Movement of an aeroplane at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India

View from the top of Adam's Peak (Sri Padha), Sri Lanka

daysofmylifeupdated - Meaning

'daysofmylifeupdated' is the name of my 'Blogger' web address.


It is structured as follows,


'daysofmylifeupdated'

days of my life + updated


The origin of the title is as follows,

In 2013 I was able to watch 'FRIENDS', a world-famous television comedy series.

Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons.

With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. [Wikipedia.com]

In this sitcom, Matt LeBlanc plays 'Joey Tribbiani'.

Joey is an Italian-American struggling actor.

He plays a role as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Days of our Lives was satirized on Friends when Joey Tribbiani got a job as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the show. 

All storylines shown on Friends (with guest shots by actual Days of our Lives stars) were fictional and did not represent what was really going on in the soap opera itself.

Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965.

With that American pop culture reference, I made a slight change to my Blogger website name into 'Days of my Life'.

Accordingly,

Days+of+my+life

daysofmylife 

'Updated' is simply being modern.

My day to day life observations and other things are included in this blog.

That's the story.

Demodara Loop - Demodara station, Ella.

View from the top of Adam's Peak (Sri Padha), Sri Lanka - With lightning...

View from the top of Adam's Peak (Sri Padha), Sri Lanka

රූපමය භාවනා : සිද්ධි අධ්‍යනය තුළින් ජීවිතයට ධනාත්මක අවබෝධය හා තිරසාර සතුට / Artistic meditation : Making a hypothesis to life, happiness and success from television and cinema

Art in any form studied properly will enable and unlock anyone to his or her human psyche with a much broader sense of perspective of life allowing the higher state of mind.

Therefore art being enjoyed or made/created is kind of a meditation allowing a human being to unlock and understand the true nature of the world inside and outside of us.

But it is vital you have the proper basis on what you value as art and in my opinion, using basic and deep Buddhist concepts, work ethics and accurate vision can allow a wider perspective of life being understood by using art.


කලාව හා නිර්මාණය තුළින් ඔබට මානසික හා රූපමය භාවනාවක යෙදීමට හැක.

සිනමාව හා ටෙලි නාට්‍ය තුලින් ඔබට සමාජයේ මෙන්ම තමා තුළ පවත්නා අභ්‍යන්තර හා බාහිර මානසික ස්වභාවයන් හදුනාගෙන ඒ අනුව කටයුතු කල හැක.

එමනිසා ඔබගේ පෞද්ගලික ජීවිතයට තිරසාර සතුටක් මෙන්ම ධනාත්මක සුබවාදී අවබෝදයක් ලබා ගැනීමට හැකි නම්, අවශ්‍යනම් හොඳ කළා නිර්මාණ දෙස නිවැරදි දෘෂ්ටියෙන් බලන්න.

කලාව නිර්වචනයට නිවැරදි දෘෂ්ටිය, වෘත්තිමය ආචාර ධර්ම හා තමා අදහන, ඉගෙනගත් ආගමික ඥානය තුලින් විමසන්න.


Since I was a child I used to enjoy films from Hollywood (American films), Bollywood (Indian films [Hindi]), Tollywood (Tamil language films), and Sri Lankan films. It was from 1994 to the present.

I used to spend a lot of time on these things and sometimes I feel regret for the time spent.

Then I realized the above-given benefits I received from them.

Most of all I was very happy during these observations.

I'm not saying to waste time like me but not to regret things you enjoyed most in the past.

But try to avoid mistakes from the past. Know your priorities in life that will enhance your state of life.

According to John Lennon, a world-famous English rock band member of "The Beatles", "Time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time."


මා කුඩා කළ සිටම බොහෝ ඉංග්‍රීසි, හින්දි, දෙමළ හා ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය සිනමාව රස වින්දෙමි. ඒ 1994 සිට වර්තමානය දක්වාය.

මගේ බොහෝ කාලයක් මේ සඳහා වැය කරන ලදී.

මා කෙතරම් කාලයක් මෙම කටයුතු සඳහා වැය කලේද යත් මා හට විටෙක මේ ගැන දැන් ඇත්තේ තරමක් දුක්බර මානසික තත්ත්වයකි. ඒ මට මගේ වෘත්තීය හා පෞදගලික ජීවිතය මට තරමක් සතුටින් ගත කිරීමට, මෙම කාළය නාස්ති කිරීම් අධ්‍යාපනයට යොමු කලේ නම් මීට වඩා සාර්ථකත්වයක් මා හට ලැබීමට තිබුණු හෙයිනි.

නමුත් එවැනි දුක්බර හා අඳුරු සිතුවිලි එන විට මම බොහෝ විට කරන්නේ මෙම කලාව නිසා මම ලද වාසි හා සතුට ගැන සිතීමයි. එමගින් ජීවිතයේ අසර්තකත්වයන් නිසා හට ගන්නා වේදනාවන් නිවී යයි.

මම මෙය කියවන අයට කියන්නේ මා මෙන් කාලය නාස්ති නොකරන ලෙසයි.

තම තමාගේ ජීවිතේ 'පදනම් / මුලික' අරමුණු සමග ගමන් කරමින් අදාල ජීවිතය විනෝදයෙන් හා ඵලදායීව ගත කරන ලෙසයි.

"ද බීටල්ස්" (The Beatles) නම් ඉංග්‍රීසි ජාතික රොක් සංගීත කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකයකු වන "ජෝන් ලෙනන්" (John Lennon) පැවසු පරිදි, "ඔබ සතුටින් ගත කල කාලය, කාලයේ නාස්තියක් නොවේ."

එමනිසා අතීත දුක්බර වේදනාවන් අමතක කර අනාගතය සරු කරගන්න.

The following are some of the teledramas and films I watched like 100 times. But I don't regret any minute spent on them.

පහත දැක්වෙන්නේ මම 100 පාරක් පමණ නරබු චිත්‍රපට හා ටෙලිනාට්‍ය  කෘති වල නම් පෙළකි. මම එයට ගෙවූ කාලයට ඇත්තේ ස්තුතිවන්ත මනසකි. මොකද මම ඒ වෙලාව නාස්ති කලේ සතුටින්.


(01) I am Legend
(02) Rundown / Welcome to the Jungle
(03) The Last Samurai
(04) Yojimbo
(05) Sanjuro
(06) Gladiator
(07) Shawshank Redemption
(08) Catch me if you can
(09) Superbad
(10) This is the end
(11) Zombieland
(12) Empire of the sun
(13) Fight club
(14) Se7en
(15) The Green Mile
(16) Castaway

(17) වෙද හාමිනේ / Weda Hamine Television series

(18) දඬුබස්නාමානය / Dandubasnamanaya Television series

(19) The curious case of Benjamin Button

(20) The assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford

(21) Sunshine
(22) මචං / Machan
(23) Minority Report
(24) War of the worlds
(25) Artificial Intelligence
(26) Slumdog Millionaire
(27) Sin city
(28) 3:10 to Yuma
(29) For a few dollars more
(30) Kal ho naa ho
(31) Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham
(32) Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
(33) Bhoot
(34) Sarkar
(35) Ghajini (Tamil)
(36) The Prestige
(37) The Dark Knight
(38) Death Sentence
(39) SAW
(40) Blade
(41) Blade 2
(42) John Wick
(43) The pursuit of happyness
(44) Knight and Day
(45) X Men: Trilogy
(46) X Men: Prequel Trilogy
(47) Logan
(48) Watchmen
(49) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(50) Saving Private Ryan
(51) Enemy at the gates
(52) Seven years in Tibet
(53) දඩ බිම / Dhada Bima Television series
(54) රුපියල් සත / Rupiyal Satha Television series
(55) Water
(56) 3 Idiots
(57) Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
(58) Where is my friend?
(59) Children of Heaven
(60) White Balloon
(61) My fair lady
(62) Sound of music
(63) Patton
(64) The Ten Commandments
(65) The elephant man
(66) Chinatown
(67) The Shining
(68) Amadeus
(69) Rain man
(70) The pianist
(71) King Kong
(72) The Insider
(73) The Terminal
(74) Michael Clayton
(75) Ray
(76) Crash
(77) The Wrestler
(78) The Last Emperor
(79) The Hunting Party
(80) War Inc.
(81) The Da Vinci Code
(82) Frost / Nixon
(83) Alien
(84) Aliens
(85) 12 Monkeys
(86) Waterworld
(87) Equilibrium
(88) 28 Days Later
(89) Collateral
(90) Moon
(91) Cloverfield
(92) Children of Men
(93) I Robot
(94) Avatar
(95) Animatrix
(96) 'Kung Fu Panda' film series
(97) Leon
(98) The Thin Red Line
(99) Storm Catcher
(100) Ghost Rider
(101) Constantine
(102) Wall - E
(103) Charlie and the chocolate factory
(104) Big Fish
(105) Ben Hur
(106) Where the wild things are
(107) Mouse hunt
(108) The Forbidden Kingdom
(109) Beowulf
(110) Lord of the Rings: Trilogy
(111) The Hangover
(112) American Gangster
(113) 300
(114) Apocalypto
(115) Braveheart
(116) Kingdom of Heaven
(117) The Last of Mohicans
(118) Platoon
(119) Apocalypse now
(120) Full Metal Jacket
(121) Jarhead
(122) Black Hawk Down
(123) Scarface
(124) Usual Suspects
(125) Heat
(126) Inglorious Basterds
(127) Wanted
(128) Sleepy Hollow
(129) The Mexican
(130) Erin Brockovich
(131) The god must be crazy
(132) Men In Black: Trilogy
(133) The Bucket List
(134) Ghost Writer
(135) Traffic
(136) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
(137) Ocean's Trilogy
(138) Sherlock Holmes
(139) Sherlock Holmes - A game of shadows
(140) Interstellar
(141) Barry Lyndon
(142) Family Guy: The movie
(143) The Matrix Trilogy
(144) The Godfather: Trilogy
(145) One flew over the cuckoo's nest
(146) King and I
(147) Resident Evil
(148) Alien Vs. Predator
(149) Up
(150) Kick-Ass
(151) Total Recall
(152) 'Predator' film series
(153) The Mummy
(154) The Mummy: Returns
(155) Spy Kids
(156) Spider-Man
(157) Spider-Man 2
(158) Flags of Our Fathers
(159) Limitless
(160) Jack Reacher
(161) Oblivion
(162) Edge of Tomorrow
(163) Mission Impossible: Film series
(164) Fast and Furious: Film series
(165) Love and other drugs
(166) No strings attached
(167) Annie Hall
(168) Whiplash
(169) The Lion King
(170) Cinema Paradiso
(171) Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to stop worrying and start loving the bomb
(172) Paths of Glory
(173) Django Unchained
(174) Citizen Kane
(175) Reservoir Dogs
(176) Requiem for a dream
(177) Amelie
(178) Toy story
(179) Unforgiven
(180) Downfall
(181) Die Hard
(182) Pan's Labyrinth
(183) A Beautiful Mind
(184) Cinderella Man
(185) Mad Max: Fury Road
(186) Hachi: A Dog's Tale
(187) World War Z
(188) 'Pink Panther' movie series
(189) Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe
(190) DC Comics Cinematic Universe
(191) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

