Sumitra Peries

Directing

Sumitra Peries

Born — Died

1934-03-24 — 2023-01-19

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is a Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is 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. Her films include Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumitra Peries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Girls poster
7.4

In rural Sri Lanka, two sisters pursue love and personal ambitions despite their family's strict social expectations. As class barriers and financial struggles intensify, both women are forced to abandon their dreams for family duty.

The Girls

1978

Friends poster
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Yahaluvo (Friends) (යහළුවෝ), also known as Yahaluwo, is a 2007 Sinhala romantic drama film. It was directed by Sumitra Peries, produced by Namal Senasinghe, the brother of Sujeewa Senasinghe, and scored by Navaratne Gamage. The film stars Sujeewa Senasinghe and Pooja Umashankar in lead roles along with Iranganie Serasinghe, Tony Ranasinghe, Kamal Addararachchi, and Anarkali Akarsha in supportive roles. It is the 1097th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Friends

2007

The Tree Goddess poster
NR

Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930’s, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a demonic love story, the narrative follows a puppet-maker who’s set to be married to a young girl. Unfortunately, the girl elopes with her secret lover. Devastated, the grieving puppet-maker ends up carving a puppet in her likeness, which eventually comes to life, setting in motion a fantastical chain of events.

The Tree Goddess

2018

Maya poster
NR

The story follows a seven-year-old girl from an aristocratic family who is brutally murdered and subsequently reborn in a rural village.

Maya

1984

Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa poster
NR

A village woman and her young son face various hardships because of the untimely death of her husband.

Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa

1988

The Garden poster
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The calm, dull marriage of a young woman and her much older husband is disturbed when the man's younger brother arrives at their home.

The Garden

2003

Behind the camera

The Girls poster
7.4

In rural Sri Lanka, two sisters pursue love and personal ambitions despite their family's strict social expectations. As class barriers and financial struggles intensify, both women are forced to abandon their dreams for family duty.

The Girls

1978

Friends poster
NR

Yahaluvo (Friends) (යහළුවෝ), also known as Yahaluwo, is a 2007 Sinhala romantic drama film. It was directed by Sumitra Peries, produced by Namal Senasinghe, the brother of Sujeewa Senasinghe, and scored by Navaratne Gamage. The film stars Sujeewa Senasinghe and Pooja Umashankar in lead roles along with Iranganie Serasinghe, Tony Ranasinghe, Kamal Addararachchi, and Anarkali Akarsha in supportive roles. It is the 1097th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Friends

2007

The Tree Goddess poster
NR

Vaishnavee (The Goddess), (Sinhalese: වෛෂ්ණාවී) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by veteran director Sumitra Peries and produced by Mano Nanayakkara. 1930’s, Sri Lanka. Partly a compelling domestic drama, and a demonic love story, the narrative follows a puppet-maker who’s set to be married to a young girl. Unfortunately, the girl elopes with her secret lover. Devastated, the grieving puppet-maker ends up carving a puppet in her likeness, which eventually comes to life, setting in motion a fantastical chain of events.

The Tree Goddess

2018

Maya poster
NR

The story follows a seven-year-old girl from an aristocratic family who is brutally murdered and subsequently reborn in a rural village.

Maya

1984

Maya poster
NR

The story follows a seven-year-old girl from an aristocratic family who is brutally murdered and subsequently reborn in a rural village.

Maya

1984

Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa poster
NR

A village woman and her young son face various hardships because of the untimely death of her husband.

Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa

1988

The Garden poster
NR

The calm, dull marriage of a young woman and her much older husband is disturbed when the man's younger brother arrives at their home.

The Garden

2003

By the river poster
7.0

England educated Dr. Sarath Pathirana (Vijaya Kumaratunga), who is willing to try out new methods to treat his patients, is directed towards a special patient by the Head Doctor (Henry Jayasena) at the mental hospital. This patient is a beautiful girl named Nirmala…

By the river

1980

Mother Alone poster
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Duwata Mawaka Misa (translated as Mother Alone) is a critically acclaimed Sinhala film released in 1997. Directed by the legendary filmmaker Sumitra Peries, the movie is known for its poignant portrayal of family dynamics and maternal themes.

Mother Alone

1997

Loku Duwa poster
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"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.

Loku Duwa

1994

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Keti Bendi Aliya (කෙටි බෙන්දි අලිය) is a 1980 Sri Lankan film directed by Sumitra Peries. The film is in Sinhala and runs for approximately 100.0 minutes. The film was produced in Sri Lanka.

කෙටි බෙන්දි අලිය

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