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TIL Sri Lankan playwright Ruwanthie de Chickera performed her debut play "Middle of Silence" at the age of 19 and her debut play was staged in London's West End. She also wrote screenplay for 2008 Italian-Sri Lankan film Machan which was based on the disappearance of Sri Lanka national handball team

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