Swarna mallawarachchi biography of albert

Suddilage Kathawa was of course something else. Written by Siman Nawagattegama who is among the foremost exponents of the Sinhala language and directed by one of the most courageous film makers in the country, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, it is a masterpiece that shows that human drama in all its turbulence can be portrayed without succumbing to the easy temptation to lacerate the sensibilities of the audience beyond repair.

In fact I believe this is evident in all her major cinematic efforts and is what makes her the mature artist she is. It is the work of the biographer to go into each and every film that Swarna has acted in, measure, one way or the other, their relative merits, and separate the exceptional performances from the many high quality ones that the film-going public were privileged to see.

Swarna mallawarachchi biography of albert

I am sure all those who were enthralled by the many striking roles she played over the past thirty plus years would have their favourites. She just said that she was fortunate to have worked for skilled directors and high quality screen plays. In fact she had acted in the film debuts of highly acclaimed directors such as Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Sathischandra Edirisinghe, Ashoka Handagama and Dharmasena Pathiraja, in addition to working with people like Sunethra Peiris, Vasantha Obeysekera, Tissa Abeysekera, and most recently with Prasanna Vithanage, starring in Anantha Rathriya, which has just been released.

Fifty films is a small number of films for someone with her talent, especially in a world where people with half the skill notches up something close to that number in less than 10 years, counting in countless teledramas and telefilms. Swarna, it seems, has been more discerning. First of all, according to her, she prefers cinema to TV.

This is not to take anything away from teledramas and telefilms. Swarna has also been very selective, it seems, in choosing her roles. Laleen Jayamanne, in an article titled "Hunger for images: myths of femininity in Sri Lankan cinema " published in the South Asian Bulletin perhaps says it best. This is true. Sinhala cinema suffers from a seriously flawed characterisation of the woman.

She is either the paragon of virtue or a slut; a silently suffering weakling or a veritable virago. In most cases she is a one-dimensional creature who is far removed from anyone we would encounter in our lives. It is only an exceptional director who has a good script to work with that can transcend these mythological dichotomies, and only a highly skilled and observant, reflective actress that can lift such characters to identifiable, real, live persons.

Furthermore she has been successful in exuding a poignant dignity that moves subtly through stories that refuse facile resolution. So what does this woman who has, more than anyone else, helped show the latent or apparent agency is the female, think about feminism? I firmly believe in a feminism that is fundamentally based on motherhood.

She agreed and laughingly said, "Actually Jackson Anthony claims that he is Peduru in his household". On a more serious note, she concurred that women are endowed with more agency than is usually acknowledged. Acting is not all that she has done. She spent around six years in London and in Australia raising speculation that she was done with Sinhala cinema.

Swarna admitted that she had not planned to continue swarna mallawarachchi biography of albert her acting career, but she had done one film when she returned inplanning to "retire" afterwards. Nihalsingha cautioned me. I generated money from four shops I had when my daughter was schooling. Your views about the new generation artistes?

Only rarely does someone get a chance to venture into the big screen. Even on TV they can get better and consolidate themselves if they work with good directors, scriptwriters ad cinematographers. In that sense I consider myself extremely fortunate. I must also say that there a crop of young creative directors in our cinema industry. The film would be still languishing if not for film producer Sunil T.

Fernando who pumped in some Rs. I must also thank Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and his good office for recommending it to school children. On the other hand we have paid enough tribute to Ashley Rathnavibushana who has played a vital role in exposing our films, filmmakers and artistes to the world. Your daughter Narendra Bandaranayake is playing a crucial role with her father Dharmasiri Bandaranayake in organizing this landmark film festival and felicitation ceremony to mark your golden jubilee in films.

Can you please explain? I know how painstaking it is. I even asked them to shelve the idea initially, but she was determined to make it a reality. I know they had issues in finding sponsors because the potential ones said they saw no commercial value in it and they could not gain marketable mileage through it. I am glad they have pulled it through despite hurdles.

Not acting for sure. She has travelled extensively and has watched the best films in the world, much more than her mother and father. Her hobby is capturing snaps of beautiful locations in the countries she visits. National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August Retrieved 9 October Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 December Retrieved 30 November The Island.

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