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Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture

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With the Sri Lankan Civil War spanning nearly 30 years, (1983-2009), it has been portrayed in a wide range of ways in popular culture.

Contents

Biography

  • Tamil Tigress, Niromi de Soyza, (2011)

    • Non fiction

  • Island of Blood, Anita Pratap, (2003)
  • The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, Francis Boyle (2009)
  • The Cage, Gordon Weiss (2011)
  • Still Counting the Dead, Frances Harrison (2012)
  • Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka, C. A. Chandraprema, (2012)
  • Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora, JK Sivalingam (2012)
  • A Fleeting moment in my country, N. Malathy,(2012)

    • Novels

  • Funny Boy, Shyam Selvadurai (1994)
  • The Road from Elephant Pass, Nihal De Silva, (2003)
  • Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera, (2012)
  • Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora, JK Sivalingam (2012)

    • Film & TV

  • Unakkaga Piranthen (1992) - Balu Anand
  • Purahanda Kaluwara (1997) - Prasanna Vithanage
  • Saroja (2000) - Somaratne Dissanayake
  • In the Name of Buddha (2002) - Rajesh Touchriver
  • Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) - Mani Ratnam
  • Ira Madiyama (2003) - Prasanna Vithanage
  • Aanivaer (2006) - John Mahendran
  • Kuttrapathirikai (2007) - R. K. Selvamani
  • Prabhakaran (2008) - Thushara Peris
  • The Road from Elephant Pass (2008) - Chandran Rutnam
  • Flying Fish (2011) - Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
  • Matha (2011) - Boodee Keerthisena
  • A Common Man (2013) - Chandran Rutnam
  • Madras Cafe (2013) - John Abraham
  • Ceylon (2013) - Santosh Sivan

    • Documentaries

  • Crayons and Paper - (2009) - Bruce David Janu
  • Sri Lanka's Killing Fields - (2011) - Callum Macrae
  • Lies Agreed Upon - (2011) - Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished - (2012) - Callum Macrae
  • Ruthless - (2012) - Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka
  • No Fire Zone - (2013) - Callum Macrae
  • Sri Lanka's Unfinished War - (2013) - BBC

    • Music

  • Sebalanani, (2009) - Ranidu Lankage
  • Lions and Tigers, (1997) - Brown boogie nation

    • PSP

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator, (2010) - Ubisoft

    • References

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