(192) Samsara

(193) සංකාරා / Sankara

(194) Crank

(195) Crank: High Voltage

(196) Gamer

(197) The Green Hornet

(198) Behind Enemy Lines

(199) Independence day

(200) Home Alone

(201) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

(202) Home Alone 3
(203) Rocky
(204) Rocky Balboa
(205) Creed
(206) Southpaw
(207) ගැටවරයෝ / Gatavarayo

(208) රෑ දැනියෙල්, දවල් මිගෙල් - සිනමා ත්‍රිත්වය / Rae Daniel, Dawal Miguel Film Trilogy

(209) සක්විති සුවය / Sakvithi Suvaya
(210) මිල්ලේ සොයා / Mille Soya [Buongiorno Italia]
(211) ගරිල්ලා මාර්කටිං / Guerilla Marketing
(212) අග්නි දාහය / Agni Dahaya
(213) මහරජ ගැමුණු / Maharaja Gamunu
(214) සමනළ සංධ්වනිය / Samanala Sandwaniya
(215) සිකුරු හතේ / Sikuru Hathe
(216) Indiana Jones: Film series
(217) Pirates of the Caribbean: Film series
(218) Jason Bourne: Film Series
(219) V for Vendetta
(220) ඇර සොයිසා / Era Soyza
(221) Jurrasic Park / The Lost World / Jurrasic Park 3: Film trilogy

(222) Art එක - A television show specializing in the use of aesthetics in society. [Sirasa Tv]

(223) A Clockwork orange
(224) Blood Diamond
(225) 'FRIENDS' Television series
(226) 'How I Met Your Mother' Television series
(227) Enter the Dragon
(228) Fist of Fury
(229) Big Boss
(230) Lion Heart
(231) Time Cop
(232) Universal Soldier
(233) 'Walker Texas Ranger' television series
(234) The Way of the dragon
(235) Game of death
(236) 'The President's Man' film duology
(237) Lone wolf Mcquade
(238) Double Team
(239) Double Impact
(240) KICKBOXER
(241) LIAR LIAR
(242) The Mask
(243) 'Terminator' film series
(244) Eraser
(245) 'Conan' Film series
(246) Commando  (1985) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧
(247) The Office [US] Television series
(248) Shaun of the dead
(249) Hot Fuzz
(250) The World's End
(251) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
(252) The Rock
(253) Enemy of the state
(254) Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
(255) Tom-Yum-Goong

(256) Rowdy Rathore

(257) 'The Raid' film series

(258) The one

(259) The ugly truth

(260) අපි නොදන්න ලයිව් (Live) [A comic television show hosted as a parody for 'television' itself][Sirasa Tv]

(261) පැංචා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Kissyfur'][Sirasa Tv]

(262) දඟර වලිග ලප වානර [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Marsupilami'][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(263) දොස්තර හොඳ හිත [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Doctor Dolittle'(1970-1971)][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(264) පිස්සු පුසා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Top Cat '(1961-1962)][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(265) දඟයා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Dennis The Menace'][Sirasa Tv]

(266) සූර පප්පා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Asterix & Obelix'][Sirasa Tv]

(267) අපි රජ ඉබ්බෝ [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(TMNT)'][Sirasa Tv]

(268) ටිං ටිං [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Tin Tin '][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(269) කව්ද බෝයි [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Lucky Luke'][Sirasa Tv]

(270) සොනික් [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Sonic The Hedgehog'(1992-1993)][Sirasa Tv]

(271) 'Biker Mice from Mars' Television cartoon series

(272) වලස් මාමා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Beary Family'][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(273) හා හා හරි හාවා [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Bugs Bunny'][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(274) 'GI Joe' Television cartoon
(275) 'Silver Hawks' Television cartoon series
(276) 'Thundercats' Television cartoon series
(278) 'Spellbinders / මායාබන්ධන' Television Series
(279) 'Ocean Girl' Television series
(280) 'Round the Twist' Television series
(281) 'Crash Zone' Television series
(283) 'Space Cases' Television series
(284) 'The Famous Five' Television series
(285) 'William Tell' Television series
(286) 'Robin Hood (1984–1986)' Television series
(287) 'Oshin (1983)' Television series
(288) 'Knight Rider (1982–1986)' Television series
(289) 'The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson [1998-1999]'  Television series
(290) Gone Baby Gone
(291) Argo
(292) The Town
(293) Warrior
(294) The Accountant
(295) Friends with Benefits
(296) 'Lingerie' Television series (Softcore pornography) [2009]
(297) 'Rush Hour' film series
(298) There will be blood
(299) No country for old men
(300) Deep Blue Sea
(301) The Lake Placid
(302) JAWS
(303) Goodbye Christopher Robin
(304) Saving Mr. Banks

(305) දිගන්තය / 'Diganthaya' [A musical program which was hosted on Sirasa TV]

(306) රස රිසි ගී / 'Rasa Risi Gee' [A musical program which was hosted on Sirasa TV]

(307) Hindi Top 10 [A Hindi musical program which was hosted on Sirasa TV]

(308) චක්‍රායුධය / 'Chakrayudhaya' Television Series

(309) මහතලා හටන / 'Mahathala Hatana' television series
(310) Sholey
(311) 'Don' Hindi film series
(312) The Wolf of Wallstreet
(313) Million Dollar Arm
(314) Hundred-foot journey
(315) Mr. India
(316) 'එකට ගැටුම' / 'ekata gatuma' television series
(317) 'දැකැති මුවහත' / 'Dakethi Muwahatha' television series
(318) 'බෝගල සවුන්දිරිස්' / 'Bogala Sawundiris' television series
(319) 'ඉසුරුයෝගය' / 'Isuruyogaya' television series
(320) 'වසන්ත කුසලාන' / 'Wasantha kusalana' television series
(321) 'සඳගලතැන්න' / 'Sandagalathanna' television series

(322) 'සම්පත් සාදය' / 'Sampath Saadaya' - a comedy television show which was telecasted on Independent Television Network Ltd. (ITN Sri Lanka).

(323) 'අටපට්ටම' / 'Atapattama' - a television show which deals with bizarre and amazing events and items so strange and unusual that viewers of the show might question the claims which were telecasted on the show. The show is telecasted in Independent Television Network Ltd. (ITN Sri Lanka).

(324) 'දොරමඬලාව' / 'Doramadalawa' - a television show specializing in which deals with Sri Lanka's most prevalent issues. Independent Television Network Ltd. (ITN Sri Lanka) correspondents contribute segments on topics ranging from lifestyle, pop culture, business, health, and science.

(325) 9.05 - a Sri Lankan Television show telecasted on Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, founded by Hema Nalin Karunaratne / හේම නලීන් කරුණාරත්න [27 August 1962 – 5 June 2018], which deals in new events and segments of Sri Lanka that are so innovative and unusual that viewers might learn new aspects of the contemporary Sri Lankan society.

(326) 'කෙළින් කතාව' / 'kelin kathawa' - a television talk show telecasted on Sirasa TV, hosted by Kingsly Rathnayake, which interviews famous Sri Lankan public figures related to lifestyle, pop culture, business, health, and science without bias revealing contemporary social issues and also their personal perception of life and society.

