The first Sinhala language feature film “Kadawunu Poronduwa”(Broken Promise) premiered on 21 January 1947 at the Kingsley theatre in Colombo. Four months after that historic event ,on 30 April 1947, a ...

Renowned Sri Lankan actor Malini Fonseka — who played the female lead in the Tamil film ‘Pilot Premnath’ [1978] starring Sivaji Ganesan — passed away in Colombo on Saturday (May 24, 2025). She was 78.

From her unforgettable debut in Punchi Baba in 1968, Malini Fonseka transformed the landscape of Sri Lankan cinema. In an industry once dominated by male narratives, she rose with quiet power and ...

In her last appearance a couple of weeks ago, Malini Fonseka, arguably the queen of Sinhala cinema echoed the words of one of her most famous films ‘awa soya adare’. “I have come looking for love,” ...

Her popularity was unmatched: she won the SLIM Nielsen People’s Award for Most Popular Actress twelve years consecutively. CNN named her one of Asia’s 25 greatest actors of all time in 2010 The ...

Malani Fonseka was a legend in her life time. Now, after her death, that legend can only grow bigger and bigger. Malani Senehelatha Fonseka was born in Peliyagoda in May 1947, four months after ...

The first Sinhala language feature film “Kadawunu Poronduwa”(Broken Promise) premiered on 21 January 1947 at the Kingsley theatre in Colombo. Four months after that historic event ,on 30 April 1947, a ...