As Lester James Peries marks his 90th b’day, Punya Heendeniya, who played the role of Nanda in the evergreen classic Gamperaliya, recalls working with the gentle giant of the silver screen. When I ...

Celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Lester James Peries and Sumitra Peries Foundation’, the annual ‘Lester James Peries Oration’ is to be held on June 19 at the auditorium of the Sri Sambuddhatva ...

Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka.

Akkara Paha is a 1970 film Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr Lester James Peries with the screen play dialogue and script by Dr Tissa Abeysekara The film stars Milton Jayawardena as Sena a ...