(327) Zodiac
(328) Six Days, Seven Nights
(329) 'Sheena' (2000–2002) television series
(330) 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' (1995–1999) television series
(331) 'Xena: Warrior Princess' (1995–2001) television series
(332) 'Young Hercules' TV Series (1998–1999)
(333) 'The Lost World' (TV Series 1999–2002)
(334) 'ආදරණිය වස්සානය' / 'adaraniya wassanaya' (2004)
(335) Relic Hunter - TV Series (1999–2002)
(336) BeastMaster - TV Series (1999–2002)
(337) The Adventures of Sinbad - TV Series (1996–1998)
(338) Gandhi
(339) 'Supernatural' television series
(340) 'Mind your language' television series
(341) 'The Big Bang Theory' television series
(342) 'Breaking Bad' television series
(343) 'Small Ville' Season 01 - Television series
(344) Tropic Thunder
(345) Gravity
(346) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
(347) The Revenant
(348) Cats and Dogs
(349) 'Scary Movie' Film series
(350) 'Harold and Kumar' film series
(351) 'Jump Street' film series
(352) The Judge
(353) Dredd
(354) The Devil's Advocate
(355) The Lunch Box
(356) Pacific Rim
(357) Tower Heist
(358) Daddy Day Care
(359) Space Jam (1996)
(360) Doctor Dolittle
(361) Dr. Dolittle 2
(362) Shrek
(363) Shrek 2
(364) Shrek the Third
(365) Shrek Forever After
(366) Police story (1985)
(367) Police story 2 (1988)
(398) Police story 3: Super Cop (1992)
(399) Police story 4: first strike (1996)
(400) New Police Story (2004)
(401) Shanghai Noon
(402) Shanghai Knights
(403) Who am I?
(404) Armor of God
(405) Armor of God 2: Operation Condor
(406) Around the world in 80 days (2004)
(407) Project A
(408) Dragons Forever (1988)
(409) City Hunter
(410) Drunken Master 2
(411) CZ12: Chinese Zodiac

(412) 'ඉසිවර හොරණෑ' / 'Isiwara Horane' -  [A comic television show hosted as a parody for Sri Lankan politics and political talk shows][Sirasa Tv]

(413) Bloodmoon (1990)

(414) Discovery Channel is an American pay television channel that is the flagship television property of Discovery, Inc., a publicly-traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

In the first years of 'Channel Eye' [A sister channel of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation] used to telecast documentaries of Discovery Channel. The channel's name [Channel Eye] is derived from its three focal points: Education, Youth, and Entertainment.

(415) 'හිත නිවන කතා' / 'Hitha Niwana Katha' - Poya day Buddhist teledrama series [Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(416) 'සංසාරේ පිය සටහන්' / 'Sansare Piya Satahan' - Poya day Buddhist teledrama series [Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(417) 'අන්දර වැට' / 'Andhara weta' - An anthology series is a radio, television or book series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season.

This was an anthology television series telecasted on Independent Television Network Ltd. (ITN Sri Lanka).

(418) 'The X Files' television series
(419) 'PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal' (TV Series 1996–2000)

(420) 'රුපවලෝකන' / 'Rupawalokana' - a Sri Lankan Television show telecasted on Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, focusing on the global and the local film scene.

(421) 'අහන්න අසයි ගයන්න' / 'Ahanna Asayi Gayanna' - [A musical television show hosted as a musical experience allowing external people to participate in competitive games hosted by a musician or a famous tv presenter][Sirasa Tv]

(422) 'සවනට වදනක්' / 'Sawanata Wadanak' - [A game show hosted with Sri Lankan celebrities and ordinary people][Sirasa Tv]

(423) 'හිනා ඊනා' / 'Hina Ina' - [A reality tv show that makes people fun in public places of Sri Lanka.][Sirasa Tv]

(424) 'ධවල යාමය' / 'Dhawala Yaamaya' - [A horror anthology television series][Sirasa Tv]

(425) 'මායා රූ' / 'Mayaa Ru' - [A horror anthology television series][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(426) Lunch Time TV - [A television show hosted in workplaces of Sri Lanka to enjoy there lunch hour of one single day with the participation of a television crew and a host][Sirasa Tv]

(427) Yes Boss / යර්ස් බොස් - [A comedy/drama television show.][Sirasa Tv]

(428) 'නෝනාවරුනි, මහත්වරුණි' / 'Nonawaruni Mahathwaruni' - [A comedy/drama television show.][Sirasa Tv]

(429) 'එතුමා'/'Ethuma' - [A comedy/drama television show.][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(430) 'පාර්ලිමන්ට් ජෝක්ස්'/'Parliament Jokes'

(431) 'ඇඟිලි සලකුණ' / 'Angili Salakuna' - [A television documetary/drama show on actual crime events of Sri Lanka][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(432) 'හතරදෙනෙක් සෙන්පතියෝ' / 'Hatharadenek Senpathiyo' Television series
(433) 'කොපි කඩේ' / 'Kopi Kade' Television series

(434) 'විදර්ශනා' / 'Widarshana' - Poya day Buddhist teledrama series [Sirasa TV]

(435) 'බඹරු ඇවිත්' / Bambaru Awith (Wasps are here)

(436) 'Cult එක / Eka' - A television show specializing in the use of aesthetics in society. [Hiru  Tv]

(437) 'මුතුහර ළමා සමාජය' රුපවාහිනී වැඩසටහන / 'Muthuhara' children's society and it's related TV show [Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(438) 'English Class For Me' Tv show [Sirasa TV]

(439) 'කුඹීච්චි' / 'Kumbichchi' [Sinhala dubbed television cartoon of 'Ferdy the Ant', a 1984 German-British children's animated television series][Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(440) 'Raja Aur Rancho' Hindi television series
(441) 'Malgudi days' Hindi television series

(442) 'මකර දඩයම' / 'Makara Dadayama' - [A detective/crime anthology television series][Sirasa Tv]

(443) Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
(444) 'Sesame Street' Television series
(445) 'The Muppet Show' Comedy series
(446) 'ළහිරු මඬල' children's show (ITN Sri Lanka)
(447) 'සුදු පුංචා' / 'Sudu Puncha' Children's muppet cartoons (ITN Sri Lanka)

(448) 'පංච තන්ත්‍රය' / 'Pancha Thanthraya' - Children's muppet cartoons based on fables like 'Pancha Thanthraya' (ITN Sri Lanka)

(449) 'Cartoon Network' cartoon franchise ['Samurai Jack' and 'The Tom and Jerry Show']

(450) 'Birdman and the Galaxy Trio' Cartoon series
(451) The New Adventures of Zorro (1981 TV series)
(452) 'Cool McCool' cartoon series
(453) Precious Pupp (1965 – 1967) TV series

(454) 'Sirasa Super Star' - A musical reality tv show based on searching new Sri Lankan talents to the music industry. [Sirasa Tv]

(455) 'The Hillbilly Bears' cartoon series (1965 – 1966)

(456)  Droopy: Master Detective (TV Series 1993–1994)

(457)  'Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy' cartoon series

(458) 'Afro Samurai' tv series

(459) 'Spongebob Squarepants' Cartoon series

(460) 'World of quest' Cartoon series

(461) 'Always breakdown' / 'ඕල් වෙයිස් බ්රේක් ඩොව්න්' - A comic muppet show as a parody to contemporary politics of Sri Lanka. [TNL Tv]

(462) 'Jana Handa' / 'ජන හඬ' - A political talk show about contemporary Sri Lanka. [TNL Tv]

(463) 'The Simpsons' Television series
(464) 'Hannah Barbera' Cartoons franchise
(465) 'Looney Toons' Cartoon franchise

(466) 'මණ්ඩුක බවන' / 'Manduka Bhawana' - A stop-motion Sinhala dubbed cartoon of The Wind in the Willows (TV Series 1984–1988) [Sirasa Tv]

(467) 'ස්කුබි ඩු' / 'Scooby-Doo' - The Sinhala dubbed version of the Scooby-Doo [an American animated franchise] [Sirasa Tv]

(468) 'වැලි පිල්ල' / 'WeliPilla' - A documentary television series about contemporary Sri Lankan writers and Sri Lankan Literature [DeranaTV]

(469) 'කථා කරන පොත්' / 'Katha Karana Poth' - A documentary television series about newly issued Sri Lankan literature books. [Ada Derena 24X7]

(470) 'Franklin' Cartoon Series (1997-2004)

(471) 'The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius' Cartoon Series (1998-2006)

(472) 'Mummies, Alive!' Cartoon Series (1997)

(473) 'Street Sharks' Cartoon Series (1994 - 1997)

(474) 'Conan the adventurer' Cartoon series (1992-1993)

(475) 'King Arthur and knights of Justice' Cartoon series (1992-1993)

(476) 'Denver, the Last Dinosaur' Cartoon series (1988)

(477) 'Saber Rider & the star sheriffs' Cartoon series

(478) 'X-Men' Cartoon series (October 31, 1992 – September 20, 1997)

(479) 'Dinosaucers' Cartoon series

(480) 'Lassie' (1997 TV series) [Lassie is a Canadian television series]

(481) The Gingerbread Man - Animated series (1992)

(482) Kung Fu (Tv Series) [1972-1975]

(483) Thunderstone (1999–2000)

(484) Silversun (2004)

(485) 24 (2001–2010)

(486) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)

(487) Inspector Gadget (1983–1986)

(488) The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper(1996–1998)
(489) Pingu (1986– )
(490) The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993–1995)
(491) Brum (1991–2002)
(492) Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
(493) 'Johnny English' film series
(494) 'Martin Mystery' (2003-2006) television series
(495) 'Totally Spies!' (2001-2014) television series
(496) 'Johnson and Friends' (1990-1995) television series
(497) 'Bananas in Pyjamas' / 'කෝලිකුට්ටු සහෝදරයෝ' (1992-2001) television series
(498) 'Art Attack' television series
(499) 'Babar' Cartoon series (1989-2000)

(500) 'Dekirukana' (できるかな) was an educational children's television show produced by NHK between 1967 and 1990. [Sinhala dubbed version was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation']

(501) 'Postman Pat' (1981-2017) television series

(502) 'Pico Pico Pong' (1991) muppet cartoon show telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation' produced in Japan.

