Now that his life is back in focus, we take a look at why However, if you look at his life from an alternate perspective, he was a rebel who actually had a larger-than-life image among his people.ĪLSO READ: Kaatru Veliyidai- Mani Ratnam to shoot action sequence in LadakhĪLSO READ: Before Prithviraj and Dhanush- 5 South actors who moved to directionĪt the same time, Prabhakaran's tumultuous journey has enough potential to become one of the finest films of Indian cinema, even commercially, so to speak. Prabhakaran, the militant leader and a mass murderer, who spearheaded the intermittent insurgency against the Sri Lankan government for 28 years, was killed on May 19, 2009. To the world, Prabhakaran is known as a guerilla leader, an extremist and a terrorist, who pioneered the usage of suicide bombings to annihilate two prominent leaders of the world - Ranasinghe Premadasa, former Sri Lankan President and Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.īut to the Tamils in Sri Lanka, he is known by the sobriquet Thambi (little brother), who was a freedom fighter, a demigod and a martyr.