Early Sri Lankan cinema and its association with the South Indian film industry
By: Ashley Ratnavibhushana, MLM Mansoor ; research coordinators: K Hariharan (India), Ranjanee Ratnavibhushana (Sri Lanka)
Contributors: Mansoor, M. L. M., author; Hariharan, K.; Ratnavibhushana, Ranjanee; Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema; Āsiyānu Sinamā Kēndraya
Publisher: Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema; Asian Film Centre
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789550178018
Subjects: Motion picture industry; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Forms of popular entertainment in Ceylon during the early 20th century; title: 2. The advent of cinema in British India; title: 3. The glitter and glamour of the bioscope; title: 4. The unbilical cord that was too difficult to cut; title: 5. Advent of Kadavunu Poronduwa (Broken promise); title: 6. Asokamala : the historical romance; title: 7. Photographed plays : an infantile disorder of early Sinhala films; title: 8. The decade of 1950s : the peak of Indian influence; title: 9. Film news Anandhan : memories of a veteran; title: 10. Reminisces of a cinema historian; title: 11. My days in Ceylon : AB Raj travels through memory lane; title: 12. Modern theatres : a historical landmark of the South Indian cinema; title: 13. A Sri Lankan Tamil writer's view; title: 14. Cross migrations : another dimension of Indo-Lanka cinematic links; title: 15. SV Venkatraman : the Laboratory Chief of Vijaya Studio, Colombo; title: 16. Other Indian directors who made Sinhala films; title: 17. Dubbing of films : a technological innovation of 1940s.