaratne’s latest film ‘Kusa Paba’ today (Jan. 21) in the EAP Board, including at Savoy Cinema.

Sinhala cinema’s first film ‘Kadavunu Porodunduwa’ was first shown in 1947.

To mark the occasion ‘Kusa Paba’ was to be screened at the National Film Corporation’s Ridma Hall starting at 9.00 am, with first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa being the chief guest.


The film, an adaptation of a story in Buddhist literature, was shot entirely at the Ranminitenna Tele Cinema Village at a cost of Rs. 80 million.

The cast of more than 1,000 actors and actress includes Jackson Anthony, Puja Umashankar, Ravindra Randeniya, Veena Jayakody, Chandani Seneviratne, Palitha Silva, Kusum Renu, Mahendra Perera and Gamini Jayalath.

The script and dialogue are by the late Dr. Tissa Abeysekara.

Kusa Paba Movie Photos

Screening of Sunil Ariyaratne’s latest film ‘Kusa Paba’ starts soon in the EAP Board, including at Savoy Cinema.

The film was shot entirely at the Ranminitenna Tele Cinema Village.

The cast of more than 1,000 actors and actress includes Jackson Anthony, Puja Umashankar, Ravindra Randeniya, Veena Jayakody, Chandani Seneviratne, Palitha Silva, Kusum Renu, Mahendra Perera and Gamini Jayalath. The script and dialogue are by the late Dr. Tissa Abeysekara.

Hot on the heels of a historic movie comes another historic project based on a Buddhist theme. This time it is from the Jathaka tales and one of the most popular among the lot. This is the story of one of Prince Siddhartha’s previous births, one in which he was born with a disfigured face and had to woo the most beautiful princess in the land.

Renowned art personality Prof Sunil Ariyaratne will bring the story to the wide screen. The script which is penned by Dr Tissa Abeysekara is believed to be the last film script he had worked on before passing away. “Making a movie based on Kusa Jathaka had been my dream. Though Jathaka tales had been related by the Buddha there are some stories similar to those in Greek, Arabian and European folktales. The public like to listen to stories. They would enjoy watching such stories unfolding on screen even more,” Prof Ariyaratne said. 

The Kusa Jathaka is the 523th Jathaka story in the 550 Jathaka book. Indian folktales came to Sri Lankan with Arahant Mahinda Thera’s visit. Many temple murals and poems were influenced by them. Works like Kav Silumina and Kusa Jathaka Kavya were based on Kusa Jathaka. In 1870 Kusa Nadagama was brought to light by John Marthanius Paulas Peiris Samarasinghe. A nurthi creation named Kusa Jathaka Dhrushya Kavya was produced by John de Silva while Dr Eidirweera Sarachchandra brought Pabavathi to stage. Versatile artiste Jackson Anthony will be portraying King Kusa’s role. “Kusa Jathaka had often been confused with the Ummaga Jataka. Some even confuse King Kusa’s appearance with Kala Gola’s outlook. There is a difference between these characters’ appearances. 

Kala Gola who is dark and short had set off a comical atmosphere while King Kusa’s face was disfigured in such a way that it resembled a devil,” Anthony explained. The beautiful and charming Pooja Umarshanker will ignite the screen again with her luminous presence in Kusa Paba. “I don’t know how they convinced my father to let me act again but he granted me permission to work in this film. I am so excited to be a part of this beautiful tale,” an enthusiastic Pooja said. Shooting will begin in flagyl price July. The locations are in Ranminithanna Tele Cinema Village. Kusa Paba will also be the first Sri Lankan film to be shot in Ranminithanna.

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‘Kusa Paba’ screening from Jan 21

Screening of Sunil Ariyaratne’s latest film ‘Kusa Paba’ starts on January 21 in the EAP Board, including at Savoy Cinema.

The day of special significance, in that it marks the 65th anniversary of Sinhala cinema.

The film was shot entirely at the Ranminitenna Tele Cinema Village.

The cast of more than 1,000 actors and actress includes Jackson Anthony, Puja Umashankar, Ravindra Randeniya, Veena Jayakody, Chandani Seneviratne, Palitha Silva, Kusum Renu, Mahendra Perera and Gamini Jayalath. The script and dialogue are by the late Dr. Tissa Abeysekara.

Kusa Paba Movie Photos

A very famous story in the 550 Jaathaka Potha Kusa Pabawathi has been selected as the script for the new film directed by Professor Sunil Ariyaratna.  Kusa Pabawathi’, an adaptation of one of the Jathaka stories in the ‘Pansiya Panas Jathakaya’, will be the first film to be shot at the Mahinda Rajapaksa cinema village in Ranminitenna.

In the film, Jackson Anthony is to play the role of ‘Kusa’, who is to woo the fair ‘Pabawathi’ played by Pooja Umashankar.

We received some photos taken while film shooting.

Jackson Anthony's Daughter Madhavi and Hemasiri Liyanage’s son Aloka Wedding photos

Renowned actor Mr. Hemasiri Liyanage’s son and Actor, Director and eminent artist Mr. Jackson Anthony’s daughter got married on 2nd December, 2010 at Cinnamon grand hotel. The wedding followed the Sinhala traditions and Madhawi was in a traditional Sri Lankan Osariya while the groom dressed up in traditional sinhalese national outfit.

 Hemasiri Liyanage has three sons. The eldest is Saumya Liyanage. As we all know, he is a versatile actor and I suppose he is a much better person in real life than the characters he play. he is also a lecturer of Colombo University.
Then next one is Dr. Aloka Liayanage. He studied in Jayawardanapura Medical faculty and was a brilliant student.
Madhavi Wathsala, who is the only daughter of Jackson Anthony, and Dr. Suwanna Aloka Bandara, a son of Hemasiri Liyanage tie the knot on this day.

Madhavi, aged 22 years, is 12 years junior to Suwanna.
They first got to know each other when Madhavi got hospitalized following an accident.
Prior to the wedding a mass will take place at St. Anthony's Church, Kollupitiya.Their home coming party held at lavinia breeze in Mount Lavinia. We OUR LANKA Team wish them a happy wedded life.