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News Of Old BoysOld Boys of the College will like to know of the
achievements of colleagues and hence this new page. We will confine the
contents to achievements in all spheres but it should be an "Individual
Achievement" in the true sense, by applying oneself to reach high.
HISTORIC EVENT.
A leading Mumbai film production company, Beyond Dreams Entertainment, in association with Light of Asia Foundation, is to produce a film on the life of Prince Siddhartha. The budgeted expense is US$.20 million and 90% of the film is expected to be shot in Sri Lanka. Film Location Services Ltd., the leading international production organization, headed by Chandran K. Rutnam, a Guru Old Boy of the early 50’s, will handle the entire production at the Sri Lanka end. This organization also handled the production for the Deepa Mehta film “Water”, which recently won many awards in the USA and that location was around the scenic Bolgoda Lake to portray the Ganges River. Chandran had his early tutorship as Asst. Director to David Lean in the epic and timeless “Bridge on the River Kwai” shot at Kitulgala in Sri Lanka in the mid- sixties. The “Colonel Boogie March” also shot into fame in this film. He has earned many credits since then. The new venture has the blessings of Buddhist intellectuals and organizations worldwide, and in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the National Film Corporation are very much behind the venture. At US$.20 million this will be largest budgeted film to be shot here and will be a boon to hundreds of Sri Lankans who have the talent in the various related fields, to show their colours. Chandran has been a very ardent supporter of the OBA and College and never fails to attend our functions. This picture on 08 August 2007 in the Daily News says it all.
"A Painting - The Chapel" Gamini (BGC) Fernando who was in Guru ;59-'62, is an amateur painter in water colours and at a recent exhibition at the Lionel Wendt Hall, he exhibited a painting of the Guru Chapel. (When the newspapers advertised the exhibition, the Guru Chapel painting was the picture they used for the news story)
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