Raigam Tele’es 2014 Nominations Evening
Press Release issued at the Nomination Evening” heldon the 26th of May 2015 at 6P.M. atthe Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo 01to mark the announcing of nominees for various awards of the forthcoming RaigamTele’es 2014. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honourfor the occasion will be Hon. GayanthaKarunathilake, Minister of Media and Mr. KarunarathnaParanawithan, Secretary to the Ministry of Media respectively. Prominent Artists, Members of the Judge Panel and Media Personnel with the Members of the Director Board of The Kingdom of Raigam, will also participate.
- 11thRaigamTele’es will be held on a grand scale at the NELUM POKUNA THEATRE on the 12TH of June 2015 at 6P.M.
- Polling by SMS to select the Most Popular Actor, Actress and the Tele-drama will open up to 10.06.2015 midnight.
Then and Now
When The Kingdom of Raigam reached the eighth milestone of its journey, the televisionindustry was selected as the area for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) work. For the betterment of the television industry in Sri Lanka, Raigam Tele-awards Ceremony was born, providing evaluation with proper judgment.
Every year a special visual theme is selected. This theme is evident from the invitation card to the stage decorations. This is a special feature of RaigamTele’es. For the fourth RaigamTele’es, the theme was the Coliseum to signify the road from Dramas of the Coliseum to Tele-drama. The following years had Sigiriya, the Taj-mahal, the Colour Spectrum and the Sooriyakantha Mirror. The theme for last year when RaigamTele’escelebrating its tenth consecutive performance was “Ten years through a bird’s eye”. At the eleventh encounter, the visual theme that has been chosen is “meaningful tele-contribution of an eleven-year voyage, perfectly balance like 11”.
An international experience suitable for our society
The Raigam Tele-awards Ceremony which began as the Awards Ceremony of the Nation was re-branded in 2011 as RaigamTele’es with the idea of developing it to the standard of Oscar, Film Fare, IFA and Grammy Awards. On the occasion of its eleventh anniversary, RaigamTele’eshas made all arrangements for the artists as well as viewers to experience a grand scale Nomination Evening for the first time in Sri Lanka.
From the Tele Dramas and various other programs forwarded for evaluation for the RaigamTele’es 2014, artists who have shown exceptional talent will be apprised and appreciated at the Nominations Evening.
There are two main categories of Awards.
The two categories of Raigam Tele Awards are the “Excellence in Tele-drama” of both multi-episode and single episode tele-dramas, and “Excellence in Television Media Programmes” including children’s programs,sports, political, reporting, reality, variety programs.
The peoples’ choice (“Most Popular” Award Category)
Raigam pioneered the use of SMS to select the winners of popular awards. This time too the general public will get the chance to use SMS to elect their choice of the most popular Actor, Actress, and Tele-drama. To register one’s choice, type the name of the Tele-drama, (space) name of Actor/Actress and send to 772-522522 or 702 722 722. The competition is now on and will be closed at midnight on 10th June 2015. Two tickets will be presented to each of the first 25 winners who will be selected from those who send SMS. The winners will be notified through the number on the SMS. On presentation of this SMS from the RaigamTele’es Secretariat, the tickets can be collected.
Awards of Appreciation
Honouring the Pioneers and Artists who had worked hard for the development of the television sector is one of the special events of the RaigamTele’es. Two awards of appreciation will be presented to two special people who have helped to build up our television industry during its three-decade history and another prominent contributor to the industry will be honoured with the ‘PRATHIBHA PRABHA’life time award.
Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony is organized in the most glorious fashion with utmost attention to detail while preserving the dignity of the event. The Ceremony receives unprecedented State patronage. This night is a memorable night indeed when everyone connected to the TV industry meets with each other and TV channel heads and Heads of institutions. Only the invitees will have the privilege of witnessing the show. The event will be telecast later when everyone will be able to see ceremony. The 10th consecutive RaigamTele’es will be held under theme “ten years through a wider view point” to bring to the audience a novel experience of an artistic night in highest taste never before experienced.
Appreciation of TV Channels
The TV channel winning most number of awards under the television media programme category will be honoured with the “Television MediaProgramme Channel of the year” award, while the TV channel winning most number of awards under the tele-drama category will be honoured with the “Tele-drama Channel of the year” award. The channel winning most number of awards will be the “Channel of the Year”.
The Jury
The Judge Panel consists of eight members and most of them have past experience in similar capacity. The Chairman of the panel is Renowned Artist BuddhadasaGalappaththi. Other members are Prof. Patrick Ratnayake,Prof. S.J.Yogarajah, Renown Film Critique & JournalistGunasiri Silva, Well-known Journalist JayanthaRukmaneeSiriwardene, Senior Administrative Officer D. M. R. B.Dissanayake, Award winning Film Director EnokaSathyanganiKeerthinandaand the Veteran Camera Director M. D. Mahindapala.
RaigamTele’es 2014 – Nomination Evening is sponsored by Dialog Enterprise.
