Latest News from Bhadraji – May 29 2009
May 29th, 2009Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka is a prolific writer with 96 books to his credit. The subject matter
Bhadraji writes-on include books on philosophy and healing, sinhala and english finction, and chilldren’s stories, and translations.
This year five of his books will be published. Two of them are translations of
1. Dr Zhivago and
2. Life and Death in Shanghai
plus two children’s books
1. Planet Purple (in English with illustrations by the author) and
2. Ahasata Giya Salu (In Sinhala and Tamil with illustrations by Amritha Wickramage)
plus one new novel
1. Kulageyin Kulageyata (From Noble House to Noble House) - coming out by Sarasavi this September
Currently Bhadraji is acting in two stage plays in California
1. Mudalinayake Somarathne’s Ran Thaliya and
2.Kith Jayasena’s Musila.
Both are scheduled to be staged in August and September of 2009.
The movie titled “Yal Devi” which Bhadraji co-wrote and co-directed with Sumedha Jayasena has already been shown in the USA several times. Bhadraji plays a lead role in the movie and plans are already well underway to screen Yal Devi in Sri Lanka later this year.
Bhadraji’s song “Garden of Love” has been #1 on the SLBC English Hit Parade now for over three weeks . His English songs as well as the latest Sinhala songs such as Hiru Kirana, Madhara Mal and Galu Aadare Ganga are heard over many air waves of Sri Lanka.