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Priyantha Colombage | |
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| Born | 1966 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1998 - present |
Priyantha Colombage (born in 1966) is a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Sinhala cinema. He is best known for his directorial debut “Dehena”(Trance) in 1998 & Dehena won the highest number of awards for Sri Lanka and represented the country at the Tokyo International Film Festival. His second film “Vimukthi”(Salvation) was the unanimous choice of local film critics to represent Sri Lanka at the Kerala, Milwelly and Cairo International Film Festivals.