Sumithra pieris biography of mahatma
Epitaph for Sumitra Peries: A Poet of the Sri Lankan Cinema ...!
Sumitra Peries
Sri Lankan film director and diplomat (1934–2023)
Sumitra Peries (March 24, 1935–January 19, 2023) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker.
Sumithra pieris biography of mahatma
She was the first female film director from Sri Lanka.[1] and was known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema".[2] She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s.
Of her films the more popular ones are Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. She was married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries.[3][4]
Early life
Education
Peries began her education in Avissawella, then later enrolled to Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, and finally joined the Aquinas College Colombo to do the London Advanced Level.[citation needed] At the age of 20 Sumitra managed to find some money and traveled to Europe by ship to meet her elder brother Gamini.
She was going to build her own career there, although she did