(503) The Game
(504) The Social Network
(505) 'xXx' film series
(506) 'Riddick' film series
(507) Gone Girl
(508) The girl with the dragon tattoo
(509) The man from U.N.C.L.E.
(510) Snatch
(511) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
(512) RocknRolla
(513) Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
(514) Top Gun
(515) Wallstreet
(516) 'Hannibal' film series
(517) Inception
(518) Dunkirk
(519) 'STAR WARS' film franchise
(520) 'HARRY POTTER' film franchise
(521) Unstoppable
(522) The taking of Pelham 123
(523) Deja Vu
(524) Spy Game
(525) Crimson tide
(526) True Romance
(527) Days of Thunder
(528) 'Blade Runner' films
(529) The Martian
(530) Body of Lies
(531) Alice in Wonderland (2010)
(532) Batman (1989)
(533) Batman Returns (1992)
(534) Edward Scissorhands
(535) Ed Wood
(536) 'Planet of the Apes' film series
(537) The Great Gatsby (2013)
(538) Bridge of Spies (2015)
(539) All is lost
(540) World War Z
(541) Philomena
(542) Wreck-it Ralph
(543) Meet Dave
(544) 'Well, Just You Wait!' cartoon series
(545) The Seventh Seal
(546) The French Connection
(547) The Ides of March
(548) Moneyball
(549) Wish Kid (TV Series 1991– )
(550) Bump in the Night (TV Series 1994–1995)
(551) Beethoven (TV Series 1994)
(552) Bobby's World (TV Series 1990–1998)
(553) Timmy Time (TV Series 2009– )
(554) Beetlejuice (TV Series 1989–1991)
(555) Mighty Ducks (TV Series 1996–1997)
(556) Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series 1990–1995)
(557) The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (TV Series 1995– )
(558) Where's Waldo? (TV Series 1991)
(559) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
(560) Jungle Cubs (TV Series 1996–1998)
(561) Goof Troop (TV Series 1992–1993)
(562) Hugo
(563) 'සොමි බෝයිස්' / 'Somy Boys'

(564) 'කතුර' / 'Kathura' - A television comedy talk show hosted as a parody to contemporary Sri Lankan politics. [Sirasa Tv]

(565) 'America's Funniest Home Videos' TV series
(566) 'The Zack Files' (TV Series 2000–2002)

(567) 'සමාවෙන්න සර්' / 'Samaawenna sir' [A comedy/drama television show.][Sirasa Tv]

(568) 'විනිවිදීම අඳුර' / 'Vinividimi Adura' (Through the Darkness) reflected Famous Sri Lankan short stories made into an anthology teledrama series which was telecasted on ITN network.

(569) 'විරාගය' / 'Viraagaya'
(570) The 40-year-old virgin
(571) 'Kill Bill' film series
(572) The Pulp fiction
(573) Desperado
(574) The Other Guys
(575) Shaolin Soccer
(576) Blue Streak

(577) 'Sherlock hound' animated series [Sinhala dubbed version was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation']

(578) Get smart

(579) 'බෝඩිම' / 'Bodima' - A comedy / drama television series [Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(580) 'The Water Margin (1998 TV series)' [Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]

(581) 'දූ දරුවෝ' / 'Du Daruwo' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(582) 'නෑදෑයෝ' / 'Nadayo' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(583) 'පුංචි වීරයෝ' / 'Punchi Weerayo' - A children's teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(584) 'කීටයා' / 'Keetaya' - A detective teledrama series which was telecasted on a Sri Lankan television channel. [Can't remember the channel]

(585) 'රතු රෝස' / 'Rathu Rosa' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(586) 'දිය සුළිය' / 'Diya Suliya' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(587) 'ඉන්ගම්මාරුව' / 'Ingammaruwa' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(588) 'ඉටි පහන්' / 'Iti pahan' - A teledrama which was telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(589) 'නිවටයා' / 'Niwataya' - A comedy teledrama series which was telecasted on a Sri Lankan television channel. [Can't remember the channel]

(590) 'Anaconda' film series
(592) Amazon (TV Series 1999–2000)
(593) Alias (TV Series 2001–2006)
(594) Conan (TV Series 1997–1998)
(595) 'Fearless' (2006)
(596) Hero
(597) War
(598) 'The Expendables' Film series
(599) Jumanji (1995)
(600) Casper (1995)
(601) Stuart Little (1999)
(602) 101 Dalmatians (1996)
(603) Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (Video 1997)
(604) Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
(605) Aladdin (1994–1995)
(606) Baazigar
(607) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
(608) Yes Boss (1997)
(609) Ashoka the Great (2001)
(610) Devdas (2002)
(611) Veer & Zaara
(612) Billu
(613) Koyla
(614) Dil Se (1998)
(615) Army (1996)
(616) Dil to Pagal Hai
(617) Baadshah
(618) One 2 Ka 4
(619) Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002)
(620) Roja (1992)
(621) Bombay (1995)
(622) Guru (2007)
(623) Ravaan (2010)
(624) Hello Brother (1999)
(625) Tees Maar Khan (2010)
(626) Padaiyappa (1999)
(627) Baba (2002)
(628) Aankhen (2002 film)
(629) Main Hoon Na (2004)
(630) 'DHOOM' film series
(631) Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)
(632) Krrish (2006)
(633) The Weather Man (2005)
(634) Collateral Damage (2002)
(635) Angels & Demons (2009)
(636) Public Enemies (2009)
(637) The LEGO movie
(638) Thanedaar (1990)
(639) Mission Kashmir (2000)
(640) Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002)
(641) Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
(642) Plan (2004)
(643) Rudraksh (2004)
(644) Parineeta (2005)
(645) Dus (2005)
(646) Taxi No. 9211 (2006)
(647) Saajan (1991)
(648) Sultan (2016)
(649) Archie's Weird Mysteries (TV Series 1999–2000)
(650) 'Ip Man' film series
(651) Doom (2005)
(652) The Thing (1982)
(653) Hitman (2007)
(654) Street Fighter (1994)
(655) Notting Hill (1999)
(656) 'The Karate Kid' film series (1984 - 1994)
(657) Repo Men (2010)
(658) Hera Pheri (2000)
(659) Border (1997 film)
(660) Fanaa (2006)
(661) Taare Zameen Par (2007)
(662) Aks (2001)
(663) Jung (2000)
(664) Men of Honor (2000)
(665) Evolution (2001)
(666) Highlander: The Animated Series (1994 - 1996)
(667) Baby follies (TV Series 1993–1994)
(668) Avatar: The Last Airbender (2003 - 2008)
(669) Hercules (1997)
(670) Lady and the Tramp (1955)
(671) Tangled (2010)
(672) The Tourist (2010)
(673) The Legend of Korra (TV Series 2012–2014)
(674) Super 8 (2011)
(675) Kidsongs (American TV show) - [1985 - 1998]
(676) A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
(677) Real Steel (2011)
(678) Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
(679) Kismat (2004)
(680) Chor Machaaye Shor (2002)
(681) The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - American television series (1989)
(682) Princesse Du Nil (Series) (Princess of the Nile) (1998) Cartoon Series
(683) The Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad (1975 - 1976)

(684) Princess Sheherazade - French animated series (1996 - 1999)

(685) Havoc in Heaven (1961) or Monkey King Conquers the Demon {Jin hou Xiang yao} (1985) [Animation]

(686) Giju / ගිජු (Horror teledrama telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation' [1992])

(687) Face/off
(688) Viper [American TV series] [1994-1999]

(689) Anpanman / ඥාන කතා මල්ලියා [Sinhala dubbed cartoon telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation']

(690) Hotel De Kalabala / හොටෙල් ද කලබල [A comedy television series telecasted 'TNL' Sri Lanka]

(691) Lakeer – Forbidden Lines (2004)
(692) Aan: Men at Work (2004)

(693) සෙනෙහෙවන්තයෝ / Senehewanthayo [1997] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(694) හිරු කුමාරි / Hiru Kumari [1998] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(695) බෝනික්කෝ / Bonikko [1999] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(696) සත්පුර වැසියෝ  / Sathpura Wasiyo [2000]  (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(697) සුරිය දරුවෝ / Sooriya Daruwo [2002] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(698) පාරාදීසය / Paaradeesaya [2003] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(699) වසන්තය ඇවිල්ලා / Wasanthaya Awilla [2004] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(700) මම නෙමෙයි මම / Mama Nemey Mama [2005] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(701) තරු කුමාරි / Tharu Kumari [2006] (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(702) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

(703) සත්සර රංගන / Sathsara Rangana (A teledrama series which was telecasted on ITN network.)

(704) හැරී ඇන්ඩ් ජෙරී / Harry and Jerry (A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(705) Atlantis: The Lost Empire [2001]

(706) Super Six (2012) - Comedy / rom-com [Romantic/Comedy]

(707) One Shot [2005] - (Action)

(708) Casablanca (1942)

(709) Andhamandha Dupatha / අන්දමන්ද දුපත - A Tv show telecasted on Sirasa Tv as a parody for News and political talk shows.

(710)Gupt: The Hidden Truth 1997‧ Drama/Thriller

(711) කඩුමුණ / Kadumuna - A television series telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(712) සැරිසර / Sarisara - A television show specializing in Sri Lankan tourism and sightseeing telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'.

(713) Shark tale (2004)

(714) Red Scorpion 1988 ‧ Thriller/Action

(715) Assassins (1995)

(716) Con Air (1997)

(717) Daredevil (2003)

(718) Pain and Gain (2013)

(719) Creature (TV Mini-Series 1998)

(720) The Rats 2002 ‧ Television film/Drama

(721) 'Kimba the White Lion', 'Leo the White Lion' and  'Jungle Emperor Leo' (1997) Cartoon series

(722) 'Popeye the Sailor' Cartoon series

(723) 'Shutter Island' (2010)

(724) 'කහ ඉර පාමුල' / 'Kaha Ira Paamula' Television series (Teledrama) which was telecasted on ITN Sri Lanka.

