"Prabakaran" film director FASTs unto death demanding back his film copies

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" sathayagraha 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.

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