Sumitra Peries

Sri Lankan film director and diplomat

"Kala Keerthi" Sumitra Peries (24 March 1934 – 19 January 2023)[1] is a Sri Lankan movie director and diplomat. She is known as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema". She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s. Her best known works are Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. She was married to director Dr. Lester James Peries.[2][3]

Sumitra Peries
Born(1934-03-24)24 March 1934
Died19 January 2023(2023-01-19) (aged 88)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
SpouseLester James Peries (1964–2018)

References

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  1. Veteran Sri Lankan filmmaker Sumitra Peries passes away
  2. "Profile:(Hollywood.com)". Hollywood.com. 12 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. "Sumitra Peries a female idol". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 22 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2002. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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