![]() ![]() Lester James Peries who took the camera to the outside world, towards the natural scenes. This film changed the destiny of the Sinhala cinema, which was previously influenced by the South Indian films. Lester James Peries who was making the film Rekawa (The line of destiny). Premnath Moraes with whom Gamini Fonseka had a longstanding friendship had recommended Gamini to Dr. Gamini wanted to become not an actor but a cameraman. He was used to be talk about Sinhala and Western films with Tissa Abeysekara, Vijaya Abeywickrama and Premnath Moraes on the verandah. Speaking of his childhood, the obvious fact is that the field of cinema was not alien to Gamini ' s life. Gamini had amazed everyone by making the sound of Tabla at a school concert. Even in his school days young Gamini had garnered a popularity among teachers and students by imitating teachers and administrative figures at the school. Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka, born on Main Dehiwala had his education at S. That is why Gamini Fonseka is called the emperor of the Sinhala Cinema. In such a backdrop the crowned actor Gamini Fonseka broke the manacles of old Sinhala cinema and brought out the Sri Lankanness through his performances. Even actors and actresses imitated the South Indian films. ![]() These films were called 'Formula Films '. The artificial background scenes and lengthy sermonising dialogues were evident in such old Sinhala films which were thriving under the influence of the South Indian cinema. ![]() These films were woven around the eternal love stories. Our old Sinhala films which followed the Sinhala-Natakas based on the Parsi and Baliwala Nurtis of North India revolved around the themes such as drunkenness, marriage and feminine fidelity, caste conflicts, nobility of the poor and the meanness of the rich. ![]()
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