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Raja Bhavana now on Rupavahini
"Comedies should be humorous. The viewers do not like to watch scenes on weeping and screaming in a comedy series. But through a comedy, indirectly you could criticise social injustice or the unruly behaviour of individuals and social stigmas says TV producer Bertram Nihal. Bertram stepped into Lake House, last week to talk about his latest comedy series "Raja Bhavana" which is now being telecast over Rupavahini on Fridays at 7.30pm. He firmly believes that when it comes to television or cinema, comedy should give priority to character and not dialogue." Charlie Chaplin is the best example, he pointed out. He was the main figure in the silent movies made then. Dialogue is used to make humour in the comedy series broadcast over radio. But today what is happening here is, there are more vulgar words in comedy series than highlighting the character on television".
Raja Bhavana is a resting place, where many come and have food and have a little chat. The place is so attractive and owned by Jackson. The spot is full of people belonging to all walks of life, various types common to our daily encounters. Each story that has a link to a person or an incident reveals something hilarious . Raja Bhavana consists of 35 episodes. The artistes are: Tony Ranasinghe, Hyacinth Wijerathne, G.W. Surendra, Sanoja Bibile, Nilanthi Munasinghe, Wijerathne Warakagoda, Wimal Wickramaarachchi, Lakmal Fonseka, Sunil Hettiarachchi, Jaya Sri Chandrajith, Gamini Hettiarachchi, Sriyantha Mendis, Ananda Wickramage, Kusum Renu, Deepani Silva, Manike Aththanayake, Mercy Edirisighe, Geethakanthi Jayakody, Avanthi Aponsu and Susil Gunarathne. The scripts have been written by R. R. Samarakoon, K. B. Herath and Edwin Peiris and music by Stanley Peiris. - Anjana ###### Sudu Kaluwara - the intruders Sudu Kaluwara - (The Intruders) the maiden cinematic creation directed by Sudath Rohana, is now showing in the CEL cinema halls including Regal Cinema, Colombo. Sudath who is also the producer of the film takes the story from N.T. Karunatileke's novel, 'Ulugedara Archchila'. The story rotates round the grave situation that arose with the loss of right of the people to land by convention and introduction of land control by the Whiteman who ran the affairs of state. The film is edited by Elmo Haliday. Camera is by Lal Wickremaarchchi and Music is by Navarathne Gamage. The cast includes Sanath Gunatileke, Jayalath Manorathne, Palith Silva, Jayani Senanayake, Somalatha Subasinghe and several others.
Arachchila (Village Headman) is a petty official with immense powers over the life and property of the people in the village under his charge. He is a loyal and obedient servant of British imperialism promoting and stabilising their political interests in occupation of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Wilson Herald a planter who arrives along with the British, transforms a natural forest into a coconut estate. Seemon Fernando a married man and an outsider arriving in the village starts a small - scale business. In the meantime he carries on an affair with a woman in the village.Dingiri Banda who becomes friendly with Wilson constructs the first tiled-house in the village earning the wrath and displeasure of Arachchila who was later found guilty of felling illicit timber, and was sacked from office. Dingiri Banda succeeds him as the Arachchila. Meanwhile, Wilson who commenced a love affair with a beautiful village damsel Heen Menike, decides to marry her. Her father Appuhamy objects to the marriage on grounds of cultural incompatibility and being contrary to the customs of the country. Podi Nilame a grandson of Korale (Regional Chief) who is proud of his ancestry as well as his country, becomes indebted to Seemon and turns himself a tenant cultivator in his own land. Heen Menike becomes pregnant by Wilson. Her mother Kiri Ethana commits suicide in pain of mind. Podi Nilame who loses everything goes to live a solitary life in a hut by the tank. Dingiri Banda marries Heen Menike. The tank that sustained the whole village together with the tank civilisation that lasted for thousands of years is dried up due to political, economic and cultural exploitation by the intruders local and foreign, that wrecked the peaceful simple life of the people of Sri Lanka. ###### The Gauguin Week at Alliance Kandy Paul Gauguin, French painter was born in 1848 and died in 1903 in Marquesas Islands.
While serving in the capacity of a stockbroker, he was following classes in drawing and painting, and developed a friendship with Pissaro, his contemporary, who introduced Gauguin to the Impressionist Group which brought about a significant change in his life. And, in 1883, he quits the lucrative job to devote the rest of his life for painting. From 1880-1886 he regularly contributed to the last impressionist exhibitions. Gauguin was hostile to the European civilisation disillusioned with the western society. He abandoned his family and, in 1891, departed to Tahiti, in South Sea, the world he was searching for, and experienced bitter years of continuous struggle combined with loneliness despair and illness.Gauguin developed a tremendous longing for the primitive which dominated his whole career. His love of the primitive, desire to become savage, to escape from civilisation and the society was reflected in his creations. His new found freedom had given a multifaceted dimension to the world art scene of the modern world. - Thilak Palliyaguruge |
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He was educated at Orleans and Paris Boarding School and served as a
Seaman in the Merchant Navy and French Navy. He emerged as a stockbroker
in Paris in 1871, and during this period, he got married to Mitte Sophie
Gad, a Danish girl.
