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About Sumitra Peries
Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (24 March 1935 – 19 January 2023) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker. She was the first female film director from Sri Lanka, and was 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. 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.
Everything about Sumitra Peries →- Occupation
- diplomat, film director, director
- Position held
- ambassador
- Citizenship
- Sri Lanka
- Born
- March 24, 1935
- Died
- January 19, 2023