(725) Kazaam (1996)

(726) Prabhakaran / ප්‍රභාකරන් (2008)

(727) ගාමණී / Gaamani (2011)

(728) Raju Chacha - 2000 ‧ Bollywood/Drama

(729) Some Birds Can't Fly (1997)

(730) Men in Black: The Series [Animated series] (1997 - 2001)

(731) Digimon: The Movie 2000 ‧ Fantasy/Sci-fi

(732) Pokémon: The First Movie 1998 ‧ Fantasy/Action ‧

(734) Hum Tum (2004)

(735) Extreme Ghostbusters - American animated series (1997)

(736) Ghostbusters - Animated series (1986)

(737) Ghostbusters duology (1984 and 1989)

(738) Paulie - 1998 ‧ Drama/Fantasy ‧

(739) Fly Away Home (1996)

(740) RoboCop - 1987 ‧ Crime/Sci-fi ‧

(741) RoboCop: The Series - Canadian television series - 1994

(742) Dark Angel - Television series - 2002

(743) Courage the Cowardly Dog - American animated series (1996 - 2002)

(744) Martial Law [American-Canadian comedy series] (1998 - 2000)

(745) Fastlane - American drama series - (2002 - 2003)

(746) The Atom Ant Show (TV Series 1965–1968)

(747) The Angry Beavers - American sitcom : (1997 - 2001)

(748) Secret Squirrel: TV show (1965 - 1966)

(749) Alif Laila: Indian television series (1993 - 1997)

(750) The Thief and the Cobbler - 1993 ‧ Fantasy/Adventure ‧

(751) The Huckleberry Hound Show - Animated series (1958 - 1961)

(752) Speed (1994)

(753) Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

(754) Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

(755) Open Season (2006)

(756) Flushed Away (2006)

(757) Chicken Run (2000)

(758) Megamind (2010)

(759) Madagascar (2005)

(760) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

(761) Antz (1998)

(762) Ratatouille (2007)

(763) How to train your dragon (2010)

(764) Bee Movie (2007)

(765) Despicable Me (2010)

(766) Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century - American-British-French animated series (1999 - 2001)

(767) Shirt tales - TV program (1982 - 1983)

(768) Beast Machines: Transformers - American-Canadian animated series (1999 - 2000)

(769) The Legend of White Fang - Television series ( 1992 - 1994)

(770) Teen Wolf - American television series (1986 - 1987)

(771) Star Wars: Ewoks (1985 - 1986)

(772) The Care Bears Family - The Care Bears (original title) [ TV Series (1985–1988)]

(773) Dino Babies - Animated series [1994 - 1996]

(774) Deep Rising (1998)  [Sci-fi/Action]

(775) Tremors (1990)

(776) Bats 1999 ‧ Thriller/Action

(777) Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)

(778) King Cobra (1999)

(779) Mighty Joe Young (1998)

(780) Invictus (2009)
(781) Sicario (2015)
(782) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) ‧ Action/Mystery ‧
(783) TMNT (2007) ‧ Fantasy/Sci-fi ‧
(784) Yonggary (1999) ‧ Fantasy/Sci-fi ‧
(785) තණ්හා රති රඟා / Thanha Rathi Ranga (2014) ‧ Drama/Thriller
(786) Meet the parents (2000)
(787) Meet the Fockers (2004)
(788) Little Fockers (2010)
(789) Into the Wild (2007) ‧ Drama/Adventure ‧
(790) Forrest Gump (1994) ‧ Drama/Comedy-drama ‧
(791) A Fistful of Dollars (1964) ‧ Drama/Action ‧
(792) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) ‧ Action/Adventure ‧

(793) The 'Death' film trilogy by Alejandro González Iñárritu - [ Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006)]

(794) Malèna (2000) ‧ Drama/Romance ‧

(795) Saroja / සරෝජා (2000)
(796) Punchi Suranganavi / පුංචි සුරංගනාවී (2002)
(797) Sooriya Arana / සූරිය අරණ (2004)
(798) Samanala Thatu / සමනළ තටු (2005)
(799) Siri Raja Siri / සිරි රජ සිරි (2008)
(800) Bindu / බිංදු (2009)
(801) Siri Parakum / සිරි පැරකුම් (2013)

(802) අකාල සන්ද්‍යා / 'Akaala Sandya' - A Sinhalese teledrama telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(803) රැජන  / 'Rajana' - A Sinhalese teledrama telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation'

(804) Chain Reaction (1996) ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧

(805) True Detective  | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (2014– )

(806) Millennium | Crime, Drama, Horror | TV Series (1996–1999)

(807) 28 Weeks Later (2007) ‧ Drama/Thriller ‧

(808) The Condemned (2007) ‧ Crime/Thriller ‧

(809) 'Commando' Hindi film series

(810) The Golden Compass (2007) ‧ Adaptation/Drama ‧

(811) The Tournament (2009) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧

(812) Black Knight (2001) ‧ Comedy/Adventure ‧

(813) The Grudge (2004) ‧ Horror/Thriller ‧

(814) The Interview (2014) ‧ Comedy/Action ‧

(815) Band of Brothers (2001) ‧ Drama ‧ (TV Mini-Series)

(816) My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) ‧ Romance/Rom-com ‧

(817) Contagion (2011) ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧

(818) Deep Impact (1998) ‧ Sci-fi/Drama ‧

(819) Judge Dredd (1995) ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧

(820) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) ‧ Action/Adventure ‧

(821) Death Race (2008) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(822) Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the, Believe It or Not, feature proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, television, comic books, a chain of museums, and a book series. 

(This television show was telecasted on MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd which is a Sri Lankan media company which owns three national television channels - Shakthi TV, Sirasa TV and TV 1. It also owns the Hit TV, News First, and Ethalaya.com. The company was established in 1992 as a joint venture between Capital Maharaja and Singapore Telecommunications. Singapore Telecommunications sold its share in the company to Gregson Holdings Ltd in 1998. Later International Media Management invested in the company.)

(823) Yes Man (2008) ‧ Comedy/Rom-com ‧

(824) Barney & Friends (1992) ‧ Comedy ‧ - TV Series

(825) Raja Kaduwa / රජ කඩුව (A comedy television series telecasted on 'Sirasa Tv')

(826) Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) ‧ Comedy/Martial Arts ‧

(827) 'සෙල්ලම් ගෙදර / Sellam Gedara' (An anthology teledrama series with characters played by children roleplaying as adults) [ Telecasted on ITN]

(828) The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) ‧ Drama/History ‧

(829) Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005) ‧ War/Drama ‧

(830) A Walk in the Clouds (1995) ‧ Romance/Drama ‧

(831) A Walk to Remember (2002) ‧ Romance/Drama ‧

(832) Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) ‧ Romance/Musical ‧

(833) Shahenshah (1988 film)

(834) Sudo Sudu / සුදෝ සුදු ( A Sinhalese teledrama telecasted on 'Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation')

(835) Janaka Saha Manju / ජනක සහ මංජු (1978)

(833) සංක්‍රාන්ති / Sankranthi (2007)

(834) උතුවන්කන්දේ සුර සරදියෙල් / Uthuwankande Soora Saradiyel - A Sinhalese teledrama telecasted on Independent Television Network (ITN), Sri Lanka.

(835) Baby's Day Out (1994) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(836) Dennis the Menace (1993) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(837) Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (फिर भी दिल है हिन्दुस्तानी) (2000) ‧ Bollywood/Comedy-drama ‧

(838) Rishtey (2002) | Action, Drama

(839) Dil Ka Rishta (2003) ‧ Romance/Bollywood ‧

(840) Pardes (1997) ‧ Musical/Romance ‧

(841) Super (2010) ‧ Comedy/Action ‧

(842) සිරි සිරිමල් / Siri Sirimal (Sri Lankan television series telecasted on National Rupavahini Corporation: 2007 - 2008)

(843) සිහින වසන්තයක් / Sihina Wasanthayak (Summer of Dreams) [Sri Lankan television series telecasted on Sirasa Tv: 2008 - 2009]

(844) Tron: Legacy (2010) ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧

(845) Gulliver's Travels (2010) ‧ Family/Adventure ‧

(846) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968) ‧ Cartoon ‧ 1 season - The Sinhala dubbed version was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation' as 'ගලිවර්ගේ මුහුදු සැරිය'.

(847) 'හත් පණ' / Hath Pana - The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation'

(848) Mortal Kombat (1995) ‧ Action/Adventure ‧

(849) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) ‧ Action/Fantasy ‧

(850) Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998) ‧ Martial arts ‧ 1 season

(851) The Flintstones (1994) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(852) Inspector Gadget (1999) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(853) 'Felix the Cat' cartoons

Felix the Cat is a funny-animal cartoon character created in the silent film era. The anthropomorphic black cat with his black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history.

(854) 'Betty Boop' cartoons

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures.

(855) 'Heckle and Jeckle' Cartoons 

Heckle and Jeckle are postwar animated cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, originally produced at his own Terrytoons animation studio and released through 20th Century Fox.

(856) The Marine (2006) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(857) Shree 420 (1955) ‧ Bollywood/Drama ‧

(858) 'Bonsoir' Television show

‘Bonsoir’ was born in July 1985, somewhere around the time of Bastille Day and exactly 196 years after the French Revolution. It was a program that enthralled Sri Lankan television audiences for a full quarter of a century. Its primary raison d’etre was to showcase France in all her dimensions. Well, not only the obvious French gastronomic ‘trinity’ of bread, wine, and cheese … but also her technology, her sport, her culture, her foreign relations, etc, etc, etc.

It was a ‘window to France’ on Sri Lankan television and was telecast on ITN, featuring Sri Lankans and Sri Lankan events who had some kind of a link with France. ‘Bonsoir’ was a fine example of a healthy and fruitful co-operation between the French Foreign Ministry, the French Embassy in Colombo, and ITN. With Sri Lankans having absolutely no access to the internet and cable TV at that time, ‘Bonsoir’, did enrich the local viewing experience and successfully played its pre-determined role of bringing France into Sri Lankan sitting rooms.

Bonsoir finally wound up at the end of 2010. It has however left behind an indelible memory with the thousands who literally grew up with it. Now I retrospect, I’m very happy that I too was part of that formidable team which contributed to Bonsoir’s success on Sri Lankan television.

