On a concept of the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a ceremony to felicitate Dr. Lester James Peries’ masterpiece, Rekhava completing 60 years will be held at the Regal Cinema today. On par with this event the book Sinhala Cinamave Ridee Rekhava authored by Journalist A.D. Ranjith Kumara will be launched at the same venue.
The book includes, the biography of Lester, the background story of creating Rekhava, the Script with the entire dialogue, the complete set of songs in the film, views and reviews in Sinhala and English, and a number of photographs. The book comprises 248 pages printed on glossy paper, and published as a Fast publishing Surasa Publication under the sponsorship of the Swarna Sanka Foundation.
The book is published on the instructions of the Minister of Education, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and the Tower Hall Theatre Foundation, and is scheduled to be presented to the Prime Minister at this occasion.