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JRJayawardena
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23 Sep 2006 20:02:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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Solheim,
Is it true that you are going to hold peace talks again with the LTTE and what do you expect this time to come with?
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23 Sep 2006 20:05:29 GMT Report for Abuse
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Magha,
By the way, what is the point in watching this type of crap films?
We can imagine how backward the tamil cinema if they are still making this type crap cinema over and over. No development leave alone Prabha that is just one part of Tamil culture.
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23 Sep 2006 20:23:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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JRJ,
Like the vast majority of 50 million Tamils in South India, Sri Lankan Tamils also have poor taste for cinema since that was what they have been exposed to. Their bitterness with the Singhalese is that they could not expand this Tamil culture dominating the majority Singhalese after independence. Especially with cinema Singhalese fought hard to make better artistic movies against the south indian crap that entertained most of the Tamils and uneducated Singhalese. All though Singhala Cinema is a tiny fraction compared to South Indian movies we have won more prestigious International awards than south india. India honoured in 70's five living masters of world cinema. They were David Lean , Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Satyajit Ray and our Lester James Peiris. Among those masters only Lester is still alive; an octogenarian |
JRJayawardena
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23 Sep 2006 20:27:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hey Solheim,
Oh yes Otherwise how can claim my oil quota.
Eric You cheeky devil. What do you want this time when you know that your peace talks are just one-sided and helping your friends only.
What is deal you and fat Velu running this time?
So how about giving the Sinhalese and the Sri Lankans their fair chance? Aren't you shame enough to hoodwink the poor Sri Lankans?
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23 Sep 2006 20:31:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Solheim,
Let's leave the parents out before it gets ugly.
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JRJayawardena
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23 Sep 2006 20:42:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Magha,
India honoured in 70's five living masters of world cinema. They were David Lean , Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Satyajit Ray and our Lester James Peiris. Among those masters only Lester is still alive; an octogenarian
Exactly. I was one of the few (may be) who admire Lester's films in any case. From 'Rekhawa' he has been one of the rare breeds that led the Sinhalese cinema to new levels when a time that crap cheap of Robin Thampoe and B A W Jayamanne dominated copying South Indian trash. If you look at our cinema from the start 'Kadawunu Poronduwa' until 1956 'Rekhawa' nothing was really in top flight. I do admire Rukmani Devi but her films were just ordinary or below that. Except she was a good singer which suit to the South Indian trash.
The pioneering of Lester, then comes, Dharmasena Pathiraja, Wasantha Obeysekara, Dharamasiri Bandaranaike, Tissa Abeysekara and presently Prasanna Vithanage doing a real service to our cinema. Not to mention Handagama too, though I am not sure some his themes.
Its absolutely sickening this type of film clips potraying the so-called comedians like Rajini Kanth, good for those duds who like to have a cheap laugh at tickeling their smelly arm pits.
To be honest I have not watched a significant quality tamil film other than the usual trash, because they are mostly rubbish or should I say Half-baked. The formula is the same through years and years of film making. Lover, villain and the comedian. What a waste of time and money!!
I indeed feel very sorry for the tamils who believe this junk as gold dust. Have they ever seen a film of the quality of 'Rekhawa', 'Gamperaliya', 'Viragaya', 'Ganga Addara', 'Maha Gedara' or even 'Bambaru Awith'. What a pity.
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23 Sep 2006 21:16:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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JRJ,
Rekhawa and Gamperaliya are my favourite films of Singhala cinema.
Unfortunately I have not seen any of Prassana Vithanage or Asoka Handagama, but I believe they are quite good.
Talking about art ,cinema and Tamil culture I was once amazed to learn from Gaja Lakshmi, one of the Tamil members of this forum that she did not know who Picasso was when he was working at Air Lanka head office in Sri Lanka. When somebody asked about Picasso from her she apparently admitted her ignorance but had said that she knew Sai Baba instead. So I asked her if she even knew who George Keyte was. She thought that he was some top guy in Air Lanka. Now these are the so called Tamil intellectuals who were not discriminated at university entrance, but big time LTTE supporters. |
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23 Sep 2006 21:41:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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South Indian Tamil cinema industry has been producing full of 'crap' for about 50 years - there is no doubt about that. Even so called small screen, television, also did not escape from this misfortune. Television series, mega drams, would grow over the years by exploring the weakness of melodramatic housewives who stay in home and watch the television whole day. In Sri Lanka, Tamils who have been living in Sinhalese dominated areas for years would appreciate the realism of Sinhalese Tele-series and fortunately they also could understand the Sinhalam very well.
Personally, I have stopped watching the South Indian Tamil movies very long time ago. I recently have been exposed to world cinema and literally became a movie critic(!) over the years. As much as I enjoy the world cinema, I have felt I departed from watching the Tamil movies. Maybe, most of people who immigrated to West would have felt same.
Unlike, some of you think we really respect the tele-series come out from the South of Sri Lanka. On the other hand, South Indian Cinema industry has very talented individuals who try to redefine the Tamil movie industry. I think it is matter of time when South Indians start to expose to movies and tele-series from other culture and begin to question about their taste. |
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23 Sep 2006 21:41:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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Magha,
Talking about art ,cinema and Tamil culture I was once amazed to learn from Gaja Lakshmi, one of the Tamil members of this forum that she did not know who Picasso was when he was working at Air Lanka head office in Sri Lanka.
Yes, I have encountered that enigmatic woman a few times and I had to convince hard her to convey my message that yet she comes up with some absurd theories to justify the terrorism in the name of freedom fighting. I could not laugh at that woman whereas most of the tamil members consider her as a leading intellectual who has the knack and tenacity to write long useless scripts like the member Sritharan who does here. Its a pity this type of people are taken as top notch academics and as the so-called liberators and freedom fighters, but they never realise they are in cloud cuckoo land.
I would not be surprised of this woman not knowing Picasso even Sigiri Frescoes, sandakada pahana etc. Magha, the so-called self proclaimed intellectuals are a plenty in this forum. I can see they write anything to everything to boost their number of posts against their handle which is pitiful. I have seen members with more than 4000 or 3000 posts with Senior citizenships but write claptrap and piffle at most. This is the tragedy.
Did you hear that K A W Perera died recently? The guy was some 75+ years old. I would not say he's a top notch director but certainly better than Robin Thampoe.
'Gamperaliya' and 'Rekhawa' has been two of my best films too. I still believe the cultural value that film Rekhawa provides is amazing and a fitting tribute the country. I also go with his historical (educational perhaps) films like 'sandesaya' and 'Puran Appu'. In fact we must be proud of these guys. Had they not been making such good films we would have been still dancing around trees to south indian trash music.
Personally I am not a geat fan of Handagama as his crude political view is not my forte in his films. But Prasanna Vithanage is a real start with a colossal talent.
Did you see 'Purahanda Kaluwara' by him? A very good one, watch it if not, you won't disappoint for sure.
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