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was unheard of in the banking industry. The directors and main technicians had to have prior training to obtain loans via a system of registration. Prior to these measures, films produced domestically were transliterations of Tamil and Hindi films, to the extent that there was no credit for screenplay. The only credit was for dialogues as the "screenplay" was a transliterations of the Hindi or Tamil original. The credit scheme ensured original screen writing for the first time and stories which were copies of Hindi and Tamil were not entitled to receive loans. Thus a professional film production industry was established.
1240:"Welikathara" was Tissa Abeysekara's first screenplay; he was billed as "Additional Dialolgue Writer" up to that time. Nihalsingha's recognition of Tissa Abeysekara's superlative writings skills launched him on a career as the foremost screenplay writer in Sri Lanka. "Welikathara" was to become one of the 10 top films of Sri Lankan cinema. Nihalsingha's refreshingly fluid camera work was noted by this time. He combined the facets of Direction, Cinematography and Editing in "Welikathara" to create an epic in CinemaScope for the first time in Sri Lanka."Welikatara" was to become one of the "10 Best" films of Sri Lanka.
1129:. It was a turning point in Sri Lankan cinema doing away with all formulaic elements (songs, dance, comic relief and fights) present in popular cinema and achieving commercial success. It proved the viability of artistic cinema in the country and gave Sri Lankan cinema a before absent sense of prestige when Producer Anton Wicremasinghe was awarded the Golden Peacock Award and the Critics' Prize at the Third International Film Festival held in New Delhi and the Golden Head of Palanque at the Eighth World Review of Film Festivals held in Acapulco, Mexico.
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films awaiting release to the cinemas of 5 years, by 1982. The audiences responded to shoddy films by staying away. Admissions began declining alarmingly. Yearly admissions, which peaked in 1979 at 79.4 million, are now (2009) down to a mere 7.2 million admissions. The SFC, a profitable institution till that time, began sliding into bankruptcy and had to be sustained by infusions of funds from the government.
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time island-wide cinema attendance had dropped to 51 million, from the peak of 74.4 million of 1979. The
Presidential Committee to Investigate the Film Industry in 1985 established that there was a major drop in attendance for Tamil films in 1980. Since television went islandwide only in 1983, this drop in film admission was due not to television but to new Tamil films not being screened.
988:(1954). Due to the low quality of the studio (Nayagam resisted buying high tech equipment), these films failed to match the standards of Bollywood imports. They were also highly formulaic based extensively on South Indian cinema (the technicians were all from India) featuring a combination of exaggerated melodrama, lowbrow comedy, scuffles and dance numbers.
1274:(English Title:-The River of Love) is a landmark film for the Sri Lankan(Helawood) cinema where a trend of Thriller, Action and Musical films emerged. These commercial movies, although foreign transliterations, discuss the problems of poverty, blind law, injustice & love. Hence, critics are in a zoom lens against these movies.
2007:, also created a short film titled “Enemies” as his first cinematic experience. The State Film Corporation, which was established in the 1971, instituted a requirement for aspiring cinema-artists to make a short film prior to debut as a feature film-maker, and making them entitled to receive publicly funded production credit.
1484:(1980) captured the imagination of Sri Lankan audiences becoming a huge box office hit and breaking earning records in the country. Critics were also impressed with the film as it went on to capture many of the national awards given to film in the country and was awarded a diploma at the South Asian Film Festival.
1015:. It was highly successful and influenced popular cinema over the following decade. It was revolutionary in its high production values and incorporation of North Indian cinema into the accepted South Indian model. Still, it failed to capture the true nature of Sinhalese life or create anything uniquely Sri Lankan.
2076:, Rukmani Devi and Eddie Jayamanne, were the first to achieve popularity across the country. They had gained a certain fame through their roles in the plays of the Minerva group which contributed to their emergence in the film industry. They continued to star in films through the 1950s and the early 1960s.
