Velupillai Prabhakaran

Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran ( listen (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; November 26, 1954 – May 18, 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

For over 25 years, the LTTE waged a violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka to create an independent state for the Tamil people. Founded in 1976, the LTTE rocketed to prominence in 1983 after they ambushed a patrol of the Sri Lanka Army outside Jaffna, resulting in the deaths of 13 soldiers. This ambush, along with the subsequent rioting which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Tamil civilians, is generally considered the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War. After years of fighting, including the unsuccessful intervention of the Indian Army (IPKF), the conflict was halted after international mediation in 2001. By then, the Tamil Tigers controlled large swathes of land in the north and east of the country, running virtually a mini-state with Prabhakaran serving as its unquestioned leader. Peace talks eventually broke down, and the Sri Lanka Army launched a military campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers in 2006.

M. Prabhaharan

M. Prabhaharan (born 6 July 1966 at Dindigul) had his school education in Theni, Tamil Nadu and completed his degree course in Fine Arts at Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai. He had a brief stint as an illustrator in Special Effects Venky's office in 1990. He worked as an assistant Art Director under the noted Art Director, Mr. Ashok Kumar in Tamil and Telugu film industry for a few years. He got a big break in 1995 when he was offered to do art direction for R. Parthiepan's movie Pulla Kuttikaran, for which he achieved the award for Best Art Direction from Tamil Nadu Govt. He did art direction for many Tamil movies,to name a few, Ullathai Allitha, Thulladha Manamum Thullum, Thirupaachi, Anbe Sivam,Virumaandi,Dasavathaaram,Majaa, Vishwa Thulasi and Tenaliraman.

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Prabhakaran (film)

Prabhakaran is a 2008 bilingual Sri Lankan movie about LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran directed by Thushara Pieris.

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