DN page 22 ARTSCOPE WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Channel of the Year ITN Best Actor Best Actress Bimal Jayakody Damitha Abeyratne A dance item One night’s grandeur All is impartial and transparent and a perfect judgment is guar- anteed. Right throughout Raigam Tele Awards the judgment has been impartial and no allegations have been made against us. That’s how Raigam Tele’es architects introduced their grand event, which came to pass on May 11. Our photographer Sulocahana Gamage captured the graceful moments of the Nilmini Thennakoon Sudath Rohana event. Chathurika Peiries and Roshan Pilapitiya Best Tele drama Singer – Female Most Popular Actor Nanda Malini - Swyanjatha (Parameedam) ITN Saranga Dissasekara Best Tele drama Supporting Actor Athula Pathirana - Swyanjatha ITN (Yakkutigala Himi) Best Tele drama Supporting Actress Prathibha Hettiarachchi - Senakeliyai Maya ITN (Vindi) Best Tele drama Upcoming Actor Rayan Vanroyan - Kadadora ITN (Robert) Best Tele drama Upcoming Actress Rashmi Yalagala - Sulagata Enna Kiyanna Sirasa (Diyaniya) Best Tele drama Actor Bimal Jayakody - Senakeliyai Maya ITN (Amantha) Best Director Best Tele drama Actress Sarath Dharmasiri Dhamitha Abeyrathne - Swyanjatha ITN ( Emaliya) Sriyantha Mendis Best Tele drama Direction Nita Fernando Sarath Dharmasiri - Ethkanda Lihiniya SLRC Damayanthi Fonseka Jury Special Merit Awards Nirosha Herath Himali Siriwardhane – Sadagiri Pawwa / SW (Kamala) Rebecca Nirmalee and Himali Siriwardena Priyankara Rathnayake – Sulagata Enna Kiyanna / Sirasa (Station Master) Kadadora ITN (Rana) Sriyantha Mendis – Ethkanda Lihiniya / SLRC (Maruwalliya) 360 ° Political Discussion Program me – Derana Loka Sithiyama - SW Channel of the Year ITN Prathibha Prabha Award Tony Ranasinghe Special Award of Appreciation Thilak Gunawardhane Nanda Malini, Kusum Disanayake and Special Award of Appreciation Most Popular Actress Prof J B Disanayake Dr Soma Edirisinghe Anura Bandara Rajaguru Rosmand Senarathne Nehara Peiries Sriyani Amarasena The producer delivers the product at the doorstep of the theatre which has not spent a cent on it up to the point of release. Today they do not even put up a cut out outside the thea- tre or publicize it on the media. Eve- rything has to be done by the pro- ducer. When the film is released, from day one they start collecting their dues. Films are not shown on credit. They keep their 50 percent and the rest is transferred to the producer many weeks later. We have protested about this fact and finally got the ministry moving. They brought out some legislation W but due to various problems in the legal and AG’s department, the parlia- ment select committees and officials Sith Roo in in the treasury, the implementation is delayed. It is moved from pillar to post. While this is happening for the past Kandy one and half years the producers con- tinue to lose their money. Although Kunkuma Pottu to the fore ASELA KURULUWANSHA international accolades. He there is a new outlook about the Ajith P Dharmasuriya's even clinched the award for industry after terrorism, masses are CHANNA Bandara la and Tamil speaking peo- solo painting exhibition the best painting at the Mil- flocking to theatres and there is more WIJEKOON ple. ‘Sith Roo’ will be exhibited lennium Asian Art competi- income, still the producers are not The debut episode of Kol- The program presenter at the E L Senanayake Chil- tion. He also designed the benefiting. With all the steps that lywood film songs program Nilar N Cassim added spice dren's Library, Kandy, from sketch which is used by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa is tak- ‘Kunkuma Pottu’ was tele- to enrich the quality and May 25 to 27. Govisetha lottery ticket by ing to develop the industry, it is a cast on Rupavahini on May core message of the pro- Dharmasuriya had used the National Lotteries tragedy to see unscrupulous people 10. gram. oil paint, acrylic, pastel; Board. getting together to rob the most Producer of the program Although Kunkuma Pottu and watercolour paint for Apart from sketching, important things from the industry. Arosha Samaradiwakera comes as a monthly pro- his paintings. Around 80 Dharmasuriya had penned There is a sinister move under this. said the response was awe- gram, it is best if the paintings done by the art- a number of children's I personally feel that the attempt is to some. authorities could consider ist. He had painted on books. H launched his move step by step and discourage all Programs of this nature it to be telecast every week diverse themes and had debut novel ‘Giri Hisak’ the people from investing in the local are vital at this juncture in instead. The substance won many national and recently. film industry. Then the gates will be our country as a communi- communicates to masses a open for them to import and screen cation tool aimed at bridg- powerful message. any film they want. ing the gap between Sinha- [email protected] Q: W Popular TV personality and lyric writer Nilar N Cassim pre- senting Kunkuma Pottu Printed and Published by The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., at No. 35, D.R.Wijewardene Mawatha, Colombo 10, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.