{"id":52262,"date":"2017-04-01T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T22:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52262"},"modified":"2017-04-01T20:45:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:45:12","slug":"prasanna-vithanages-oba-nathuwa-oba-ekkawith-you-without-you-makes-a-clean-sweep-at-18th-presidential-film-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52262","title":{"rendered":"Prasanna Vithanage’s “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” (With You Without You) Makes A clean Sweep at 18th Presidential Film Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Revata S. Silva<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prasanna Vithanage<\/p><\/div>\n

World renowned director Prasanna Vithanage\u2019s \u2018Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka\u2019 bagged all major awards at the 18th Presidential Film Awards held on Friday evening at the BMICH.<\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s Awards, held after a lapse of eight years, taking 24 films screened in the year 2015 into consideration, Vithanage\u2019s film won the awards for the Best Film (Lasantha Navarathna and Mohammed Adamally), Best Direction (Vithanage), Best Actor (Shyam Fernando) and Actress (Anjali Patil).<\/p>\n

President Maithripala Sirisena, Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilake and Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam gave away the main awards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOba Nathuwa Oba Ekka\u201d (With You Without You)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka\u2019 also won four other key awards; Special Jury Award for Best Sound Designer (Thapas Nayak), Best Script Writer (Vithanage), Best Music Direction (Lakshman Joseph De Sarem) and Best Editor (Sreekar Prasad).<\/p>\n

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The other notable presentation at the awards was the \u2018Singha\u2019 lifetime honours given to Nanda Malini, Wasantha Obeysekara, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Donald Karunaratne, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake and Anoja Weerasinghe.<\/p>\n

The film \u2018Ho gana Pokuna\u2019 won nine awards while \u2018Maharaja Gemunu\u2019 won the award for the film that got the highest response from the viewers in 2015.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Presidential Awards jury comprised Dharmasena Pathiraja (President), Sunil S. Sirisena, Sumithra Rahubadda, Athula Samarakoon, Deepthi Kumara Gunarathne and Buddhadasa Galappaththi.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Sunday Island<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Revata S. Silva World renowned director Prasanna Vithanage\u2019s \u2018Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka\u2019 bagged all major awards at the 18th Presidential Film Awards held on Friday evening at the BMICH. In this year\u2019s Awards, held after a lapse of eight years, taking 24 films screened in the year 2015 into consideration, Vithanage\u2019s film won the …<\/p>\n

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