Dr. Kapila Sooriyarachchi wins three Remi Awards

Dr. Kapila Sooriyarachchi attached to the Health Education Bureau, won three Remi Awards for his tele commercials which he had created for the Ministry of Health, presented at the 46th World Fest Event held in Houston, USA recently.

He was awarded the Remi Platinum Award for the television commercial which he had developed to prevent accidents?" titled, ?" Please Call Later?", the Best Remi Gold Award for the Documentary titled "Spreading the wings - Piyasara?" which was created for prevention of Bird Flu and the Remi Bronze Award for Best Educational Programme which he had developed for prevention of HIV AIDS.

Dr. Kapila Sooriyarachchi, who was the only recipient of three awards at the same event, was awarded with another Special Jury Award as well.

Dr. Sooriyarachchi who serves at the Health Education Bureau as a Communication Specialist has developed a large number of creations for health promotion and communication for which he has won many national and international awards.

He has been exhibiting his talents in varied fields of art as a lyricist, writer and music therapist and was the first medical doctor to direct a teledrama. He is the only medical doctor to have directed a feature film in Sri Lanka's cinematic history.