Anura Horatious ( si, අනුර හොරේෂස්) is a popular Sri Lankan author of

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, best known for the bestselling novel ''

Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli ''Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli'' ( si, ගිණි අවි සහ ගිණි කෙළි, English: ''Firearms and Fireworks'') is a 1998 Sri Lankan crime film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, based on a p ...

'' ( si, ගිණි අවි සහ ගිණි කෙළි, italic=yes, ('' Firearms and

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''). The novel was later adapted into an award-winning film by Udayakantha Warnasuriya in 1998. In 2003, he directed his first film, ''Sonduru Dadabima'' (''A Pleasurable Hunt'').

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