Every state University and the private university had the liberty of taking part in this competition and the competition took place from the 11th of February to the 15th of March 2021. The competition was conducted in two rounds. The first round was held with the participation of 75 competitors and all the competitors were given the freedom to adduce creative videos. Out of the 75 competitors, 18 competitors were selected for the second round of the judgment. The second round was conducted under a title given by the platinum sponsor who is Maliban Smart Cream Cracker.
Judgement Session
The judgment session of the preliminary round was held physically on the 25th of February 2021 at the Soratha building of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr. Lal Sarath Kumara, Mr. Anuradha Sigera, and Mr. Athula Jayasinha judged the 1st round of this competition.
The judgment session of the final round was held physically on the 14th of March 2021 at the Soratha building of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr. Lal Sarath Kumara, Mr. Anuradha Sigera, and Mr. Athula Jayasingha judged the 2nd round of this competition.
වර්ණරාව දෙවන හඬ වර්ණාභිශේකය
වර්ණරාව දෙවන හඬ වර්ණාභිශේකය, the comic dubbing competition organized by the dubbing division of J’pura Voice for the second consecutive time. The competition took place from 09th of March to 15th of June 2022. This event is open to everyone interested to learn to dub. That event is not only for university undergraduates; we expand it to the school level too. Going beyond the black and white frame of last year’s competition, this time we gave the tournament the opportunity to use colors. වර්ණරාව 2022 ended successfully, with both university undergraduates and school students honing their dubbing skills and gaining numerous achievements.
We include two rounds in the competition and winners of the first round have the opportunity to compete in the second round. In the first round, 12 creative videos selected under relevant competition rules for the second (Final) round. Accordingly, out of the 8 contestants from the university level and 4 contestants from the school level, 12 contestants qualified as finalists for the final round. The final round contestants had to create their second video on a product given by the platinum sponsor, Elephant House Cream soda.
Judgement Session
The judgment session of the preliminary round was held physically on 10th of April and 12th of April, 2022 at Lanka Television and Radio Academy and the judgment session of the final round was held physically on the 15th of June 2022 at the Senet Board Room of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr. Athula Ransirilal, Mr. Kamal Deshapriya, and Mr. Dishan Shaminda were joined as the honorable judgers of the competition.
Grand Finale
The winners of the වර්ණරාව competition were revealed on 15th of June 2022 at the වර්ණරාව දෙවන හඩ වර්ණාභිශේකය grand finale ceremony which is held at Senet Board Room of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura Mr. Sudantha Liyanage, Mr. Athula Ransirilal, Mr. Kamal Deshapriya, Mr. Dishan Shaminda, Mr. Dilan Senanayake, Mr. Buddhika Bandujeewa and Miss Isini Thisera attended as the special guests of the ceremony.