By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya Kasun Gunasekara – better known as Kalu on the internet – is a YouTuber with over 80,000 subscribers, known for series like SinduTaxi. One of his most popular videos, Misheard Sinhala Lyrics Part 2, posted five…
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Sayuri Jayarathne on the highlights of the modelling industry
By Venessa Anthony There are so many of us, who as little girls vehemently shied away from playing dress-up, Barbie dolls, and the colour pink. Sayuri Jayarathne was the same – she was constantly outside, climbing trees, roughhousing, and was…
Paying tribute to actor Darshan Dharmaraj
Since his roles in Sidney Chandrasekara’s teledrama A9 and Thushara Peiris’s 2008 movie Prabhakaran, Darshan Dharmaraj has made his way in the local cinema industry, even winning best actor awards for his performances in the 2012 movie Ini Avan and…
For the love of country and the game
What it means to be a champion By Dimithri Wijesinghe Sri Lanka won global glory recently when its national netball team bested Singapore at the 2022 Asian Netball Championships held in Singapore, winning our sixth title at the games…
CentreStage Productions’ Epicurean Theatre
A step forward in experiential theatre By Naveed Rozais That the creative arts have taken an immense beating these past three years is beyond doubt. From the Easter attacks to the pandemic to the national crisis, each of these…
Poetry stemming from emotion and experience
Isurinie Anuradha Mallawaarachchi discusses her debut book ‘Flowers Teach Me to Let Go’ By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya Isurinie Anuradha Mallawaarachchi is a lecturer in English and sociology, a poet, and an attorney at law, but said her passions lie in…
‘The books are more interesting than I am’
In conversation with 2022 Booker Prize shortlisted author Shehan Karunatilaka Celebrated Sri Lankan author – whose most recent achievement was to be shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize for his second book ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ – Shehan…
Every citizen is a stakeholder in tourism
A chat with Kamal Munasinghe and Savithri Rodrigo on World Tourism Day and the immediate future of SL tourism By Naveed Rozais As we all know, Sri Lanka’s tourism has been put through the mill these past few years.…
Amila Darshani goes for a broad range on screen and off
By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya Amila Darshani does not believe in making a half-hearted effort when it comes to following a dream and takes the time to train in the respective fields in order to be able to give it her…
Leeth Singhage: The one-man show that never stops
To meet a personality whose onstage and offstage energy is both one and the same is admittedly rare, and The Sunday Morning Brunch recently had the opportunity to meet one such personality – Leeth Singhage, the teenage actor, singer, and…
