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A Common Man (film)
A Common Man is a 2013 American-Sri Lankan thriller film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam, starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross.
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Aba (film)
Aba is the high-budget Sinhalese film directed by Jackson Anthony and co-produced by Justin Belagamage and Rajindra Jayasinghe for Chandrakini Creations.
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Adata Vediya Heta Hondai
Adata Vediya Heta Hondai (Sinhala, Tomorrow Is Better Than Today) is a 1963 Sri Lankan film starring Gamini Fonseka and Jeevarani Kurukulasooriya.
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Ahas Gauwa
Ahas Gauwa is a 1974 Sri Lankan film directed by Darmasena Pathiraja.
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Aksharaya
Aksharaya (A Letter of Fire) is a 2005 French-Sri Lankan film directed by Asoka Handagama.
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Aloko Udapadi
Aloko Udapadi is a Sinhalese epic historical film based on the story of King Valagamba of Anuradhapura (89 – 77 BCE).
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Asoka (1955 film)
Asoka is a 1955 Sri Lankan romantic musical based on the Bollywood film Sheesa.
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Asoka Handagama
Asoka Handagama is a Sri Lankan filmmaker.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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B. A. W. Jayamanne
Bernard Aloysius Wanniarachchi Jayamanne who was better known as B.A.W. Jayamanne (born 20 May 1908, died 16 February 1965) was a Sri Lankan playwright, director, producer and actor.
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Bambaru Avith
Bambaru Avith (The Wasps are Here) (බඹරු ඇවිත්) is a 1978 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja and produced by director himself with Thilak Godamanne for Saranga Salaroo.
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Bathiya and Santhush
Bathiya & Santhush (බාතිය හා සන්තුෂ්), known simply as BnS, are a Sri Lankan hip hop duo consisting of Bathiya Jayakody (born on December 22, 1976) and Santhush Weeraman (born on September 5, 1977), who met while at the "Mary Anne David School of Vocal Music" in Colombo (training mainly under the categories of classical and show tunes).
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Ben Cross
Ben Cross (born Harry Bernard Cross; 16 December 1947) is an English stage and film actor, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
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Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 50 years.
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BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the United Kingdom, running in the second half of October with cooperation from the British Film Institute.
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Box office
A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.
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Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week).
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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (Festival international du film) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world.
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Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities.
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Chandiya (film)
Chandiya is a 1965 Sri Lankan action movie directed by Titus Thotawatte.
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Chandran Rutnam
Chandran Rutnam (born 29 December 1948) is a Sri Lankan film maker and entrepreneur.
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Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග,சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 June 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth President of Sri Lanka, from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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Cinema of Asia
Asian cinema refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Asia, and is also sometimes known as Eastern cinema.
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Cinema of Bangladesh
The cinema of Bangladesh is the Bengali language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Cinema of India
The Cinema of India consists of films produced in the nation of India.
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Cinema of Pakistan
The Cinema of Pakistan or Pakistani cinema (پاکِستانی سینما) refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan.
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Cinema of West Bengal
The cinema of West Bengal (ṭôliuḍ), also known as Tollywood refers to the Indian Bengali language film industry based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர்), also known as Kovai, is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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D. B. Nihalsinghe
Dr.
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D. R. Nanayakkara
Don Ruter Nanayakkara (15 March 1915 – 4 January 1989) was a Sri Lankan actor of Sri Lankan and British drama.
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Dadayama
Dadayama (The Hunt) (දඩයම) is a 1983 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Wasantha Obeysekara and co-produced by Rachin Chandrasiri, Sunil Jayasiri and P.A Somadasa for Canfo Films.
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Denawaka Hamine
Kalasuri Dona Meraya Denawaka (commonly known as Denawaka Hamine) (20 February 1906 – 9 December 2002) was a Sri Lankan actress.
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Desa Nisa
Desa Nisa (English: A Certain Look) is a 1972 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries.
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Dharmasena Pathiraja
Pathiraja Navaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith Dharmasena (28 March 1943 – 28 January 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.
