Career
She worked as a lecturer for 44 years at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fire: A film which bears witness to Deepa Mehta"s courage as an artist, the review of Deepa Mehta"s 1996 film Fire was originally published in Sinhalese in Kamkaru Mawatha, the newspaper of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka, on May 29 and June 12, 1998. Life is not the problem, but the conditions under which it is offered, Pavuru Valalu (Walls Within), directed by Prasanna Vithanage, screenplay by Tony Ranasingha.
How war has shattered the life of a Sri Lankan village, Pura Handa Kaluwara (Death on a Full Moon Day), written and directed by Prasanna Vithanage.
In the classical realist tradition, Sisila Gini Gani (Ice on Fire), directed by Prasanna Vithanage, script Sanath Gunathilaka and music by Premasiri Khemadasa. The impact of war on daily life in Sri Lanka, Ira Mediyama (August Sun), written and directed by Prasanna Vithanage.
A serious attempt to encourage Sri Lankan opera, Sonduru Varnadasi (The Alluring Courtesan), directed by Premasiri Khemadasa, libretto by Lucien Bulathsinghala.
