From Colombo to the Cosmos

From Colombo to the Cosmos: How a Sri Lankan Boy Dreamed in Hollywood VFX

When I was around twelve years old, I had a life-altering encounter—not with a spiritual guru or a philosophical text, but with a VHS tape. Two, to be precise. Star Wars and The Terminator. That double bill of space opera and cybernetic chaos quite literally rewired my brain. While other kids were busy playing cricket or learning the finer points of being a doctor/lawyer/engineer (South Asian holy trinity), I was off daydreaming about galaxies far, far away and Austrian robots with questionable morals.