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Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Kala Keerthi Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright.
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Dinesh Subasinghe
Dinesh Subasinghe (born 10 July 1979, Colombo) is a Sri Lankan composer, violinist, and music producer.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., KBE, DSC (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor and a decorated naval officer of World War II.
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Eddie Jayamanne
Wanniaarachchige Don David Victor Jayamanne KBE (15 February 1915–25 July 1981), popularly known as Eddie Jayamanne was a popular Sri Lankan comedian and actor of early Sri Lankan cinema.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Epic film
Epic films are a style of filmmaking with large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle.
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Film studio
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Gamini Fonseka
Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka (Sinhala:සෙම්බුගේ ගාමිනි ශෙල්ටන් ෆොන්සේකා) (born 21 March 1936, died 30 September 2004) was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician.
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Gamperaliya (film)
Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr.
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Ganga Addara
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Gehenu Lamai
Gehenu Lamai (ගැහැනු ළමයි) is a 1978 Sri Lankan Sinhala teenage drama film directed by Sumitra Peries and produced by her husband Lester James Peries for Lster Films.
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Government of Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රජය Śrī Laṃkā Rajaya) is a semi-presidential system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution.
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Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Gunadasa Kapuge
Ellamulla Kapuge Gunadasa (Sinhala: එල්ලමුල්ල කපුගේ ගුණදාස) (August 7, 1945 - April 3, 2003) better known by his stage name Gunadasa Kapuge, was a Sri Lankan musician.
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Hanthane Kathawa
Hanthane Kathawa (Sinhalese language word means "Story of Hanthana") is a 1969 film based on a love story of university students of Sri Lanka.
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Henry Jayasena
Kala Keerthi Dr Henry Jayasena (Sinhala: හෙන්රි ජයසේන) (6 July 1931 – 11 November 2009) born in Bendiyamulla, Gampaha was a Sri Lankan film actor and dramatist.
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Hiru Golden Film Award
Hiru Golden Film Awards (Sinhala:හිරු රන් සිනමා සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's silver screen, awarded by the Asia Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lanka and organised by Hiru TV, in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan cinema industry.
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History
History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.
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How to Be an Adult
How to Be an Adult (එයා දැන් ලොකු ළමයෙක්) is a 1975 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja.
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IMDb
IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Jackson Anthony
Konganige Joseph Malsi Jackson Anthony commonly known as Jackson Anthony (ජැක්සන් ඇන්තනී) is an award-winning actor in Sri Lankan cinema.
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Joe Abeywickrama
Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John "Joe" Abeywickrama (Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), known as Joe Abeywickrama, was a Sri Lankan actor.
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John Barrymore
John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio.
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Kadawunu Poronduwa
Kadawunu Poronduwa (Sinhala: කඩවුනු පොරොන්දුව, "The Broken Promise") was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema.
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Kasun Kalhara
Kasun Kalhara Jayawardhana (Sinhala: කසුන් කල්හාර) (born 3 November 1981) is a Sri Lankan singer, musician and record producer.
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Kele Handa
Kele Handa is a 1953 Sri Lankan romantic musical starring Rukmani Devi, Stanley Perera, Eddie Jayamanne, Rita Ratnayake and Mabel Blythe.
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Kurulu Bedda
Kurulu Bedda is a 1961 Sri Lankan drama written by P. K. D Seneviratne.
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Lakshman Joseph de Saram
Lakshman Joseph de Saram is a film composer and classical musician.
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Lankadeepa (Ceylon)
Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL).
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Lester James Peries
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාභිමාන්ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (translit, translit, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in northeastern Sri Lanka.
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List of cinema of the world
This is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country.
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Lists of Sri Lankan films
Films produced in Sri Lanka ordered by the date of release.
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Madol Duwa
Madol Duwa (Sinhala, Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries.
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Madurai
Madurai is one of the major cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Mahagama Sekara
Mahagama Sekera (Sinhala:මහගම සේකර) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker.