"The Bonsoir Diaries' in The Nation every Sunday through 2012, brings to life little known facts of Bonsoir, the 'making of', and its colorful journey through Sri Lankan television.

(859) 'කරුවල ගෙදර' / 'Kaluwara Gedara' - The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'Independent Television Network (ITN)'

(860) 'භාවත්‍රා' / 'Bhavathra' - The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation'

(861) 'සබඳ පබිලිස්' / 'Sabanda Pabilis' The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation'

(862) The Ice Harvest (2005) ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ 

(863) Bluffmaster! (2005) ‧ Comedy/Bollywood ‧

(864) Space Cowboys (2000) ‧ Adventure/Drama ‧

(865) ALF (1986) ‧ Sitcom ‧

(866) කොළඹ සන්නිය / Kolamba Sanniya (1976) ‧ Comedy - Kolamba Sanniya is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka.

(867) Atomic Twister (2002) ‧ Disaster/Action

(868) Volcano (1997) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(869) The Lake (1998) ‧ Horror/Thriller ‧

(870) Doctor Zhivago (1965) ‧ Romance/War ‧

(871) Oliver! (1968) ‧ Musical/Drama ‧

(872) The Sound of Music (1965) ‧ Musical/Family ‧

(873) District 9 (2009) ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧

(874) Mary Poppins (1964) ‧ Musical/Family ‧

(875) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) ‧ Fantasy/Adventure ‧

(876) National Treasure (2004) ‧ Adventure/Action ‧

(877) National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) ‧ Adventure/Action ‧

(878) Ira Madiyama (August Sun) (Sinhala: ඉර මැදියම) (2005)

(879) Death on a Full Moon Day (පුරහඳ කළුවර) (1997) ‧ Drama ‧

(880) Tycus (1998) ‧ Sci-fi/Disaster ‧

(881) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) ‧ Action/Romance ‧

(882) Salt (2010) ‧ Action/Mystery ‧

(883) Fighting (2009) ‧ Action/Drama ‧

(884) Primeval (2007) ‧ Horror/Thriller ‧

(885) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) ‧ Action/Adventure ‧

(886) The Island (2005) ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧

(887) 'The Chronicles of Narnia' film series

(888) The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) ‧ Fantasy/Family ‧

(889) 'Transformers' Film series

(890) A Simple Plan (1998) ‧ Thriller/Crime ‧

 

(891) Gremlins (1984) ‧ Horror/Fantasy ‧

(892) Monk (2002) ‧ Crime ‧

(893) Sangharsh (1999) ‧ Thriller/Bollywood ‧

(894) So Close (2002) ‧ Action/Martial Arts ‧

(895) Your Highness (2011) ‧ Comedy/Adventure ‧

(896) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) ‧ Family/Fantasy ‧

(897) The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) | Adventure, Drama, Family

(898) Basic (2003) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧

(899) Adventureland (2009) ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧

(900) Fluke (1995) ‧ Family/Drama ‧

(901) The Warrior's Way (2010) - Action, Fantasy, Western

(902) Clash of the Titans (2010) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |

(903) Wrath of the Titans (2012) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 

(904) Carnosaur (1993) ‧ Sci-fi/Horror ‧

(905) Napoleon (1995) ‧ Family/Adventure ‧

(906) The Breakfast Club (1985) ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧

(907) Lajja (2001) ‧ Drama/Drama ‧

(908) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) ‧ Romance/Bollywood ‧

(909) Isuru Bhavana / ඉසුරු භවන - The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation' 

(910) Miss Congeniality (2000) ‧ Comedy/Action ‧

(911) Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(912) Paul (2011) ‧ Comedy/Sci-fi ‧

(913) Troy (2004) ‧ War/Action ‧

(914) Kalu sudu antharaya / කළු සුදු අන්තරය - [A television documentary/drama show on actual crime events of Sri Lanka] [The Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'Independent Television Network (ITN)]

(915) Roswell (1999) ‧ Sci-fi ‧

(916) The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957) ‧ Comedy ‧

(917) The Pink Panther Show (1969) ‧ 17 seasons

(918) Mysterious Island (1995) ‧ Drama ‧ 1 season

(919) Stargate (1994) ‧ Sci-fi/Adventure ‧ 

(920) Pitaah (2002) ‧ Drama/Action ‧   

(921) Street Kings (2008) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧

(922) Chaos (2005) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(923) Set It Off (1996) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(924) Takers (2010) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(925) Hostage (2005) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(926) Krodh (2000) ‧ Bollywood/Drama ‧

(927) Disturbia (2007) ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧

(928) පාන් බට්ටා / Paan Batta [Sri Lankan television series telecasted on Sirasa Tv]

(929) කුමාරයාණෙනි / Kumarayaneni [Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation']

(930) Le Kiri Kandulu (Blood, Milk, and Tears) (Sinhala: ලේ කිරි කඳුළු) (2003)

(931) Praveena / ප්‍රවීණා [ A Sinhala dubbed version of a Hindi soap opera telecasted on Sirasa TV]

(932) Maha Gedara / මහ ගෙදර [A Sinhala dubbed version of a Hindi soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi telecasted on Sirasa TV]

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (English: Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too) is an Indian soap opera that aired from 3 July 2000 to 6 November 2008 on Star Plus. The entire series is available on Hotstar. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms.

The show revolved around an ideal daughter-in-law Tulsi Virani, the daughter of a pandit married to the grandson of rich business tycoon Govardhan Virani. The role of the protagonist Tulsi Virani was played by Smriti Irani.

(933) Shanthi / ශාන්ති [ A Sinhala dubbed version of a Hindi soap opera starring Mandira Bedi telecasted on Sirasa TV]

(934) Pragathi / ප්‍රගති [ A Sinhala dubbed version of a Hindi soap opera starring Mandira Bedi telecasted on Sirasa TV]

(935) පබා / Paba [ A Sinhala soap opera telecasted on 'Independent Television Network (ITN)]

(936) බට්ටි / Batti [ A Sinhala soap opera telecasted on 'Independent Television Network (ITN)]

(937) මනෝකාය / Manokaya [Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation']

(938) දාමණි / Damani [ A Sinhala soap opera telecasted on 'Sirasa Tv']

(939) කින්දුරන්ගනා / Kindurangana (2007) ‧ Romance - Kindurangana is a 2007 Sri Lankan drama television series telecast on Sirasa TV on 2007. This television series was inspired by Hindi soap opera "Kasamh Se".

(940) Unknown (2011) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧

(941) Taken (2008) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 

(942) Spiders (2000) ‧ Horror/Sci-fi ‧

(943) 'Under Siege' duology

(944) The Patriot (1998) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(945) The Mask: Animated Series (1995) ‧ Animation ‧ 2 seasons

(946) Hero and the Terror (1988) ‧ Action/Action Thriller ‧

(947) Blown Away (1994) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(948) Witness (1985) ‧ Crime/Thriller ‧

(949) Boys (2003) ‧ Romance/Drama ‧

(950) Mr. Murder (1998) | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

(951) The Proposal (2009) ‧ Romance/Comedy ‧

(952) Babe (1995) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(953) The Campaign (2012) ‧ Comedy/Satire ‧

(954) Forest Warrior (1996) ‧ Adventure/Fantasy ‧

(955) Eragon (2006) ‧ Fantasy/Adventure ‧

(956) Sucker Punch (2011) ‧ Action/Fantasy ‧

(957) Stardust (2007) ‧ Adventure/Fantasy ‧

(958) Aba / අබා (2008) ‧ History/Drama ‧

(959) Anjalika / අංජලිකා (2006) ‧ Romance

(960) Hiripoda Wassa (හිරිපොද වැස්ස) (2006) ‧Romance ‧

(961) They Nest (2000) ‧ Horror/Sci-fi ‧

(962) HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin (1998) ‧ 3 seasons

(963) Team Knight Rider (1997) ‧ Action fiction ‧ 1 season

(964) Kaal (2005) ‧ Thriller/Bollywood ‧

(965) Raaz (2002) ‧ Horror/Romance ‧

(966) Raat (1992) ‧ Horror/Thriller ‧

(967) Source Code (2011) ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧

(968) Rosa Wasanthe / රෝස වසන්තේ  (2001)

(969) Disappearance (2002) ‧ Thriller/Horror ‧

(970) Daybreakers (2009) ‧ Horror/Sci-fi ‧

(971) Juno (2007) ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧

(972) Eagle Eye (2008) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(973) Superhero Movie (2008) ‧ Comedy/Action ‧

(974) John Carter (2012) ‧ Sci-fi/Adventure ‧

(975) Krishna Cottage (2004) ‧ Horror/Thriller ‧

(976) Vadh (2002) Mystery, Thriller |

(977) Fiza (2000) | Action, Crime, Drama | 

(978) Zinda (2006) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(979) She's the Man (2006) ‧ Romance/Comedy ‧

(980) Wedding Crashers (2005) ‧ Comedy/Romance ‧

(981) The Hot Chick (2002) ‧ Comedy/Teen ‧

(982) Scooby-Doo (2002) ‧ Mystery/Mystery ‧

(983) Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) ‧ Family/Mystery ‧

(984) Elaan (2005) ‧ Thriller/Action ‧

(985) 13 (2010) ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧

(986) The Jackal (1997) ‧ Action/Thriller ‧

(987) The Day of the Jackal (1973) ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧

(988) The Incredibles (2004) ‧ Animation/Family ‧ 

(989) Wasudha / වසුදා - A Sinhala soap opera telecasted on 'Sirasa TV'.

