Piyasiri Gunaratne
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Piyasiri Gunaratne is a Sri Lankan director.
Gunaratne studied cinematography in Prague, Czechoslovakia at the Film Faculty and completed a master's degree before beginning work on film. His only film Mokada Une (1969) told the story of a single mother who becomes a prostitute after moving to the city. It was critically acclaimed but failed at box office.[1]
Gunaratne was later a member of the National Film Corporation and then the Rupavahini Corporation. He moved to Czechoslovakia during the tumulteous period of Sri Lanka in the 1980s.[1]
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- ^ a b Capturing the tragedy of War. The Sunday Times (1998). Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
