Famous People with Name Prasanna

Prasanna Vithanage            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Prasanna Vithanage: one of Sri Lanka's most notable filmmakers. His films have won many awards, both local and international.He was involved in theatre ever since he left school. In 1992 he directed his first film 'Sisila Gini Gani' (Ice on Fire (film)). It won nine OCIC (Sri Lanka) awards including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. His fourth feature, Purahanda Kaluwara (Darkness on a Full Moon Day), came in 1997. It was initially banned by the government of Sri Lanka. Later the ban was lifted. It won the Grand Prix award at the Amiens Film Festival.

Prasanna Thothadri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prasanna Thothadri: a rising Bharatanatyam dancer in India .

Prasanna Jayakody            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Prasanna Jayakody: a budding Sri Lankan film director.[1] His debut film Sankara (Introspection), won The Special Jury Prize The Silver Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival 2006 and the Best Debut Director Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2006[2].Prasanna Jayakody was born in 1968 to an artistic family which was strongly rooted in traditional Sinhala values and grew up in a Buddhist environment. He debuted at the age of 21, with Seveneli saha Minissu (Shadows and Men) a stage drama thematically woven around a thoughtful discussion on the reality of life and was a major critical success. He was immediately catapulted into the limelight

Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara: a Sri Lankan athlete. He participated at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2005 Asian Championships in Athletics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.

Prasanna Jayawardene            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Prasanna Jayawardene: is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. Having toured England in 1998 as a 19-year-old, Jayawardene was touted for a long career as a Sri Lankan cricketer, but soon found himself out of play thanks to the emerging tale