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Maharaja Gemunu
Maharaja Gemunu (King Gemunu) (මහරජ ගැමුණු) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films.
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Malaka Dewapriya
Malaka Dewapriya (මාලක දේවප්රිය, is a Sri Lankan film maker, visual artist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, short film and video director.
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Malini Fonseka
Wanniarachchige Malani Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malani Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947 in Kelaniya) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film actress, also known as the "Queen of Sinhalese cinema".
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Martin Wickramasinghe
Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe commonly Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ) (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan novelist.
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N. M. Perera
Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera, better known as Dr.
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Nadeeka Guruge
Nadeeka Guruge (නදීක ගුරුගේ) is one of the most influential young composers in Sri Lankan music.
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Nidhanaya
Nidhanaya (The Treasure) is a 1972 Sinhalese language film Dr.
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Nimal Mendis
Nimal Mendis (1934-2015) was a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter, and was one of a handful of Sri Lankan musicians to appear on the BBC television programme Top of the Pops (1968).
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Nita Fernando
Kalasuri Nita Fernando born (5 September 1947) in Negombo, Sri Lanka is an award-winning actress in the Sri Lankan cinema.
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Paththini (2016 film)
Paththini (පත්තිනි) is a 2016 Sinhala epic, drama, mystery film written and directed by Sunil Ariyarathna and produced by Dr.
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Peralena Iranama
Peralena Iranama (පෙරළෙන ඉරණම) is a 1949 Sri Lankan Sinhala language film which was directed by Jyotish Sinha and written by B. A. W. Jayamanne.
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Photographic print toning
In photography, toning is a method of changing the color of black-and-white photographs.
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Prasanna Vithanage
Prasanna Vithanage (ප්රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker.
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Premasiri Khemadasa
Deshamanya Kala Keerthi Dr.Premasiri Khemadasa (Sinhala: ආචාර්ය ප්රේමසිරි කේමදාස) (25 January 1937 – 24 October 2008) also known as "Khemadasa Master" was a Sri Lankan music composer.
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Presidential Film Awards
Presidential Film Awards is a film award ceremony held in Sri Lanka.
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Punya Heendeniya
Punya Heendeniya (De Silva Nanayakkara) is a Sri Lankan cinema actress who currently resides in England.
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Purahanda Kaluwara
Purahanda Kaluwara (Death on a Full Moon Day) (italic) is a 2001 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed and produced by Prasanna Vithanage.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.
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R. Muttusamy
Ramaya Muttusamy (January 5, 1926 – June 27, 1988) was a prolific Sri Lankan music director and singer.
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Rekava
Rekava (Sinhalese language word means "Line of Destiny") is a 1956 film based on village life and their mythical beliefs in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon).
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Rohana Weerasinghe
Rohana Weerasinghe is an award winning Sri Lankan musician, composer and singer.
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Rudolph Valentino
Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), professionally known as Rudolph Valentino, was an Italian actor in America who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik. He was an early pop icon, a sex symbol of the 1920s, who was known as the "Latin lover" or simply as "Valentino".
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Rukmani Devi
Daisy Rasammah Daniels, populary as Rukmani Devi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978) was a Sri Lankan singer and actress, who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka".
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S. M. Nayagam
Sundaram Mathura-Nayagam was a pioneer of Sinhala cinema, producing the first ever Sinhala talkie, Kadawunu Poronduwa.
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Salem, Tamil Nadu
Salem is a city in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Sandesaya
Sandesaya (Sinhalese language word meaning The Message) is a 1960 film.
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Sarasaviya Awards
Sarasaviya Awards (Sinhala:සරසවිය සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema, each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan film industry.
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Sath Samudura
Sath Samudura (English language, "Seven Seas") is a landmark Sri Lankan film directed by professor Siri Gunasinghe and released in 1967.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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SIGNIS Awards (Sri Lanka)
The SIGNIS Awards are presented annually by SIGNIS, the Roman Catholic lay movement for communication media professionals, to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers.
