This is the first English language book to explore the extent of the vibrant but overlooked cinema of Sri Lanka.

Jayamanne brings together her discussions of Australian films, Sri Lankan films, European art films, silent film comedy, contemporary American films and her own films.

... Sri Lankan film - makers ( like their counterparts elsewhere in the world ) had to contend with this ineluctable ... cinema from its very inception . In the early years , however , its effects were not widely felt because the output ...

Brief profiles and photographic portraits of Sri Lankan celebrities.

... Colombo 3 , it continues to run as fee - levying private schools . cinema The Sinhala cinema has made impressive progress since the first Sinhala feature film was made in 1948 , the year Sri Lanka became independent . In the decade of ...