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Chairman of the SFC, Anton Wicremesinghe, reversed all the measures of the SFC, giving unlimited loans to "anyone to direct films". Some hundreds of films were made by those who had no knowledge of film making. The result was that so many were produced that there was a waiting list of
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In 1971, a socialist government which sought to overcome the dominance of screen time in Sri Lanka by Tamil and Hindi films came to power in the country. Foreign film domination had resulted in domestically produced films being relegated to 20% of the screen time while foreign films occupied 80% (60%
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National Film Corporation Chairman Anton Wicremesighe during which hundreds of films were produced creating a 5-year line of films waiting for release, being no match for the increasing rise of television coupled with the beginning of a civil
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Corporation (SFC) established a unique credit scheme for film production. Loans were given on the basis of a script evaluation and those taking part with credit given on the collateral of the negatives. This was at a time when bank lending was very conventional and such a 'collateral'
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Sinhalese village life, giving equal time to marriage traditions, village customs and folk beliefs in a non obstructive documentary-esque manner. The main plot revolved around a young boy named Sena who becomes touted as a miracle worker after he is said to cure the
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Following the dawn of independence, Sri Lanka instituted restrictions on travel to and from India causing
Nayagam to move his business into the island to cut costs. He purchased land outside of Kandana and built the Sri Murugan Navakala studios (later known as the S. P. M. studios) which would for a
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Elphinstone cinema in Colombo as a part of his extensive cinema chain in Asia. Empire cinema, which became the longest functioning cinema in Sri Lanka was established in 1915 and continued to function till 2003 when
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With the 1977 elections a more capitalist party came to power and some of the restrictions instilled earlier were removed. But this removal only in respect of production, which resulted in a flood of shoddily made films under the unrestricted credit given by Anton
Wicremasinghe to anyone. Some 100
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Government Film Unit productions were making their mark, particularly, Pragnasoma Hettiarchi's "Makers, Material and Motiffs" which won the Gold Medal at Venice International Film Festival in 1952. Hettiarchi was to repeat this feat again in 1972 with "Centenary of Ceylon Tea".
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drawing praise from foreign critics. It is widely considered in Sri Lanka to be the birth of true Sinhalese cinema. Audiences at the time were unresponsive however and the film was a box office failure. They were unaccustomed to the documentary-like nature of the film and its avoidance of common
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Cinema in Sri Lanka became a public affair due to the efforts of Warwick Major, an Englishman who developed "bioscope" showings. These were films screened out in open areas and makeshift tents. The first permanent theaters were built by Madan Theaters in 1903. The company showed Indian films and
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Since privatization of film distribution in 2001 among 4 "distributors" without calling for any bids, as is customary when a government gives up a monopoly, by the Chandrika Bandaranayake government, 111 cinemas have closed by July 2010- an average of one per month, signifying a failure of that
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Though Rekava failed to influence popular cinema which continued to imitate Indian cinema, it did draw out the efforts of some small independent filmmakers who coalesced into units. The most important group in this period, Kurulu Rana, was led by screenwriter P. K. D. Seneviratne, producer John
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for the purpose of making a Sinhalese film. After considering several options, he decided to build the film around the historical love story of Saliya and Asokamala and held a contest to find a suitable screenplay; the winner was budding artist Shanthi Kumar. Due to disagreements however, this
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In 1956 documentary filmmaker Lester James Peries and his fellow film technicians William Blake and Titus Thotawatte broke away from the Government Film Unit to produce what they hoped would be a truly Sinhalese film that would revolutionize Sri Lankan cinema. In all facets of the creation of
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broke ground in her role portraying a truly Sinhalese character in contrast with the female roles of popular films modeled after Indian actresses. It was a critical success within Sri Lanka and was praised for its realistic portrayal of Sinhalese village life. The group followed up with the
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support from international sources, like the European Film Academy in the case of Agenda 14, and that a number of short films by emerging filmmakers like Rehan Muddanayake, Hiran Balasuriya and Prabuddha Dihkwaththa have had their short-films receive some international recognition as well.
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The result of the measures was that the film admissions which were 30 million in 1972 grew to 74.4 million by 1979. The domestic film screen time share grew from 20% to 58%. The number of cinemas grew to 365 by 1978 – the highest number. By 2010, this number was down to 147.
