Dialog Ridee Reyak 2018 – the silver carpet show - will be held on December 23 from 6.30 pm at the BMICH which has been dubbed as a night of music, glamour, dance and entertainment.
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Dialog Ridee Reyak sponsored by Dialog Axiata PLC, has over the years grown to be reputed as one of the most glamourous events on the local entertainment calendar. The program, showcased by the Cine Star Foundation for the 16th occasion is done so to raise funds to support over 320 local cinema artistes.
The Cine Star Foundation, via funds generated from the Dialog Ridee Reyak show, annually provides medical and life insurance covers to its members and a monthly stipend to deserving yester-year artistes.
Honouring this long-standing tradition in Sinhala cinema, ‘Dialog Ridee Reyak 2018’ due to go live on stage for the 16th occasion, will feature stars who will sing and dance to popular hits of today and yesteryear.
They include Ravindra Randeniya, Malani Fonseka, Sriyani Amarasena, Cleetus Mendis, Veena Jayakody, Jeewan Kumaranathunga, Sriyantha Mendis, Dilhani Ekanayaka, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Channa Perera, Jackson Anthony, Yashodha Wimaladharma, Bandu Samarasinghe, Tennyson Cooray, Anusha Damayanthi, Nilanthi Dias, Manjula Kumari, Upeksha Swarnamali, Roshan Pilapitiya, Suraj Mapa, Saranga Disasekara, Pubudu Chaturanga, Roshan Ranawana, Wasantha Kumarawila, Giriraj Kaushalya, Chilie Thilanka, Vishwa Kodikara, Sachini Ayendra, Dinakshi Priyasad, Sheshadri Priyasad, Shanudhri Priyasad, Udari Perera, Shalani Tharaka, Ruwan Wickramasinghe, Priyantha Wijekone, Tharuka Wanniarachchi, Udari Warnakulasuriya, Senali Fonseka, Chulakshi Ranathunga and many more. The Channa Upuli Dance troupe, who mesmerised audiences in the previous 15 editions of Ridee Reyak, will again light up the stage this year.
Dialog Axiata is a strong promoter of local arts and culture, and the welfare of Sri Lankan artistes. In 2015, Dialog Axiata entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Cine Star Foundation to support Ridee Reyak as gratitude for the yeomen service artistes from the silver screen have rendered to the public.