Sri Lankan artistes paying tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

The artistes who fostered the leg-acy of Rabindranath Tagore in Sri

Lanka such as Weerasena Gunathilake, Thilini Rodrigo, Charith Perera Pradeep Rathnayake and Chandana Wickramasinghe, will pay trib-ute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore,with their artistic skills in music, dance and choreography on May 8 at, at 6.30 pm at the auditorium of the Buddhist Cultural Centre (No. 32, Sri Sambuddhathwa Jay-anti Mw.,(Havelock Road) , Colombo 5).

The programme is organised by the Indi-an Cultural Centre, Colombo, as part of its celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniver-sary celebrations of the Nobel laureate poet.

The musicians and dancers participating in the event will be con-ceiving their art to give clear idea about the musical and literary creativity of Tagore. The artistes who studied in Santiniketan and have benefited from the unique education system pioneered by Tagore with this event emphasise Tagore’s intellectual height and universally appeal.

The event is open to members of the public.For further details please contact the Indian

Cultural Centre on telephone no: 2684698 and Email: iccrcolombo @gmail.com

Janakaraliya Drama Festival takes stage

The Janakaraliya Drama Festival will take stage from May 8 to June 24 at the Janakaraliya mobile

theatre situated at the Jayaward-hane Maha V i d y a l a grounds in

Dangedara, Galle.

Charandas, Matikaraththaya, Seetham-barapata, Andaramal and Sekkuwa directed by Parakrama Nirialle will be staged from May 8 to 11 respectively at 9.30 am and at 6.30 pm while Porisadaya directed by Palitha Aeylal, Hello directed by Chalaka Ranasooriya, Payani-hal directed by Ronika Chamali and Selvaraj Leelawathi, Parasthawa directed by Ajanthan Shanthakumar and Nishantha Kularathna will take stage on May 12 and 13 respectively at 6.30 pm.

The event will be conducted by Parakrama Nirialle, Dilip Rohana and by the Janakaraliya drama team.

Lecture on Post-Nationalist Constitutionalism

International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo invites you to a lec-ture/discussion on Post-Nationalist Constitu-tionalism and the Irish Peace Process by Barry Collins (Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London) on Wednesday (May 9) at 5.30 pm at the ICES Auditorium, 2, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8.

Barry Collins is a legal academic teaching at the University of East London, his research examines themes of legal theory and constitu-tionalism in conflict and post-conflict.

He has written extensively on the Irish peace process and on the role of international law in

the middle east. He is interested particularly in questions of nationalism and how they relate to law. He has lectured and taught in many coun-tries, including the United States, Canada, Rus-sia, Spain, India and Bangladesh.

Romantic Masterworks at Ladies College

The Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka (SOSL) is conducting Romantic Masterworks a concert

with Franz von Suppé who is overture to poet and peasant, Antonin Dvorak who is serenade for strings in E. major Op.22 and Felix Men-delssohn who will be with the symphony No.3 on Saturday (May 19) at 7 pm at the Ladies College hall. The conductor will be Dushyanthi Perera.

The box plan and the tickets are now availa-ble at the Lionel Wendt theatre on weekdays from 10 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 5 pm and on weekends from 10 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Balloth Ekka Ba at Tower hall and Janakala Kendraya

Balloth Ekka Ba, the most popu-lar stage drama written and directed by Ravin-dra Ariyarathne which is loved by many audi-ences will stage on May 19 at 3.30 and 6.45 pm at the Tower theatre, Colombo 10 and on May 20 at 3.30 and 6.45 pm at Janakala Kendraya at Baththaramulla.

Balloth Ekka Ba will be starred with renowned artistes such as Wijaya Nandasiri, Roshan Pilapitiya, Gihan Fernando, Kumara Thirimadura, Saman Hemarathna (Leelasena) and Anusha Dissanayake.

Music will be by Shantha Peiris, background creations by Luvoline Vandawall and stage man-agement will be by Asoka De Soyza and Shantha Udayakumara.

The costumes will be designed by Gihan Fer-nando and Demal Fernan-do. The lighting effects will be by Upali Weerasin-ghe and make up will be by Saman H e m a r a t h n a . Balloth Ekka Ba is produced by Asle J.Lanka computer train-ing institute while Jude Sri-mal is the main organizer. Tick-ets are available at Sarasavi book

shops, Nugegoda and Maharagama, Sadeepa book shop, Borella, Shakkaya book shop Bath-tharamulla and at Ola book shop Thalawathu-goda.

This week’s ‘Cultural Diary’ brings you details about several other fascinating events happening in the city. Take your pick of stage plays, exhibitions or dance performance and add colour to your rou-tine life. You can make merry and enjoy the adventures or sit back, relax and enjoy a movie of your choice. Make a lit-tle space to kick into high gear amid the busy work schedules to enjoy the exciting events happening at venues around the city. If there is an event you would like others to know, drop an email to event-calendar25@gmail.com (Please be mind-ful to send only the essential details). Have a pleasant week.

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Gran TorinoGran Torino (2008) will be

screened on May 15 at 6 pm at the American Centre, No 44, Galle Road, Colombo 3. (Running Time: 166 minutes)

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this drama about an angry wid-ower drawn slowly into a new world. The film is something of a medita-tion on men and violence, and the consequences of such violence, as well as a fascinating summation and perhaps refutation of much of Clint Eastwood’s career. It is also the first mainstream Hollywood film to fea-ture the Hmong community. East-wood’s performance, both as actor and director, is remarkably sensitive and multi-faceted, and the perfor-mances by the mostly nonprofessional Hmong cast are excellent. A beautiful story to enjoy as entertainment, but also a provocative work of art.

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Ne le dis à personne

The movie, Ne le dis à personne (2006) by Guillaume Canet will be screened on Wednesday, May 08 at 3 pm at Alliance Française de Colombo, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Mar-got Beck, who was brutally mur-dered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bod-ies are found near where the

corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reo-pen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Alex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive.The movie is for general viewing and is subtitled

in English.

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