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Tamil, 10% Hindi, 10% English). The government which won power had promised to redress this imbalance. It established the State Film Corporation by Act no 47 of 1971, charged with the promotion of national film and giving and making available a wide variety of films to the public.
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This was the best evidence that the system prior to the SFC was not market-oriented and that the demand was suppressed. It required the SFC to cater to the suppressed and pent-up demand, resulting in an unprecedented surge in yearly admissions within seven years.
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However, the problem was not that one made a short film before his long-length film, but the abandonment of the short-film as cinematic-medium thereafter by Anton Wicremesinghe after 1979 by making public funds available to "anyone" with disastrous results.
1810:'s Akasa Kusum (Flowers in the Sky) ran at 22 screens to packed audiences for over 70 days. The film which premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival in late 2008 also won several awards and was invited to numerous international film festivals.
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The SFC instituted a film distribution system through which all films produced in the country were ensured exhibition according to system of precedence. Quality control of the cinemas was established by a system of inspection and checks on equipment.
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have attempted to breathe new life into the industry. Nihalsingha was an accomplished cinematographer as well as an editor, so his films had an input that was special and brought a viewpoint to all of them, most of which focused on exploited women.
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which united technical skill with themes that appealed to mainstream audiences. Lester James Peries was more successful in his work in this period, creating some of his most important work despite the restrictions instituted by the government.
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in the year 2014 traveled to 27 international film festivals and secured 19 awards including best foreign language film, best director, best screenplay, best cinematography, best child artist to name a few. Silent Tears was also screened in
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garnered massive praise for portraying Sinhalese culture in a realistic manner and was hailed by critics and audiences alike. The producer Anton Wicremasinghe was awarded the Silver Peacock at the New Delhi International Film Festival for
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In the context of Sri-Lankan cinema, this remembrance of the short film could easily be related to its history. Here, the short film has retained its status only as an exercise for the film-makers who rose to fame with the feature film.
1171:, for the first time in Sri Lankan cinema. It dealt with slum life and the criminal element within it and was awarded most of the national awards that year for film. Titus Thotawatte who had broken away from Lester James Peries after
240:", the dialog was recorded on the spot. This was because the film was shot on 16mm, using an Auricon sound-on-film camera which recorded the sound on the 16mm film optically, unlike in the case of where the sound was recorded on a
1335:, released in 1972, is considered his masterpiece and was adjusted the best Sri Lankan film of the first 50 years in 1997 by a government board. It was praised for its skillful direction by Peries' and the inspired acting by
1579:(1986). Maldeniye Simion" won the Silver Peacock for Anoja Weerasinghe at the 11th New Delhi International Film Festival in 1987. Nihalsinghe infused his films with his skillful combination of technical excellence with artistry.
1148:. This time he had the support of the wealthy producer Chitra Balasooriya who would not fall prey to financial difficulties encountered by Amaratunga. Balasooriya was deeply interested in creating an artistic film in the vein of
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964:(1967; completed after his death by another director). Jayamanne mostly adhered to a formula derived from South Indian cinema and didn't contribute to the development of artistic film. Most of his films featured the couple
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in 1978. It examined the effects of societal constraints on a rural girl and secured some critical applause in addition to box office success being selected as an outstanding film of the year to be presented at the
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1901 marked the introduction of film to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) when a film was shown for the first time in the country at a private screening for the British governor West Ridgeway and prisoners of the
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in Tel Aviv, Israel. This was the first time a Sri Lankan student's film was chosen in an internationally recognized festival. And the selection was a big step to re-establish short film culture in Sri Lanka.
1207:, Edmund Wijesinghe and Cyril Wickremage. Also drawing acclaim were Gunasinghe's novel film techniques such as his extensive use of close-ups. Working close with Gunasinghe on the script and the direction was
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was made in Tamil intending to contribute to the development of cinema featuring that language in the country. Though well made, the film was ignored by Tamil audiences distrustful of the Sinhalese director.
