
Ravindra Randeniya
Actor · b. 1945
Boniface Perera (born 5 June 1945), popularly known by his stage name Ravindra Randeniya, is a Sri Lankan actor and former politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 (Dadayama), 1985 (Maya), 1989 (Sandakada Pahana), and 1990 (Sri Medura).
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MovieMusicDramaThe story revolves around a young, aspiring dancer named Shiroshi (played by newcomer Shiroshi Romeshika) who enters a competitive dance world. She is guided and groomed for stardom by Ravindra (played by Ravindra Randeniya), a middle-aged mentor figure.
Dancing Star
2009
MovieActionRomanceJulia, the innocent and naive young woman enjoying the bliss of youth is fascinated, like any other girl of her age, by trendy and handsome young men.Unfortunately for her, the youth who steals her heart is a cunning manipulator by the name of Dilru.With his deceptive good looks and clothes he is sure to attract women at will.And Julia is no exception.She meets Dilru and falls head over heels in love.But she is not aware that the young man is in Sri Lanka after fleeing England as he is suspected of involvement in the murder of a young girl, a Sri Lankan expatriate.Julia's whole life takes a new turn with this fateful meeting.
Movie4.5DramaA schoolboy and his friend are caught at school looking at pornography on the computer. Punished, they wrongly believe that the police are going to arrest them so they hide in an abandoned building and as the boys feel cornered, and fearing for their lives, one of them accidentally kills a prostitute with a dagger thinking she was a mugger...
Movie6.6DramaTV MovieThe inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the dying and the abandoned children in the slums of Calcutta, challenging many authorities - including the church - along the way.
Movie10.0DramaMystery
Movie6.0DramaCrimeAn elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life. Opening with the funeral of the elderly Guneris' wife the film follows the revelation of his past which is filled with a number of tragic events including a triple murder he had committed 52 years ago.
Aswasuma
2002 · 3 votes
Movie5.4DramaHistoryCalcutta, 1946. Violence rages in India. Sister Teresa teaches at a convent, but is haunted by the faces of the starving, the poor and the homeless; the faces of those less fortunate than her. With only her faith in God, she leaves the convent to live in the slums and care for the poor. An surprisingly, even one of the most revered, selfless heroes questioned her purpose.
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
1997 · 4 votes
MovieA continuation of “Bawa Duka”; via Peduru’s family, the narrative exposes the social stasis/class discrimination encouraged by the local Sinhalese Buddhist clergy, while the arrival of the Christian missionaries signals a more progressive mindset, though at the cost of conversion to a monotheistic faith. Tyranny is not only practiced by the British colonials but equally facilitated by local traditional institutions--thus, the resultant suffering (Duka) of Peduru is a combination of the two.
Movie4.8DramaIn exchange for money, a poor farmer's wife reluctantly agrees to be a surrogate mother for a rich planter and his wife. After the child is born she refuses to give it up.
MovieHistoryDramaIn 1814, a nobleman from the Kandian Kingdom of Sri Lanka helped the British army to revolt against the king of Southern India, but was driven to a traitor. His wives have to choose between committing suicide or marrying outcasts. Instead of suicide, young and beautiful Tikiri chooses to marry an untouchable, named Vijaya.
Movie6.5AdventureA cabaret singer is dragged into a crazy adventure after being mistaken for an archaeologist who is her look-alike.
Les mystères de Sadjurah
2009 · 2 votes
MovieDramaSet during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.
Movie8.0HistoryDramaThe childhood story of king Pandukabhaya (474 BC - 367 BC), the 6th monarch of Sri Lanka.
Movie7.5FamilyDramaStory of two small girls, one Sinhala and the other Tamil, amidst war.
MovieDramaFamilyA young girl distraught by her mother's sudden illness finds solace in a beachfront carnival's puppet show run by a mysterious ringmaster.
Movie6.0DramaThrillerA woman plots her revenge after being duped by a slick, ruthless man who impregnates her and tries to bail her out of marriage.
Movie4.8DramaA husband and wife grow marijuana in the forest near their village, and it brings them troubles.
MovieDramaMille Soya, is a film depicting a dangerous and hazardous journey by a young Sri Lankan group to rich Europe. They are subject to deceptions by the intermediaries, betrayals by friends, arrests while crossing the borders and even death.
Movie6.5DramaVery loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.
Movie10.0HistoryDramaThe film centered around the story behind national patriot Veera Puran Appu and his Matale rebellion in 1848 for the freedom from British. Though he was executed by the British by firing squad, his influence to the country's independence has been highly praised and thus Puran Appu is highlighted as a national hero of the Sri Lankan history.
Movie5.5RomanceDramaAn upper middle class family's struggles as a country struggles between democracy and totalitarianism. The family faces persecution and the ramifications cut across the country's borders.
MovieDramaA village woman and her young son face various hardships because of the untimely death of her husband.
Movie5.5DramaRomanceWassanaye Sanda (Moon of the Autumn) (Sinhalese: වස්සානයේ සඳ ) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic drama film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya. It follows the story of two young lovers Mihiri & Sandesh and struggles they face.
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TV4.7DramaIn poverty-ravaged Calcutta, Sister Teresa, a teacher at a boarding school for wealthy girls, feels God's call to leave everything behind to devote herself to those most in need. With determination, she defies church rules and plunges into the crowded streets, bringing comfort to the sick and marginalized, thus beginning her extraordinary mission of charity.
TVDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAn extraterrestrial spacecraft from a dying world crashes into an isolated rural community, leaving a single alien survivor stranded on Earth. To evade capture, the highly intelligent being adopts a human identity named Saranga while secretly studying human behavior, medicine, and culture. As strange phenomena and unusual physiological occurrences begin affecting the villagers, a dedicated professor and government investigators attempt to track down the hidden entity. The narrative delivers a tense, cerebral exploration of a lone visitor caught between advanced cosmic knowledge and deeply rooted local folklore.