These little schoolboys have made a name for themselves among the masses with their powerful roles in Somaratne Dissanayake’s Suriya Arana. The boys – literally the stars of the film – speaking to the ...

Starting from a Sri Lankan film, Somaratne Dissanayake's ‘Samanala Thatu’ on Sunday, October 1 at 10 am, children's films from Germany, France, India, Iran, China and Russia will be screened from ...

Punchi Suranganavi Little Angel is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala childrens film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya It stars two child artists Tharaka Hettiarachchi ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of National People's Power alliance and its presidential candidate, says he's serving those who were part of public protests that ousted then-President Gotabaya ...

A frontrunner in the September 21 presidential vote, Dissanayake’s party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run. Anura Kumara ...

Cinema critic Vidarshana Kannangara joined us for the discussion.

Somaratne Dissanayake’s “Suriya Arana”-‘Fire Fighters’ that is to be released soon, has come into prominence with charges of bringing disrespect on the Buddihist monks and being labelled of insulting ...

Asked about this from the film the filmmaker Somaratne Dissanayake said that he used the particular scene deliberately to create awareness among the children about the dangers that they have to ...

Somaratne Dissanayake’s “Suriya Arana” (Fire Fighters) has become an instant box office hit. In twenty-three theatres it had a run of over 100 days and hopes to continue the trend when it is screened ...

He makes his feature film debut with Honey. Symposium on 'Suriya Arana' A symposium on Somaratne Dissanayake's film 'Suriya Arana' will be held at the Centre For Society and Religion (CSR) on Deans ...

Bennet Ratnayake and Somaratne Dissanayake. "With strict regulations being imposed on imported underrated trashy films, we were able to give priority to local films and thereby encourage filmmakers to ...

We have got Lester James Peries who is recognised as one of the ten best in the world. We have some hopeful directors like Prasanna Vithanage and Somaratne Dissanayake who have proved their ...