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FILM DIRECTOR THUSHARA PEIRIS STARTS A FAST UNTO DEATH DEMANDING BACK HIS ROBBED “PRABHAKARAN”

By Walter Jayawardhana

Sri Lankan film director Thushara Peiris , who has been brutally attacked by pro-Tamil Tiger elements at Chennai’s Gemini Colour Laboratories and stripped of copies of his new film “Prabhakaran” which he processed at the studios said from a hospital bed in Colombo that he is starting a “fast unto death” sathyagraha from his sick bed demanding the Indian and Sri Lankan governments to intervene in getting back his robbed copies of the film.

“I have stopped taking food, water and medicine until the Indian and Sri Lanka governments intervenes and get back my copies of the film,” he said from a bed of Colombo’s Nawaloka Hospital where he was admitted for treatment caused in the mob attack in Chennai.

It is believed an LTTE instigated mob attack took place in Chennai where they believed that his maiden full length feature film entitled “Prabhakaran”depicted the character of the ruthless terrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in very bad light and anti-Tamil flavour”.

Many in the mob belonged to the Chennai Film Technician’s Union and a leading newspaper in India, the Times of India, has also identified leaders of an extremist pro LTTE political party among the attackers.

The 39 year old talented film director , who has had his training in Italy , said he passed out for about 45 minutes after the brutal attack , and when he was conscious discovered that he was profusely bleeding and the film copies have been robbed.

The film produced both in Tamil and Sinhalese languages was watched by the mob and they agreed with the film director that there were no anti-Tamil sentiments as they had been told. But according to Peiris the Film Technicians Union decided to keep them in their custody without giving the copies back to him. Peiris said he want his film back .

Meanwhile , the BBC tamil language service broadcast a news item in which a mobster has been interviewed. He said the story was spread that an anti-Tamil movie
was about to be released in Chennai and that caused the pandemonium.

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