(990) Courage Under Fire (1996) ‧ War/Drama ‧

(991) 30 Minutes or Less (2011) | Action, Comedy, Crime |

(992) Due Date (2010) ‧ Comedy/Road ‧

(993) The Running Man (1987) ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧

(994) Twin Dragons (1992) ‧ Comedy/Martial Arts ‧

(995) Hatya (1988) ‧ Bollywood/Thriller ‧

(996) Walking Tall (2004) ‧ Action/Action/Adventure ‧

(997) Matilda (1996) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(998) Next (2007) ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧

(999) Red Planet (2000) ‧ Sci-fi/Adventure ‧

(1000) Mentors - TV Series (1998–2005)

(1001) Alien Nation is a 1988 American buddy cop neo-noir science fiction action film.

(1002) Chamatkar (1992)

(1003) Ultraviolet (2006) ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧

(1004) Baddegedara / බැද්දේගෙදර - [Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation']

(1005) Wanawadule Wasanthaya / වනවදුලේ වසන්තය [Sinhala teledrama was telecasted on 'National Rupavahini Corporation']

(1006) Smart House (TV Movie)  (1999)

(1007) Timeline (2003) ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧

(1008) Dunston Checks In (1996) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(1009) The Losers (2010) ‧ Action/Superhero ‧

(1010) The Parent Trap (1998) ‧ Family/Comedy ‧

(1011) Valentine (2001) ‧ Horror/Slasher ‧

(1012) Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) ‧ Cartoon ‧ 5 seasons

(1013) Action Man (1995) ‧ Adventure ‧

(1014) Project: Shadowchaser (1992-1996 Film Series)

(1015) Legacy of the Silver Shadow (2002) ‧ Children's television series ‧ 1 season

References

Polwatte, D. (2017). 14 - Attitude. [Blog] 3rd World. Available at: https://3rdworldpa1.blogspot.com/2017/09/14-attitude.html (Accessed date: 8/7/2018).

Arthur C. Clarke - Centennial Celebration (2017/12/16) : I went for the RAMA quadrilogy (1973 - 1993)

Since I (Mr. Dimantha Polwatte) was a child, I was amazed and was haunted by science fiction.

I used to read Sinhala translations of science fiction written by western English writers.

I was also able to read a Sinhala translation of a collection of short stories by Mr. Arthur C. Clarke (A.C.C.) himself. It was purchased to me by my father. (Mr. Prasad Polwatte)

During the time of 2007 after General Certificate Examination (G.C.E.) Ordinary Level (O/L) one of my cousin brother from my mother's side (Mr. Rajith Munasinghe) gave me "Rendezvous with Rama (1973)" to be read during the holidays after the examinations. Mr. Rajith himself is a big fan of Science fiction and English literature. The book was so tough and hard science fiction for me. But I read it anyway. And then I asked for "Rama II (1989)" from him as well to continue with the series. This, however, was not focused, precise and brilliant as the predecessor. Maybe because it was written as a collaboration with Mr. Gentry Lee.

Then after 3 months, I have received my results and it was evident that I have got through my G.C.E. O/L examinations with good results, leading my cousin brother (Mr. Rajith) to purchase me "The Garden of Rama (1991)". It was also a collaboration between Mr. Clarke and Mr. Lee. I read it for the pure joy, commitment, and curiosity of reading an A.C.C. science fiction.

And eventually, after 2010 I got myself the fourth installment of the book, "Rama revealed (1993)" using "eBay" to be sent to our home at Gampaha. In the end, Mr. Clarke and Mr. Lee close the story paying homage to the "RAMA quadrilogy" and it's characters.

And as time goes by at the end of 2017, I am a graduate, a half qualified banker of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) and a member of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AATSL).

And also I was working as a trainee auditor at KPMG: Sri Lanka.

Anyway my elder brother Mr.Avantha, who is a big fan of "The Geek Club of Sri Lanka" mentioned to me that on 16th December 2017 there is an "Arthur C. Clarke Centennial Celebration" organized by The Geek Club of Sri Lanka at Calcey Technologies, Maradana, Colombo.

Me, my elder brother Mr. Avantha and my father Mr. Prasad decided to spend half our Saturday (16th) on this event. My brother invited our cousin brother (Mr. Rajith) also but, now since he's a lecturer at the University of Colombo, entrepreneur and a family man he was too busy to attend.

Before explaining the event which was an amazing experience and a brilliantly executed occasion, I must discuss the character Mr. Arthur C. Clarke briefly.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008) was a British Science Fiction writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

He is famous for being a co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey", widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time.

Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society.

Clarke emigrated from England to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1956, largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving. (wikipedia.com)

This occasion basically celebrated Arthur C. Clarke's 100th year anniversary of his birthday.

In a sense, the meaning of the word "centennial celebration" will be described as the "one hundred years" anniversary of a person or any occasion.

"The Geek Club of Sri Lanka" was able to gather the following resource persons to the event to make their contributions.


01. "Introduction to the event" by Mr. Naveen Weeraratne ( 10.00 A.M. to 10.30 A.M.)

02. "Forecasting the future in stories" by Mr. Terry Mixon and Mr. Paul Cooley ( 10.30 A.M. to 11.30 A.M)

03. "Silver Coin wreck at Great Basses Reef" by Doctor Kavan Ranathunga ( 11.30 A.M. to 12.05 P.M.)

04. "A.C.C.'s predictions for Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Communication and how we use them now." by Mr. Sriganesh Lokanathan ( 12.10 A.M. to 12.45 P.M.)

05. "Economics and politics of the future" by Mr. Chris Dharmakirti

06. "The Ghost of HAL: Artificial Intelligence then, now and tomorrow" by Mr. Yudanjaya Wijeratne

07. "Big data in astronomy" by Mr. Thilina Heenatigala

08. "Educating with water Rockets" by Mr. Milan Perera and Mr. Yuneth Wijenayake

Due to our personal commitments, I and my family members were only able to participate in the first 04 sessions whose names are given above.

01. "Introduction to the event" by Mr. Naveen Weeraratne ( 10.00 A.M. to 10.30 A.M.)


The event started with an introduction from Mr. Naveen Weeraratne.

 Mr. Naveen Weeraratne is a Lanka Comic Con trustee, Lanka comic con was founded by members of "The Geek Club of Sri Lanka".

It is now managed by the Sri Lanka Comic-con trust, a non-profit, for the benefit of Sri Lanka's Geek Community.

He is a miniature painter, living in Sri Lanka. And also a renowned science fiction writer.

He wrote "The Hundred Gram Mission", "Burning Eagle", "Planet 9 (The Last stories of Humankind: Book 01)" and "The Ice Moon explorer".

He started his introduction around 10.00 a.m. and it went on till 10.30 a.m.

He discussed how "Arthur C. Clarke" impacted technology, modern lifestyle, science fiction literature and the disruption (In the business sense - https://www.tonyrobbins.com/career-business/what-disruption-really-means/) for future scientific innovations.

Then the first two speakers from the United States of America (USA) were about to be connected using Skype.

02. "Forecasting the future in stories" by Mr. Terry Mixon and Mr. Paul Cooley ( 10.30 A.M. to 11.30 A.M)

They were "Terry Mixon" and "Paul Cooley". It was 3 AM in the morning at the United States of America (USA) when we tried to connect with them on Skype.

Terry Mixon (born November 2, 1964) is an American science fiction author. He is the author of the "Empire of Bones" and the "Humanity Unlimited" series, as well as other works, and short stories. His work has appeared in several anthologies.

Mixon served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army 101st Airborne Division. He also works alongside the flight controllers at the NASA Johnson space center.

Mixon is a science fiction genre podcaster and co-host of the "Dead Robots Society" podcast. He is a proponent of authors releasing their work independent of traditional publishers, and advocates for the 'indie' model of book distribution regularly on the "Dead Robots Society" podcast and in interviews.

In 2014, Mixon released the first book in the "Empire of Bones series: Empire of Bones". (Wikipedia.com)

"Paul E. Cooley" or "Paul Elard Cooley" is an American contemporary speculative fiction writer, prolific podcaster and systems administrator from Houston, Texas.

Cooley has been writing since the age of 12 years old. In 2009, he began producing "free" psychological thriller and horror podcasts, essays and reviews available from "shadowpublications.com" and in "iTunes".

Cooley is the author of a number of series of stories (many interconnected) including his 'fiends Tales', 'Garaga's children', 'Tony Downs', 'The Street' series and 'The Black' published by "severed Press". He has also co-written an episode of "Scott Sigler", "The Crypt" audio anthology series as well as the novella, 'The Rider' set in Sigler's GFL universe. (To be released.)

Cooley's work has been published by "Severed Press", via Blue Moose press, e-published by Dark Overload Media and self-published. Many works of fiction are also available as digital audio downloads in podcast forms.

Cooley Co-hosts the "Dead Robots Society" podcast, a weekly roundtable discussion podcast examining issues related to writing with a speculative fiction focus and has lent his voice talent to many "podcast fiction productions." (Wikipedia.com)

During the initiation, the organizers had disturbances at the event due to technical issues. It was said from both sides. (Sri Lanka and the United States)

The two Sci-fi writers were told that there are "Sri Lankan Sci-fi fans" present so to maintain a connection throughout.

Paul Cooley was trying to link Terry also into the discussion using chat software separately.

This initiation was quite interesting.

Like when you learn "the theory or a model" it's just a few steps, but in implementation, there are "inherent and unforeseen" situations to face.

It took "1/2 hours" to get the connection among the two (02) ends of the forum to get the communication running.

In the initiation, Terry Mixon and Paul E. Cooley discussed the internet and its disruption.

Mr. Terry says that science fiction has not changed currently comparatively to Arthur C. Clarke's time.

Both the writers Mr. Terry and Mr. Paul reflected on the role of Sci-fi in literature and society.

According to them, science fiction is more like an alternate reality because they did not actually happen as per the predicted timeline parallelly to reality.

It is more like a "What if.." analysis.

Mr. Paul said RAMA is an inspiration to the "interstellar traveling" and for "space travel sci-fi fans".

