Anura Horatious () 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'' (, English: ''Firearms and Fireworks'') is a 1998 Sri Lankan crime film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, based on a popular fictitious novel written by Anura Horatious. The plot ...

'' (, (''

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and

Fireworks Fireworks are Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large numbe ...

''). The novel was later adapted into an award-winning film by Udayakantha Warnasuriya in 1998, with the sequel ''

Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli 2 ''Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli: Chapter 2'' (, English: ''Firearms and Fireworks 2'') is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese crime film directed and produced by Udayakantha Warnasuriya for Bahuroo Films. The film served as a sequel to the 1998 blockbuster f ...

'' ( Sinhala: ගිනි අවි සහ ගිනිකෙළි 2, English: ''

and

2'') being released in September 2024. In 2003, Horatious directed his first film, ''Sonduru Dadabima'' (''A Pleasurable Hunt'').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horatious, Anura Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Sri Lankan novelists Crime fiction writers