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    Depiction of Gender Discrimination through Cinema: Related to Prasanna Vitanage's Cinematic Approach of the Film "Anantha Rathriya"
    (In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Wijayasinghe, A.M.
    According to the Critics, cinema can be considered as the most powerful medium of art which can be used to deliver powerful messages towards the human society. In that aspect, the director of the film has a major responsibility in creating and delivering such messages to the audience through using creative elements of cinema. Most number of directors tries to reveal the unseen reality of human life through cinema. Prasanna Vitanage can be considered as a director who always tries to reveal the bitter truth of human nature through his cinematic approach. Most number of cinema creations done by Prasanna Vitanage created a controversial atmosphere in the Sri Lankan society. Some of his cinema creations were banned due to that reason. But Prasanna Vitanage tried to reveal some gender discrimination which prevailed in the Sri Lankan society. This research mainly focused on how Prasanna Vitanage tried to depict gender discrimination through his cinematic approach of his film Anantha Rathriya. Content Analysis and In-depth Interviews were used as the research methodology to collect data regarding this. According to the data which was collected from the above methodology clearly suggest that the gender discrimination can be seen in the several sections of the society. In that aspect the woman faces serious troubles where she couldn't get a justice even from the law of country.
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    The political emergence of Buddhist monk in Sri Lankan society: From king's palace to parliament
    (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Wijayasinghe, A.M.
    The relationship between the state of Sri Lanka and the Buddhism was established on the day when the Arahath Mahinda Thero introduced Buddhism to Sri Lankan society. After that Buddhist monk became a prominent figure in Sri Lankan society. This situation prevailed from the Anuradhapura kingdom to Kandyan kingdom. When Sri Lanka became a colony of British, Buddhist monk had given his guidance for the rebels conducted by local people. The Vidyalankara Decleration (Vidyalankara Prakashaya) which was declared in 1946 gave a disciplinary permission for Buddhist monks which encouraged them to engage in political activities without any fear. That situation paved the way to Buddhist monk for emerge as a prominent figure in 2004 parliamentary election as election candidates and win nine seats in parliament. This study is mainly focused on the political emergence of Buddhist monk in different stages of Sri Lankan history. The collection of data for this study is mainly done through the methods of textual analysis and interviews. The data which was collected according to the above methodology clearly suggest that the Buddhist monk captured a prominent place in Sri Lankan history of politics. As well as the image of Buddhist monk had used by the various types of political parties in order to grab the public opinion towards their victory.
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