Dasun Pathirana
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Dasun Pathirana (born 26 July 1985) is a Sri Lankan actor and model.[1] He won an award at Indie Fest 2014 as best actor in a leading role.
Early life
Pathirana studied in Carey College, Colombo. He studied drama and acting under Mahendra Perea's academy of acting and drama.
Personal life
Dasun's partner is Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake and their love story had been a secret to the media for four years.[2][3] The two has one daughter, Shaiya Lily Pathirana, born in 2018.[4]
Career
Pathirana started his career in 2002 at the age of 17. He performed in many Sri Lankan teledramas,[5] films, commercials, stage dramas[6] and music videos. He received a Best Upcoming Actor award for his role in the teledrama Ahasin Watuna.[7]
In 2014, he was the lead in the film Frangipani,[8] which screened at Tasveer, the ninth Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival[9] and at the BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival.[10][11] His acting received positive reviews.[12]
In 2015, he played the lead in Motor Bicycle,[13][14] which won best film and best direction awards at the SAARC Film Festival.[15][16][17] The film also won the "Cinema of tomorrow" award at the Derana Film Award Ceremony in year 2015.
He received the best actor award in Derana sunsilk cinema Awards 2017 for his role "Kasun" in movie Frangipani [18][19]
Filmography
- No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.[20]
| Year | No. | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1099 | Heart FM | uncredited role |
| 2010 | How I Wonder What You Are | ||
| 2015 | 1244 | Maatha | Lucky |
| 2016 | 1256 | Motor Bicycle | Rangana |
| 2016 | 1260 | Frangipani | Sarath |
| 2017 | 1278 | Nino Live | Nishantha |
| 2018 | 1307 | Davena Vihagun | |
| TBD | Gajaman | Motion capture artist for the title character | |
| TBD | Kandak Sema | ||
| TBD | Three Diaries | post production[21] | |
| TBD | Ciao[22] | Short film |
Awards
- Indie Fest 2014 as best actor in a leading role.
- Derana Film Awards 2017 as best actor in a leading role in Frangipani.[23]
- Signis Film Awards 2017 as best actor in a leading role in Motor Bicycle.
- SAARC Film Festival 2017 2017 as best actor on a leading role.
Television dramas
- A/L Iwarai
- Mega
- Sath Piyawaru
- Pini Bindu
- Maya Patala
- Train to Kandy
- Star Sri Lanka Histhanak.
- Mage Adara Awanaduwa
- Thaththa
Recognition
He performed in many music videos and won the best actor in a video award in Derana music award ceremony in 2016. He won an award for the best actor in a supportive role award at Raigam Telee Awards ceremony for his excellent skills in the tele-drama " Ahasin vatuna"
References
- ^ "Actor Dasun Pathirana". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "හොඳම නළුවා සම්මානය දිනූ දසුන්ට පෙම්වතිය හංසිගෙන් ලැබුණු ආදරණීය සුභපැතුම" [Dasun Pathirana Best Actor Derana Film Awards 2017 Girl Friend Wish]. Citizen (in lk). Sri Lanka. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "හොඳම නළුවා සම්මානය දිනූ දසුන්ට පෙම්වතිය හංසිගෙන් ලැබුණු පට්ටම සුභාපතුම (Photos)". www.gossipbro.lk.
- ^ "Dasun became a father". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Empty spaces in Star Reality Shows". By Susitha R. Fernando
- ^ "Theatre for the young". Daily News, 1 December 2010, R S Godage
- ^ "Nominations for Raigam Tele’es". The Sunday Times.
- ^ "The rainbow of Sayapethi Kusuma". Daily Mirror, 2017-01-02. Gamini Akmeemana.
- ^ "Tasveer: 9th Seattle South Asian Film Festival returns". International Examiner, Yayoi Lena Winfrey 21 October 2014
- ^ "‘Frangipani’ review – Life with more than just two petals…". Asian Culture Vulture. 12 April 2015
- ^ "Frangipani – BFI Flare 2015 Review". One Room with a View, Danielle Davenport 25 March 2015
- ^ "Opening ourselves to Dialogue". The Nation. By Samantha Sirimanne Hyde, 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Motor Bicycle; A ride on social realities". The Sunday Times. 28 August 2016.
- ^ Akmeemana, Gamini (8 October 2016). "'Motor Bicycle' review". Daily Mirror.
- ^ Fernando, Susitha R. "SAARC kudos for 'Motor Bicycle'". The Sunday Times.
- ^ "Shameera's dream debut". Sunday Observer. 7 June 2015.
- ^ Fernando, Susitha R. "2016: An Year for cinema". The Sunday Times.
- ^ www.ananmanan.lk. "වැදලා කියන්නම් ආයෙමත් මේ වගේ දේවල්, අපේ එකා කරපු ගොං මෝඩකම් කරන්න එපා - දස්සා වෙනුවෙන් දසුන් කළ සංවේදී කතාව - වීඩියෝ ~ Dasun Pathirana Speaks About Dasun Nishan Death - Citizen.lk". www.citizen.lk.
- ^ "Fifth Derana Sunsilk Film Awards 2017 - Winners". www.adaderana.lk.
- ^ "Sri Lankan Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Three Diaries filming completed". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Ciao – Short Film By Ilham Hossen". Decibel.lk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Dhanushika. "Derana Sunsilk Film Awards 2017 - Winners".
- ^ "SAARC Film Festival 2017 -". saarcculture.org.