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and enlisted him to adapt it into a film. Though it maintained certain formulaic elements, the film was free of overt Indian influence and contained various elements of Sinhalese culture. Actress
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Kumar determined to film his script left Nayagam's company and convinced the Ceylon Theaters group to fund his film. Faced with a more daunting task of putting together the film from scratch, the
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were especially popular. in 1932, the first sound film to be screened was shown at the Regal Cinema, titled "The Dream." By the 1930s Indian films started to surpass English films in popularity.
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changed the course of Sri Lankan cinema significantly. Following its release, many films attempted to adapt the realistic style of the film and took up location shooting previously shunned.
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became the second film to be screened at the same festival in 2019. There is a new resurgence in independent filmmaking with short films such as these being released on platforms such as
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producer S. M. Nayagam played an important role in the development of the first Sri Lankan film. In 1945, Nayagam founded a company named Chitrakala Movietone and constructed a studio in
1643:. The film was nominated for the four main awards at the Madrid International Film Festival in 2013. The film won the Best Picture, Best Director and the Best Actor Awards in that year.
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followed the dreary lives of an old soldier, a prostitute, an alcoholic and a thief intending to cast light on their plight. Pathiraja went into hiatus following the making of the film.
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and receiving the Jury Award at the Carthage International Film Festival. In her first film appearance, Vasantha Chathurani was praised for her restrained portrayal of the lead role.
980:(1952) which was successful among local audiences. It was the first locally produced Sinhalese film though in technique it still remained South Indian. Nayagam followed the film with
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in 1995. The latter was a large critical hit being shown at several international festival and securing several awards. Vithanage's followed the work two years later with
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1583:(1991) was a creative success winning no less than 14 national film awards- perhaps the highest number ever won by one film to date.
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was released. Among them China has shown special interest by considering dubbing it in Chinese. Aba was released on 8 August 2008.
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Following the success of Kadawunu Poronduwa, B. A. W. Jayamanne produced a string of popular movies based on his plays. These were
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1672:Controversial filmmaker
1537:Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
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3113:Ginger, Edward (2006).
3032:"UNESCO honours Lester"
2717:"Good Start for Cinema"
2523:Sri Lankan Tamil Cinema
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2250:Priyankara Vittanachchi
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2280:Sudesh Wasantha Pieris
1745:Aadaraneeya Wassaanaya
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2005:Dharmasena Pathiraja
1785:Digital Intermediate
1775:.185 million at the
1653:Vimukthi Jayasundara
1619:Sri Lankan civil war
1490:Eya Dan Loku Lamayek
1473:London Film Festival
1367:Dharmasena Pathiraja
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582:Dharmasena Pathiraja
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441:Cannes Film Festival
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2956:on 17 February 2005
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2490:Gayathree Khemadasa
2419:Somapala Rathnayaka
2402:Premasiri Khemadasa
2395:Somadasa Alwitigala
2315:Vasantha Obeysekera
2255:Priyantha Colombage
2220:Lester James Peries
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1209:Vasantha Obeysekera
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908:Weradunu Kurumanama
844:Inauguration (1947)
829:The Thief of Bagdad
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276:Lester James Peries
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222:Lester James Peries
134:Cinema of Sri Lanka
4555:Dominican Republic
2779:on 8 November 2013
2533:South Asian cinema
2481:Pradeep Rathnayaka
2424:Rohana Weerasinghe
2353:Derana Film Awards
2245:Prasanna Vithanage
2175:Daevinda Kongahage
2165:Boodee Keerthisena
2153:Notable filmmakers
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2074:Kadavunu Poronduwa
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1994:Short-film culture
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1730:was banned by the
1666:Sulanga Enu Pinisa
1614:Purahanda Kaluwara
1593:Prasanna Vithanage
1478:Peries' next film
1406:possibly contains
1099:Gamperaliya (1963)
904:Kapati Arakshakaya
879:Kadawunu Poronduwa
863:Kadawunu Poronduwa
858:B. A. W. Jayamanne
432:Sulanga Enu Pinisa
422:Purahanda Kaluwara
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2458:New age composers
2449:Nawarathna Gamage
2434:Victor Rathnayaka
2416:Sarath Dasanayaka
2348:Sarasaviya Awards
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2285:Sugath Samarakoon
2240:Prasanna Jayakody
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3744:Hong Kong
3545:Mauritius
2112:In 1969,
2095:Deewarayo
2086:Sandesaya
2079:In 1960,
1867:In 2017
1828:process.
