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)
Island of Blood, Anita Pratap, (2003)
The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, Francis Boyle (2009)
The Cage, Gordon Weiss (2011)
Still Counting the Dead, Frances Harrison (2012)
Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka, C. A. Chandraprema, (2012)
Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora, JK Sivalingam (2012)
A Fleeting moment in my country, N. Malathy,(2012)

Novels

Tech War (Able Team), Dick Stivers (1985)
Funny Boy, Shyam Selvadurai (1994)
The Road from Elephant Pass, Nihal De Silva, (2003)
Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera, (2012)
Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora, JK Sivalingam (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) - Thushara Peris
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

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

Sebalanani, (2009) - Ranidu Lankage
Lions and Tigers, (1997) - Brown boogie nation

Video games

PSP

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator, (2010) - Ubisoft

References

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Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture
Literature	Funny Boy (1994) The Road from Elephant Pass (2003) The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka (2009) The Cage (2011) Tamil Tigress (2011) Gota's War (2012) Still Counting the Dead (2012) Sri Lanka's Secrets: How the Rajapaksa Regime Gets Away with Murder (2014) This Divided Island (2015) Road to Nandikadal (2016) Tamil Tigers' Debt to America (2016)
Films	Unakkaga Piranthen (1992) Purahanda Kaluwara (1997) Saroja (2000) Kaatrukkenna Veli (2001) Punchi Suranganavi (2002) In the Name of Buddha (2002) Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) Ira Madiyama (2003) Aanivaer (2006) Kuttrapathirikai (2007) Mission 90 Days (2007) Prabhakaran (2008) The Road from Elephant Pass (2008) Flying Fish (2011) Gamani (2011) Uchithanai Muharnthaal (2011) Matha (2012) A Common Man (2013) Madras Cafe (2013) Ceylon (2013) Ravana Desam (2013) Samige Kathawa (2013) Pulipaarvai (2014) Dheepan (2015) Porkalathil Oru Poo (2015) Muttrupulliyaa (2016) 18.05.2009 (2018) Sinamkol (2020) Neelam (TBA)
Documentaries	My Daughter the Terrorist (2007) Crayons and Paper (2009) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011) Lies Agreed Upon (2011) I Witnessed Genocide: Inside Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished (2012) Ruthless (2012) No Fire Zone (2013) Sri Lanka's Unfinished War (2013) White Van Stories (2013) This Land Belongs to the Army (2014) Sri Lanka: The Search for Justice (2015) Demons in Paradise (2017)