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Author: Upali Amarasinghe

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Colombo, Moving Images

Paradise: Reading the Layered Symphony of Politics and Passion

A film can ignite the flame of wisdom within the viewer. Emerging from the shadowed theatre, they may step into the brilliance of newfound understanding. This light, a metaphor for the newly…

Upali Amarasinghe Upali Amarasinghe on 07/08/202407/08/2024
Culture, Gender, Issues, Media and Communications

Visvasam: Fantasy, Melodrama, Stereotypes and Violence

With two of my colleagues, I was on a rollercoaster last week at Sarasvathi cinema hall in Trincomalee, watching the new South Indian blockbuster film by Siva, “Visvasam” (Loyalty). No escape whatsoever…

Upali Amarasinghe Upali Amarasinghe on 01/23/201901/23/2019
Culture, Issues, Reconciliation

“Her. Him. The Other” – Exposing Political Realities and Eroding Human Values

We stand today with our collective consciousness bruised almost beyond repair. We feel devastated by the chaos, anarchy and culture of impunity.  As someone recently said, the beast rides again. What is…

Upali Amarasinghe Upali Amarasinghe on 04/12/201804/12/2018

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