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Ranjith Kumara

Aluthge Don Ranjith Kumara (; 7 April 1947 – 10 May 2024) was a Sri Lankan film journalist and editor. One of the earliest pillars in Sinhala cinema journalism, Kumara contributed as an author, publisher, editor, feature writer, illustrator, art director and choreographer in a career which spanned over five decades.

As a cover designer, he designed over 300 cover pages for books. He worked as the editor of Sarasaviya, the longest surviving Sinhala cinema weekly newspaper for 25 years and the pioneer of Sarasaviya Awards, The Oscars of Sri Lanka. Kumara was the director, and member of the organising committee of the Sarasaviya Awards festival for a record 17 years, as well as the Sumathi Awards festival 20 years. Provided by Wikipedia