Pioneering Sri Lankan film director Lester James Peries, known as the father of Sinhalese language cinema who rescued it from the thraldom of South Indian cinema, died in Colombo on Sunday aged 99 after a short illness.
Father of Sinhalese cinema, Lester James Peries, dies at 99
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May 01, 2018
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