Sunil Ariyaratne

Professor
Sunil Ariyaratne
සුනිල් ආරියරත්න
Born
Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara

(1949-07-28) 28 July 1949 (age 75)
Nugegoda, Dominion of Ceylon
EducationSt. John's College, Nugegoda
Alma materD.Litt. University of Sri Jayewardenepura
OccupationSenior Professor
Years active1961—present
AwardsWishwa Prasadini Award
Vidyodaya Vibhushana Honorary name
Sahithya Kala Shiromani Honorary award
Kamban Award

Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara (සුනිල් ආරියරත්න; born 28 July 1949), popularly as Sunil Ariyaratne, is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a lyricist.[1][2] One of the most popular filmmakers and lyricists in Sri Lankan cinema,[3] Ariyaratne has won six Sarasaviya awards, four Presidential awards from the year 1981 as a film lyricist and then won three awards as a teledrama lyricists.[4]

  1. ^ "Sunil Ariyaratne films". IMDb. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Sunil Ariyaratne". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ "I do not remember a time when there was such a huge breakdown in Sinhala cinema: Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Poet in him". Daily News. Retrieved 1 March 2020.