'POETESS OF SINHALA CINEMA' NO MORE!

Sad to know, Sri Lankan veteran filmmaker Sumitra Peries passed away!

She was the first Sri Lankan female film director. From teenage drama 'Gehenu Lamai' (1978) to romantic 'Yahaluvo' (2007) & thriller 'Vaishnavee' (2018) she made different genres popular films. Her contribution to the development of Sinhala Cinema was commendable!

Sumitra Peries was the wife of Sri Lankan legendary filmmaker Lester James Peries who left this world four years ago! That time I wrote homage article on him here!

I still remember meeting to this great filmmaker couple of Sri Lanka..Lester James Peries and Sumitra Peries..in our 'International Film Festival of India' (IFFI) held at New Delhi in 2000. [Here is that photograph].

Humble homage to her!!

- Manoj Kulkarni