Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture
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.
Literature[]
Biography[]
- Tamil Tigress, Niromi de Soyza, (2011)
Non fiction[]
- This Divided Island, Samanth Subramanian (2015)
- , Anita Pratap, (2003)
- The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, Francis Boyle (2009)
- The Cage, (2011)
- Still Counting the Dead, Frances Harrison (2012)
- Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka, C. A. Chandraprema, (2012)
- , (2012)
- , ,(2012)
Novels[]
- Tech War (Able Team), Dick Stivers (1985)
- Funny Boy, Shyam Selvadurai (1994)
- The Road from Elephant Pass, Nihal De Silva, (2003)
- , Nayomi Munaweera, (2012)
- , (2012)
- The Story of a Brief Marriage, Anuk Arudpragasam (2016)
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) -
- 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
- A Private War (2018) - Matthew Heineman
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[]
- , (2009) - Ranidu Lankage
- , (1997) -
Video games[]
PSP[]
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator, (2010) - Ubisoft
PC/Android[]
- NERO: The Sniper, (2021) -
See also[]
- World War I in popular culture
- World War II in popular culture
- Culture during the Cold War
References[]
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