Anura Horatious

Anura Horatious
BornColombo, Sri Lanka.
OccupationNovelist
GenreCrime,
Crime fiction

Anura Horatious (Sinhala: අනුර හොරේෂස්) is a popular Sri Lankan author of crime fiction, best known for the bestselling novel Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli (Sinhala: ගිණි අවි සහ ගිණි කෙළි, (Firearms and Fireworks). The novel was later adapted into an award-winning film by Udayakantha Warnasuriya in 1998, with the sequel Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli 2 (Sinhala: ගිනි අවි සහ ගිනිකෙළි 2, English: Firearms and Fireworks 2) being released in September 2024.[1] In 2003, Horatious directed his first film, Sonduru Dadabima (A Pleasurable Hunt).[2]

References

  1. ^ "My subject is exposing underworld". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "From pen to camera : Journalist hunts for cinematic reality". Ceylon Daily News. 2 August 2003. Archived from the original on 17 February 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2012.