1797:Australia
1728:Aksharaya
1706:Aksharaya
1678:civil war
1651:Director
1641:Ben Cross
1543:in 1980.
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1175:directed
1173:Sandesaya
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1091:in 1963.
1057:Lankadipa
958:Mangalika
930:Iranganie
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791:Singapore
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475:Sinhalese
473:based on
427:Sri Lanka
320:Ves Gatho
274:In 1964,
262:Sandesaya
5193:Category
5168:Category
5089:Abkhazia
5039:Thailand
4994:Pakistan
4974:Mongolia
4969:Maldives
4964:Malaysia
4864:Cambodia
4645:Suriname
4630:Paraguay
4620:Colombia
4517:Americas
4434:Slovenia
4417:Portugal
4365:Southern
4349:Scotland
4282:Northern
4268:Slovakia
4221:Bulgaria
4168:Northern
3996:Thailand
3981:Malaysia
3966:Cambodia
3931:Pakistan
3904:Sanskrit
3859:Kashmiri
3844:Haryanvi
3839:Gujarati
3819:Bhojpuri
3809:Assamese
3786:Southern
3771:Mongolia
3698:Botswana
3691:Southern
3672:Congo DR
3657:Cameroon
3580:Zimbabwe
3565:Tanzania
3530:Ethiopia
3520:Djibouti
3477:Northern
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1529:Dadayama
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1499:(1978),
1493:(1977),
1329:Peries'
1319:Sagarika
1315:Sihasuna
1231:Vesgatho
1178:Chandiya
1165:Saravita
956:(1961),
952:(1960),
948:(1959),
944:(1958),
942:Wanaliya
940:(1956),
936:(1954),
932:(1954),
928:(1953),
922:(1952),
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910:(1948),
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4959:Lebanon
4889:Georgia
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4834:Armenia
4669:Oceania
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4625:Ecuador
4605:Bolivia
4565:Jamaica
4482:Germany
4472:Belgium
4467:Austria
4460:Western
4449:Galicia
4382:Croatia
4372:Albania
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4309:Iceland
4304:Finland
4294:Estonia
4289:Denmark
4273:Ukraine
4246:Romania
4236:Moldova
4231:Hungary
4216:Belarus
4209:Eastern
4119:Lebanon
4082:Georgia
4072:Bahrain
4062:Armenia
4054:Western
4011:Central
4001:Vietnam
3894:Punjabi
3884:Marathi
3869:Konkani
3854:Kannada
3829:Deccani
3814:Bengali
3731:Eastern
3703:Namibia
3645:Central
3631:Senegal
3626:Nigeria
3616:Liberia
3589:Western
3550:Somalia
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3499:Morocco
3484:Algeria
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2062:YouTube
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1008:Sujatha
497:History
226:Sinhala
193:Sinhala
153:screens
93:scholar
5109:Taiwan
5044:Turkey
5009:Russia
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4924:Jordan
4914:Israel
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4859:Brunei
4854:Bhutan
4610:Brazil
4570:Mexico
4538:Quebec
4533:Canada
4477:France
4422:Serbia
4397:Kosovo
4387:Greece
4334:Sweden
4329:Norway
4319:Latvia
4251:Russia
4241:Poland
4201:Europe
4175:Russia
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4102:Jewish
4097:Israel
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4869:China
4692:Samoa
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4592:South
4560:Haiti
4525:North
4439:Spain
4402:Malta
4392:Italy
4354:Wales
4159:Yemen
4144:Syria
4134:Qatar
3961:Burma
3926:Nepal
3909:Tamil
3889:Oriya
3864:Khasi
3849:Hindi
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3804:India
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3759:North
3754:Korea
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