Shesha Palihakkara
Shesha Palihakkara( died July 12, 2009) was a Sri Lankan dancer, actor, and producer.
He achieved critical recognition with a starring role in Lester James Peries' masterpiece" Rekava" and as producer of" Getawarayo Sarawita" and" Ranmuthu Duwa".
Awaragira
Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films.
It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Iranganie Serasinghe and Tony Ranasinghe in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani.
Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.
It is the 836th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
The film was released from May 14 to 27, 2004 at the Regal in Colombo and nine other CEL circuit cinemas for a short release.
Sumitra Peries
Sumitra Peries( born 24 March 1934) is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the" Poetess of Sinhala Cinema".
She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s.
Of her films the more popular ones are" Gehenu LamaiGanga Addara" and" Yahaluvo".
She is married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries.
Sunil Santha
Sunil Santha (Sinhala:සුනිල් සාන්ත; 14 April 1915 – 11 April 1981) was a renowned and influential Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist.
He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s.
He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries' "Rekava" and "Sandesaya" in 1956 and 1960.
In a later comeback, he produced several experimental works.
Lester James Peries
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries
( Sinhala: ශ් රී ලංකාභිමාන් ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006, and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries.
He received critical acclaim for directing" RekavaGamperaliyaNidhanayaGolu HadawathaKaliyugayaAwaragira" and" Yuganthaya".
His movie" Wekande Walauwa", starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film" Nidhanaya" was included among the top 100 films of the century by the Cinémathèque Française.
Peries' films often deal with Sri Lankan family life in rural settings and conflicted characters.
He helped create an authentic expression of Sinhala Cinema.
Carlos Fuentes Lemus
Carlos Fuentes Lemus( 1973 – 1999) was a Mexican writer, photographer, painter and director.
He was the son of famous Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes and interviewer Silvia Lemus.
Silvia Lemus
Silvia Lemus de Fuentes is a journalist and host of the interview television programme" Tratos y Retratos".
She is the widow of Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes.
Galician in origin, Silvia is strongly attached to Mexico and has been known to promote the country abroad, first as Ambassadress of Mexico to France and the United States with her husband.
Together, Carlos and Silvia had two children, Carlos and Natasha, deceased aged 25 and 30.
Silvia and her husband then founded the" Carlos y Natasha Fuentes Lemus Foundation".
They now live in London, but spend part of the year traveling between New York, Mexico and Europe.
Silvia gained recognition when she started" Tratos y Retratos; Beyond the fame, there is a human being", an internationally acclaimed television show in which she interviews her friends and other famous artists and intellectuals.
Amongst the interviewees are Anthony Quinn, Carlos Montemayor, Henry Kissinger, José Saramago, Salman Rushdie, Eric Hobsbawm, Fernando Botero, Susan Sontag, Toni Morrison, Steven Spielberg, Antonio Banderas, Isabel Allende and Mia Farrow, as well as her husband's long- time friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
There are 52 programs in all, traveling through the diversity of peoples, geographies, scenarios, periods, times and cultures.
Silvia is commonly seen in tabloid publications in the company of celebrated figures, such as King Juan Carlos of Spain and Hillary Clinton.
More recently she was seen at the wedding of the Crown Prince Felipe of Spain.
On May 15, 2012, Carlos Fuentes died in Angeles del Pedregal hospital in southern Mexico City from a massive haemorrhage.
He received a state funeral the following day.
Ravindra Randeniya
Ravindra Randeniya( Born Boniface Perera)( born 5 June 1945) is a Sri Lankan actor and politician.
He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film" Desa Nisa" in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984(" Dadayama"), 1985(" Maya"), 1989(" Sandakada Pahana"), and 1990(" Sri Medura").
Randeniya hosted the quiz program" Mind Star" on ITN, which gain huge publicity.
Ammawarune
Ammawarune( Elegy for a Mother) is a 2006 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Dr. Lester James Peries and produced by Jagath Wijenayake for Silumina Films.
It stars Malini Fonseka, and Pradeep Dharmadasa in lead roles along with Roshan Pilapitiya and Sanath Gunathilake.
Music composed by veteran musician Premasiri Khemadasa.
It is the last film directed by Lester James Pieris as well.
It is the 1081st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
The film screened in many countries such as Australia and New Zealand on a special request.
Sriyani Amarasena
Kalasuri Palamakumbura Herath Mudiyanselage Sriyani Weerakoon Kumarihami( born 14 June 1944 as) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television as well as a producer.
Sriyani has appeared in several critically acclaimed Lester James Peries' movies including" Golu Hadawatha Desa Nisa" and" Ahasin Polawata".

Question: Are Lester James Peries and Silvia Lemus from the same country?
Answer: no