INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The last rites of veteran Sri Lankan filmmaker Sumitra Peries, who died on Thursday (19 Jan.), were performed with full state honours this
The treatment took place at the Independence Square in Colombo, prior to which the body was being brought from the late filmmakers siss home
to the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka at 03:00 p.m
today, where several artists and cinematographers concerned pay their respects.She passed away at the age of 88 while undergoing treatment
at a personal hospital in Colombo.Sumitra Peries, the very first Sri Lankan female filmmaker, added to the advancement of Sinhala cinema
through Gehenu Lamai , Ganga Addara , Yahaluvo , Maya , Sakman Maluwa , Vaishnavee and many other cinematic creations.Kala Keerthi
Sumitra Peries likewise acted as Sri Lankas ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s
Sumitra began her own movie theater director launching with her first film Gehenu Lamai , which was a box office hit and handled to bag
numerous awards at the movie festivals of the time, whereas her next film Ganga Addara was another ticket office hit.She has consequently
directed much more feature films which have actually all undergone global acclaim.Fondly referred to as the Poetess of Sinhala Cinema ,
ended up being the very first director ever to shoot with the latest Red Epic video camera in which her most current movie theater endeavor
Vaishnavee was shot in 2012 and laid the structure for the next Generation Digital Cinema for Sri Lanka.She was the precious partner of
veteran Sri Lankan movie director Lester James Peries, who passed away on April 29, 2018.
