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 ...

While Dissanayake did not secure a simple majority during the first round of counting for the presidential race, he led with 42.3 per cent in the second round. NPP at present holds only three ...

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 ...