Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Realistic dramas at American center

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Tele-production on the SinhalaTam­il New Year was made by Gunapala Karunapath­iranage and is ready to be screened during the festive season.

The New Year teleplay is a one episode play like

‘Punaragama­naya’ and ‘Nonimi Nadhi’, this latest ‘Pol Aranin Thal Aranata 2012 Nawa Awurudhu Udanay’ is scripted by Ven. Ginthota Suchithana­nda

thero. This miniplay stars a number of budding artistes with the technical crew comprising of Ajantha Premalal who handles the camera, Chinthaka Gayan who is editor. Make-up done by Tharanga Rukmalwala, art direction by Jayantha Meegahathe­nna, Inoka Priyadhars­hani and Sumith Chandana.

‘Pol Aranin Thal Aranata 2012 Nawa Awurudhu Udanay’ is presented by G. D. Film production­s.

The American Center weekly movie screened presents a series of Hollywood production­s under ‘realistic dramas’ starting from Martin Scorsese’s first studio film ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’.

A story of a recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer, will be screened at 6 pm on March 6 at American Center Auditorium.

Starring Ellen Burstyn Kris Kristoffer­son and Mia Bendixsen this 1974 film tells the story of a woman struggling to rebuild her life after he husband’s death. Alice takes her young son with her as she hopes to move to California to follow her dream of being a profession­al singer, but love, money, and family—in good ways and in bad—keep getting in the way. The film also identified as one of the most perceptive, funny, occasional­ly painful portraits of an American woman.

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