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Sikuru Tharuwa
Sikuru Tharuwa is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama written by P. K. D Seneviratne.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
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Sinhalese language
Sinhalese, known natively as Sinhala (සිංහල; siṁhala), is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million.
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Sinhalese people
The Sinhalese (Sinhala: සිංහල ජාතිය Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.
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Siri Gunasinghe
Siri Gunasinghe (Sinhala: Siri Gunasingha; 18 February 1925 -25 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan academic, Sanskritist, art historian, author and film maker.
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Sirisena Wimalaweera
Sirisena Wimalaweera (c.1900–1963) was an early Sri Lankan director.
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Somaratne Dissanayake
Kalasuri Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Sooriya Arana
Sooriya Arana (Fire Fighters) (සූරිය අරණ) is a 2004 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's thriller film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya.
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South Asian cinema
South Asian cinema refers to the cinema of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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South India
South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War was an armed conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan rupee
The rupee (රුපියල්, ரூபாய்) (signs: රු, ரூ, Rs; code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka, divided into 100 cents.
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Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry in Sri Lanka, has remained relatively small with fewer than 100 films produced.
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Sujatha (1953 film)
Sujatha is a 1953 Sri Lankan romantic musical based on the Bollywood film Badi Bahen.
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Sumitra Peries
Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema".
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Sunil Ariyaratne
Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne (born 1949) is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a lyricist.
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Sunil Santha
Sunil Santha (Sinhala:සුනිල් සාන්ත; 14 April 1915 – 11 April 1981) was a renowned and influential Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist.
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Superstition
Superstition is a pejorative term for any belief or practice that is considered irrational: for example, if it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a positive belief in fate or magic, or fear of that which is unknown.
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Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.
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Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
The Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival is held once every year in Tel-Aviv, in June.
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The Forsaken Land
The Forsaken Land (Sulanga Enu Pinisa) (සුළඟ එනු පිණිස) is a 2005 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara and co.
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The Road from Elephant Pass (film)
The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 Sri Lankan war film, based on the Sri Lankan Civil War, written, produced, and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from Elephants Pass by Nihal De Silva. It was a Blockbuster in Sri Lankan film history. It stars Suranga Ranawaka and Ashan Dias in lead roles along with Sanath Gunathilake and Joe Abeywickrama. The film's music was composed by Ajit Kumarasiri. It is the 1131st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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The Sheik (film)
The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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Thun Man Handiya
Thun Man Handiya (Sinhala, Three Way Junction) is a 1970 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan artist Mahagama Sekera.
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Tissa Abeysekara
Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, and screen playwright.
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Trailer (promotion)
A trailer (also known as a preview or coming attraction) is a commercial advertisement for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, the result of creative and technical work.
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Vasantha Obeysekera
Vasantha Obeysekera (1937-2017), was a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.
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Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the "Big Three" film festivals, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.
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Victor Rathnayake
Victor Rathnayake (Sinhala:වික්ටර් රත්නායක; born 18 February 1942) is a popular Sri Lankan musician.
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Vijaya Kumaratunga
Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග; விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), also known as Vijaya Kumaranatunga, was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician, married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaranatunga from 1978 until his assassination in 1988.
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Vijaya Ramanayake
Vijaya Ramanayake (විජය රාමනායක; 1 April 1945 – 26 October 2016) is a Sri Lankan film and music producer, songwriter, journalist and author.
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Vimukthi Jayasundara
Vimukthi Jayasundara (විමුක්ති ජයසුන්දර) is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and visual artist.
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W. D. Amaradeva
Sri Lankabhimanya Wannakuwatta Waduge Don Albert Perera(වන්නකුවත්ත වඩුගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් පෙරෙරා; 5 December 1927 – 3 November 2016) better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan vocalist, violinist and composer.
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Welikathara
Welikathara (Sinhala, Desert) is a 1971 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan director D. B. Nihalsinghe.
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World cinema
World cinema is not the sum-total of all films made around the world.
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2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka
