Dasun Pathirana

Dasun Pathirana
දසුන් පතිරණ
Born (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39)
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationCarey College, Colombo
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
SpouseNadeesha Hansi Dissanayake
Children2
AwardsBest Actor

Dasun Pathirana (born 26 July 1985, as දසුන් පතිරණ) [Sinhala]), is a model and actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.[1] He won an award at Indie Fest 2014 as best actor in a leading role. He received his first Sarasaviya award in 2018.[2]

Personal life

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Pathirana was born on born 26 July 1985 and studied in Carey College, Colombo. He studied drama and acting under Mahendra Perea's academy of acting and drama. He had one younger sister, Deshani who was born in 1996.[3]

Dasun's partner is Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake and their love story had been a secret to the media for four years.[4][5] The two has two daughters, Shaiya Lily Pathirana, born in 2018 and Shaya Lily Pathirana , born in 2019 [6]

Career

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Pathirana started his career in 2002 at the age of 17. In 2004, Pathirana entered Mahendra Perera’s Academy for Acting and Drama.[7]

He performed in many Sri Lankan teledramas,[8] films, commercials, stage dramas[9] and music videos. He received a Best Upcoming Actor award for his role in the teledrama Ahasin Watuna.[10]

In 2014, he was the lead in the film Frangipani,[11] which screened at Tasveer, the ninth Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival[12] and at the BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival.[13][14] His acting received positive reviews.[15]

In 2015, he played the lead in Motor Bicycle,[16][17] which won best film and best direction awards at the SAARC Film Festival.[18][19][20] 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 Sayapethi Kusuma.[21][22] He performed in many music videos and won the best actor in a video award in Derana music award ceremony in 2016.

Television serials

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  • 4chun Residencies
  • Ado [23]
  • A/L Iwarai
  • Giridevi
  • Mage Adara Awanaduwa
  • Massa [24]
  • Maya Patala
  • Mega
  • Meka Thamai Jeevithe
  • Parisiyata Paara Kiyana
  • Pini Bindu
  • Sanda Vinivida[25]
  • Sath Piyawaru
  • Star Sri Lanka Histhanak[26]
  • Take Care
  • Thanamalvila Kollek [27]
  • Thaththa
  • Thriloka[28]
  • Thumpane [29]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Ref.
2008 Heart FM uncredited role
2010 How I Wonder What You Are
2012 Ciao (Short film) [30]
2015 Maatha Lucky
2016 Motor Bicycle Rangana
2016 Frangipani Sarath [31]
2017 Nino Live Nishantha [32]
2018 Davena Vihagun Bus driver
2018  Ikka Film star [33]
2019  Husma Kumara
2023 Gajaman Gajaman (motion)
2023 Saho Tharu [34][35]
2023 Kandak Sema
2024 Seeruwen [36]
2024 Minnu [37]
TBA Three Diaries † post production [38]
TBA Adventures of Ricky Deen † Angry actor
TBA Train to Kandy † [39]
TBA  House of My Fathers † [40]
TBA Monkey Man † [41]
TBA Ayu † [42]
TBA Maria † [43]

Awards and accolades

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He has won several awards at the local stage drama, cinema and television festivals.[44][45][46]

Indie Fest

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Performance in Drama Best Actor Won

Derana Film Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Sayapethi Kusuma Best Actor Won

Signis Film Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Motor Bicycle[47] Best Actor Won

SAARC Film Festival

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Motor Bicycle Best Actor Won

Sarasaviya Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 Motor Bicycle[48] Best Actor Won

Hiru Golden Film Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 Motor Bicycle Best Actor Won

Raigam Tele'es

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 Ahasin Watuna Best Actor Won

Sumathi Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2019 Thaththa Best Supporting Actor Won

