The latest film of award winning filmmaker Somaratne Dissanayake ‘Bindu’, a children’s story woven around the human-elephant conflict, is now being screened at the Savoy cinema, Colombo and other EAP ...

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 ...

Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars two child artists Tharaka ...

Award winning filmmaker, Somaratne Dissanayake's latest film 'Siri Raja Siri' (King Siri) won the Jury’s special award at the recently held Mexico International film Festival. In addition to the ...

The election results â which surprised observers worldwide have declared victory for Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or the JVP's ...

Cinema critic Vidarshana Kannangara joined us for the discussion.

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 ...

If we could give this money to recognised director we would be able make successful film. We are please to give this money to a director like Somaratne Dissanayake’ Mr. Serasinghe stated. Asked as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bennet Ratnayake's 'Aswesuma' will be screened on August 18 at 2.00 pm, while Somaratne Dissanayake's 'Punchi Suranganavi' will be screened on the same day at 6.30 pm. 'Maruthaya', directed by ...

Sri Lanka will also be in the limelight at this year's Cairo Film Festival for Children with the screening of Somaratne Dissanayake's "Samanala Thatu" (Butterfly Wings). The film will be screened at ...