Patavi

Patavi, a ballet-opera by Thanuja Priyanthi Bandula will go on the boards at the Peradeniya University Gymnasium on May 17 at 7 p.m.

Patavi is woven around a true Chinese story in the days when the Great Wall of China was being built. The emperor Shi Huan Tei was cruel and did not care about thousands of men who had been forced to work on the construction of the Great Wall of China. Thousands of men died and were buried under the Great Wall.

 The construction of the wall was a tragedy as thousands who did not comply with the royal decree, were summarily executed. Patavi lives in a remote hamlet with her husband.

They were just married and soldiers take her husband to work at the wall. Patavi's husband dies whilst shouldering a huge boulder.

His body was laid on the bank of the river where the wall was being constructed. Patavi without knowing her husband's tragic death put the final touches to a jacket for her lover.

Upon her failure to send the jacket through a messenger, Patavi herself embarks on a long journey in search of her husband, braving the harsh winter.

Super Six to hit cinemas

Super Six, a commercial movie with staggering cost of production exceeding Rs 99 million will be shown in E.A.P circuit cinemas on May 17. The latest cinema technologies with multiple cameras have been used in the shooting with different locations in Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia and Andaman Islands.

The film is the cinematic debut of Udara Palliyaguru and music for the film was by Mahesh Denipitiya and Ranga Dassanayake. Super Six was produced by R.Shadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar.

The Legacy of Shantiniketan:

Tribute to Tagore on his birth anniversary

Well known Sri Lankan dancer and choreographer Chandana Wickramasinghe, who had learnt Kathakali and Manipuri dancing at Shantiniketan, present a short performance at an event organised by the Indian Cultural Centre on May 8 at the auditorium of the Buddhist Cultural Centre, Colombo to pay homage to Nobel Laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of the commemoration of his 151st birth anniversary.

The event titled “Legacy of Shantiniketan” included performances from renowned Sri Lankan artistes such as Weerasena Gunathilake, Thilini Rodrigo, Charith Perera and Chandana Wickramasinghe who are alumni of Shantiniketan, an institute founded by Gurudev Tagore.

The artists paid tribute to the founder of their alma-mater with their artistic skills in music, dance and choreography.

National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, was the chief guest and Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha and President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga graced the event.

Nrityagram Dance Ensemble

The India-Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) will stage in collaboration with Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from India and Sri Lanka’s Chitrasena Dance Company in Colombo on 11th, .

Sahära explores the meeting point between the sensuousness of Nrityagram’s Odissi and the masculine dynamism of the Chitrasena’s Kandyan dance.

Sahära, the result of three years of fruitful interaction between Nrityagram and Chitrasena Dance Company. It has already been staged in India and the USA and has received rave reviews in both countries.

The staging of Sahära in Sri Lanka is the result of discussions between the Chitrasena Dance Company and the India-Sri Lanka Foundation and approval of the proposal for partial assistance for this by the ISLF at its 28th meeting of Board of Directors heldrecently.