References

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  1. ^ "Actor Dasun Pathirana". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Dasun Pathirana filmography". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "We do not have a traditional bond". Silumina. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ "හොඳම නළුවා සම්මානය දිනූ දසුන්ට පෙම්වතිය හංසිගෙන් ලැබුණු ආදරණීය සුභපැතුම" [Dasun Pathirana Best Actor Derana Film Awards 2017 Girl Friend Wish]. Citizen (in Sinhala). Sri Lanka. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ "හොඳම නළුවා සම්මානය දිනූ දසුන්ට පෙම්වතිය හංසිගෙන් ලැබුණු පට්ටම සුභාපතුම (Photos)". www.gossipbro.lk. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Dasun became a father". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Reaching for the stars". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Empty spaces in Star Reality Shows". By Susitha R. Fernando
  9. ^ "Theatre for the young". Daily News, 1 December 2010, R S Godage
  10. ^ "Nominations for Raigam Tele’es". The Sunday Times.
  11. ^ "The rainbow of Sayapethi Kusuma". Daily Mirror, 2017-01-02. Gamini Akmeemana.
  12. ^ "Tasveer: 9th Seattle South Asian Film Festival returns". International Examiner, Yayoi Lena Winfrey 21 October 2014
  13. ^ "‘Frangipani’ review – Life with more than just two petals…". Asian Culture Vulture. 12 April 2015
  14. ^ "Frangipani – BFI Flare 2015 Review". One Room with a View, Danielle Davenport 25 March 2015
  15. ^ "Opening ourselves to Dialogue". The Nation. By Samantha Sirimanne Hyde, 25 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Motor Bicycle; A ride on social realities". The Sunday Times. 28 August 2016.
  17. ^ Akmeemana, Gamini (8 October 2016). "'Motor Bicycle' review". Daily Mirror.
  18. ^ Fernando, Susitha R. "SAARC kudos for 'Motor Bicycle'". The Sunday Times.
  19. ^ "Shameera's dream debut". Sunday Observer. 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  20. ^ Fernando, Susitha R. "2016: An Year for cinema". The Sunday Times.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "Fifth Derana Sunsilk Film Awards 2017 - Winners". www.adaderana.lk.
  23. ^ "Ado' Viewers live a big dream until it ultimately shatters". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Most of the screenplays now have rubbish". සරසවිය. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  25. ^ "An aesthetic comeback to creative drama". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Empty spaces in Star Reality Shows". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  27. ^ "Thanamalvila Kollek' - Award-winning warmth and fatherly memory". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  28. ^ "A teleplay with a difference". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  29. ^ "Thumpane on Television". Sarasaviya. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Ciao – Short Film By Ilham Hossen". Decibel.lk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  31. ^ "They want a break". Daily News. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  32. ^ "'Nino Live' goes on air". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  33. ^ "Ikka (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  34. ^ "Athugala's first love story "Saho" on the big screen". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  35. ^ "Overseas ratings for "Saho"". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  36. ^ "Seeruwen: The third eye of an unseen dimension". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  37. ^ "තුන්පත් රෑනක සොඳුරු අනන්තය "මින්නු"". www.sundaytimes.lk.
  38. ^ "Three Diaries filming completed". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  39. ^ "මේ දුම්රිය වේගවත් -'ට්‍රේන් ටු කැන්ඩි'ම". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  40. ^ "Suba Sivakumaran's 'House of My Fathers' Sells to Hong Kong's Asian Shadows". variety. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  41. ^ "Monkey Man: The young man disguised as a monkey". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  42. ^ "Chathra's 'Ayu' competes at Barcelona". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  43. ^ "A film without an actress by Aruna Jayawardena". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  44. ^ Dhanushika. "Derana Sunsilk Film Awards 2017 - Winners".
  45. ^ "SAARC Film Festival 2017 -". saarcculture.org.
  46. ^ "Sumathi Award winners 2019". Sarasaviya.
  47. ^ "Stars flock together for Signis". Dailyb News.
  48. ^ "Star-studded Sarasaviya Festival". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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