Sugathapala Senarath Yapa

Sugathapala Senarath Yapa was born on 10 November 1935 in Akuressa. An orphan, he worked young in cinemas, as a ticket seller for travelling cinemas, then joined the Ministry of Labour. Secretary and treasurer of the Kala Pela cultural society from 1963 to 1968, he joined the government film unit, for which he shot twenty-eight documentaries, one of which won him the Silver Peacock at the New Delhi festival in 1969. He died on 25 August 2024.

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• Cinemaහන්තානේ කතාවSugathapala Senarath Yapa · 1969Cinema