Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture

With the Sri Lankan Civil War spanning for nearly 30 years (1983–2009), the conflict has been portrayed in a variety of ways in popular culture, both during the war and after its conclusion.

Literature

Biographies

Tamil Tigress (2011), by Niromi de Soyza

Non-fiction

This Divided Island (2015), by Samanth Subramanian
Island of Blood (2003), by Anita Pratap
The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka (2009), by Francis Boyle
The Cage (2011), by Gordon Weiss
Still Counting the Dead (2012), by Frances Harrison
Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka (2012), by C. A. Chandraprema
Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora (2012), by J. K. Sivalingam
A Fleeting Moment in My Country (2012), by N. Malathy

Novels

Tech War (Able Team) (1985), by Dick Stivers
Funny Boy (1994), by Shyam Selvadurai
The Road from Elephant Pass (2003), by Nihal De Silva
Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012), by Nayomi Munaweera
Ummath (2014), by Sharmila Seyyid
The Story of a Brief Marriage (2016), by Anuk Arudpragasam

Film & TV

Films

Unakkaga Piranthen (1992), directed by Balu Anand
Purahanda Kaluwara (1997), directed by Prasanna Vithanage
Saroja (2000), directed by Somaratne Dissanayake
In the Name of Buddha (2002), directed by Rajesh Touchriver
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), directed by Mani Ratnam
Ira Madiyama (2003), directed by Prasanna Vithanage
Aanivaer (2006), directed by John Mahendran
Kuttrapathirikai (2007), directed by R. K. Selvamani
Prabhakaran (2008), directed by Thushara Peiris
The Road from Elephant Pass (2008), directed by Chandran Rutnam
Flying Fish (2011), directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Matha (2011), directed by Boodee Keerthisena
A Common Man (2013), directed by Chandran Rutnam
Madras Cafe (2013), directed by John Abraham
Ceylon (2013), directed by Santosh Sivan
A Private War (2018), directed by Matthew Heineman

Documentaries

Crayons and Paper (2009), directed by Bruce David Janu
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011), directed by Callum Macrae
Lies Agreed Upon (2011), by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished (2012), directed by Callum Macrae
Ruthless (2012), by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence
No Fire Zone (2013), directed by Callum Macrae
Sri Lanka's Unfinished War (2013), by the BBC

Animation

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007), by Sunrise, Inc.^[1]

Music

Lions and Tigers (1997), song by Brown Boogie Nation
Sebalanani (2009), song by Ranidu Lankage

Video games

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (2010)
NERO: The Sniper (2021)

References

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Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)

Origins

Combatants

Sri Lanka	Army (LRRP) Navy Air Force Police Special Task Force Home Guards Attacks on civilians Assassinations
LTTE	Divisions Air Tigers Sea Tigers Black Tigers Attacks in the 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Assassinations Suicide bombings
Other militants (list)	ENDLF ENLF EPRLF EROS PLOTE TELO
India	Indian Peace Keeping Force
Paramilitary groups	EPDP TMVP

Phases

Major battles

Major events

Leaders

Sri Lanka

Military

Army	Tissa Weeratunga Nalin Seneviratne Hamilton Wanasinghe Cecil Waidyaratne G. H. De Silva Rohan Daluwatte Srilal Weerasooriya L. P. Balagalle Shantha Kottegoda Sarath Fonseka
Navy	Asoka de Silva H. A. Silva Clancy Fernando D. A. M. R. Samarasekara H. C. A. C. Thisera Daya Sandagiri Wasantha Karannagoda
Air Force	Dick Perera Andibuduge Fernando Makalandage Gunawardena Oliver Ranasinghe Jayalath Weerakkody Donald Perera Roshan Goonetileke

Civilian

LTTE

Militant	Velupillai Prabhakaran Pottu Amman Soosai Karuna Amman
Political	Selvarasa Pathmanathan Anton Balasingham S. P. Thamilselvan

India

Military	Harkirat Singh Ashok K. Mehta Kulwant Singh Depinder Singh Dalvir Singh Krishnaswamy Sundarji
Civilian	R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Jyotindra Nath Dixit J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Vaiko