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Sumitra Peries

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Gender Female
Age 90
Date of birth March 24,1934
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Sri Lanka
Spouse Lester James Peries
ParentsHarriette Wickramasinghe
Henry Gunawardena
Movies/Shows Vaishnavee
Yahaluvo
Sakman Maluwa
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa
Maya
Ganga Addara
Gehenu Lamai
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Sumitra Peries Life story


Sumitra Peries is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all 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.

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