Terry believes in Sci-fi as an optimistic perspective of humanity's future.

He believes that as per the commentary, Sci-fi writer tries to create in the book is just another aspect or another reality but the writer has characters and fiction and then it's still literature. Therefore it does not require to be highly accurate.

Paul is a "space" opera writer. He says he doesn't try to discuss current social issues in his writings. Therefore predictions and their accuracy will always be doubtful.

Terry believes in the future to be linked with Sci-fi to find social issues and problems to be mitigated. He thinks literature, especially sci-fi as a reflection of the thought process of people of the relevant field.

Then they discussed Arthur C. Clarke and his role in science fiction.

Paul said that Arthur C. Clarke wrote things that are crazy that's seemed impossible. He also discussed "Dick Tracy" and his vision of mobile phones and watches.

Terry believes Arthur C. Clarke was ecstatic.

Both were asked whether science fiction an Art?

They justified it as "yes".

They discussed the 2000 series of Mr. A.C.C.

Paul believes it's really good "hard" science fiction.

Terry says it's shocking that the fact of how endless can be human curiosity and imagination. And he sensed it in "2001" and "2010".

Terry quoted "2010" during the discussion.

He mentioned what makes A.C.C. great is "The conflict of terror" and also the wonder in the endless findings in the present to the reader from the universe.

By 10.40 AM, there was an issue in technology.

- Navin started with a question..........

Question number 01.

Hard Sci-fi is in a decline in demand in "Amazon.com". Does the cyberpunk and dystopian Sci-fi are taking a positive turn against it?

Paul -> It's just a little decline. Classic will never decline. It's like a valley.

Terry -> Steampunk was like a phase. I still consider there is good hard Sci-fi to be read.

Again another system breakdown occurred and during this breakdown, Terry and Paul were having fun during this period making jokes.

Question No. 02.

Dystopian future.... why always dark? Can it be a mixture?

Paul - Dystopian future. I don't know. It's being famous for the last 10 years as Sci-fi literature.

Terry - OK. It could be worse. Authors of the '50s and '60s were exposed to the cold war and therefore that impact in Sci-fi has made dystopian literature famous.

            Dystopian Sci-fi is like a boogeyman that you do not find in real life.

Question No. 03.

The 3rd question was a history and its link to science fiction.

To answer this question Terry and Paul went into discussing ancient mythologies like Atlantis and mysteries of Pyramids.

Paul discussed the series he writes, 'Black'. According to him, it's all about the universe.

Terry and Paul were having fun discussing people of times related to "Flat earth" and "Rocket Man" concepts.

They were making fun of the "Rocket Man".

Terry pointed out the fact of how civilizations killed themselves and by using Sci-fi. They can find solutions to avoid the same mistakes.

Question No. 04

The 04th Question was about a world where nothing ever happens?

This question created a problem among the two writers.... they asked for specifics from the audience.

Then they created an assumption that what the audience was asking is a society where the human cannot make an impact on the world.

Question No. 05

05th Question was about the "civilization and use of power." [Sustainability]

Paul believes it requires a uniform culture. And that it will never happen.

He said to sacrifice the using of the internet in daily life.

He said it's evident that the earth's requirement of power will not be sufficient.

He says there should be more innovations in the middle before this point.

Terry says that a new power source is highly required with the current demand and also he mentions the use of solar power in Europe. And also he requested to reevaluate the perspective on power.

Question No. 06

Is AI (Artificial Intelligence) the solution to all the problems in the world?

Paul - AI is not the solution. It will create more problems. I can't imagine. It will be the end of it.

Terry - As a race, human beings are hideous. He believes AI will follow us. And in that case, it is dangerous, the relationship with humans.

Both were asked by the audience about a sanctioned AI.

A Base AI.

And then he mentioned if this becomes corrupted the whole base of ethics will be destruction.

Therefore humans should be evolved and be a step ahead.


Question No. 07

Is Sci-fi behind modern science?

Paul - Yes. Sci-fi is not a disruptor. It should be enjoyable. Therefore it will be more unbelievable and too futuristic.

Terry - I believe Sci-fi is a forecaster. He believes that trends need to be followed. " Jurrasic Park" basic concept was correct.

I'm learning about "Kuiper Belt." (Related to the solar system)

Paul and Terry agree that Sci-fi is ahead.

Question no. 08

What will power the machinery in the future?

Paul's predictions


01. Anti-matter
02. Pulling energy from alternate dimensions


Terry's predictions


01. Collapsing molecules

Don't go deep in sci-fi predictions. Just give baby steps. Scientists will work on it. Anyway, I'll be wrong.

And the first session was over, Paul and Terry said good luck and said to have a wonderful centennial of A.C.C.


03. "Silver Coin wreck at Great Basses Reef" by Doctor Kavan Ranathunga ( 11.30 A.M. to 12.05 P.M.)

The next session was conducted by Mr. Kavan Ratnatunga.

He was the president of the Sri Lanka Astronomical society in 2011.

This session was started at 11.30 AM and it ended at 12.05 PM.

Dr. Kavan named this session, "The treasure of the great basses reef".

Dr. Kavan discusses the ACC and his predictions of satellites and how it changed the whole perceptions of science.

ACC loved diving and swimming.

He sensed the weightlessness which the speaker mentions that it was a great experience like in space when diving.

Mike Wilson a collaborator of ACC, made a photographic journey into the Great Basses Reef. This is called the 'great basses reef lighthouse', which is an offshore lighthouse in the south of Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It is located on a reef 13 KM off the coast of Yala national park. (Wikipedia.com)

In 1963 March 22nd they found a treasure initiating maritime archaeology for the first time in Sri Lanka.

This treasure was kept under the sea as per Dr. Kavan. He said it was "Indian Surat Rupee" which was sunk in 1701.

It was called the "Treasure of Taj Mahal" because this ship was sunk during the period of King Aurangzeb, a son of "Shah-Jahan", the creator of "Taj Mahal" of Agra, India.

Once it was found ACC gifted the coins to the Smithsonian in the USA and also to the historical archives of the United Kingdom (UK).

Dr. Kavan said that he struggled to get back the lumps that were leftover by ACC but it was impossible. He believes it's the "government" or "UNESCO" who needs to initiate on this matter.

Dr. Kavan was a very good friend of Mr. ACC since his days in Sri Lanka.

"HAL 9000", the AI robot played in 2000 series was added to "Robot: Hall of fame" in 2003. Dr. Kavan was fortunate to attend the event where he met actors who played "R2D2" and "C3PO", who also received the same status.

Dr. Kavan and his son's "Question & Answer" session with ACC was also shown. (A pre-prepared video was played during the session.)

01. Technology's role in lowering the gap of rich and poor?

Equipment becomes cheaper making affordable manufacturing.


02. Intellectual property

In a market-driven economy, motivation is based on monetary value.


03. Worst case scenario of a computer

Time spent on email or mostly in front of the screen.


04. Leisure, science, and work

Information communication technology has eased work making people more ambitious.


05. "The time machine by H.G. Wells" and its impact

Not among species but among machines.


06. What is the next stage after Machinery?

The universe is infinite.

A virtual reality. (Like in the film "Matrix")

People will become potatoes.


07. God Vs. Science

Man created the machine. Now there is a god.

And with that Mr. Kavan Ranatunga's lecture on the session came to a closure.


04. "A.C.C.'s predictions for Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Communication and how we use them now." by Mr. Sriganesh Lokanathan ( 12.10 A.M. to 12.45 P.M.)


Session 04 was conducted by Mr. Sriganesh Lokanathan.

Mr. Sriganesh's session started at 12.10 PM and it ended at 12.45 PM.

He was an expert in ICT policy regulation and also a policymaker in the current Megapolis - Colombo project.

In the initiation, Mr. Sriganesh said that he was used to future gaze.

He said that he loved ACC and Asimov in his youth.

Mr. Lokanathan, in summary, explained the use of "GPS" as a tool for big data to understand the movement of consumers and people. He uses the movement of mobiles and accordingly use it to transportation policy, service provision policy and study how dengue and other viral flues being spread among people.

from 12.45 PM onwards there was a question and answer session among him and the audience.


Q01 - He stated that Mass surveillance is not an aspect of GPS. It is not highly required to do this. But with the use of higher regulation, Mass surveillance may provide an answer.

Snowden and wikileaks.com are definitive moments of mass surveillance.


Q02 - Dr. Kavan asked the concepts of GPS and it's linked with related to satellites?

Then Mr. Lokanathan justified that it was the initiation of the concept of GPS and therefore it may contain errors.


Q03 - Personal Credit Rating System is not good. And I'm happy it is happening in China so I could learn that it is bad and it will lead to danger and so I can avoid in such policy implementation in Sri Lanka.


The last question of the session among Mr. Lokanathan and Mr. Kavan was about the negatives of mass surveillance.

What Mr. Lokanathan suggested was that social groups and pressure groups in society has a big role in fighting against mass surveillance.

And after that, they offered a small beverage and a treat as lunch for every participant which later continued to a break.

We left the event after that, where we arrived at the home in Gampaha around 2 PM.

Overall it was an amazing event that allowed a great deal of science fiction and geeky stuff to be discussed among the ACC fans and also to celebrate a great Sci-fi writer's centennial celebration.

To end this writing I would like to add a small observation and a review I made on the RAMA quadrilogy. (1973 - 1993) Since it's been 8 years after reading the four books and I may not remember this sci-fi as well as I use to remember so there may be errors or misconceptions.

RAMA from the first book to the fourth is filled with endless curiosity and amazement of the universe. It's something you would enjoy if you read it with patience where it will take you to places you have never been to. A really good sci-fi quadrilogy enabling readers to experience a whole new perspective on humanity and the future.

Take your time and read.


Overall - 3.5/5

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