Palandha Pathirage Lakshman Calistus Dias, popularly as Lucky Dias (born 5 February 1949), is an actor in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n cinema and teledrama as well as a
producer and director.He entered films in 1986 guided by his mentor, a famous actor and film director,
Gamini Fonseka
Kala Keerthi Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka () (21 March 1936 - 30 September 2004 as ගාමිණී ෆොන්සේකා), was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician. Often considered as the Greatest Actor in the Sinhal ...
. He did the first hosting of
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi, Sri Lankan version of ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and ...
''. On 12 June 1986, he married
Malini Fonseka
Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka ( Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a director. ...
, Sri Lankan film actress and divorced in 2011. He got the
Presidential Film Award in 1998.
Filmography
* No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the
Sri Lankan cinema.
Television serials
* ''Bharyawo''
* ''Eha Ivura''
* ''Iqbal'' as Imran
* ''Kemmura''
* ''Kulawamiya''
* ''Magi''
* ''Miriguwen Eha
* ''Muthu Ataye Modayo''
* ''Nannadunanni''
* ''Sahas Gaw Dura'' as Sampath
* ''Sankranthi Samaya''
* ''Shaun''
* ''Seethala Gini Del''
* ''Sihina Sithuvam''
* ''Sive Diya Dahara''
* ''Sohayuro'' as Mahendra
* ''Sulangata Mediwi''
* ''Suwanda Obai Amme''
* ''Swetha Gantheera''
* ''Wassa Nuba Wage''
* ''Yashorawaya'' as Baladeva
* ''Yes Boss'' as Nihal Kariyawasam
Producer
*''Paradeesey'' (1991)
*''Sathya'' (1992)
*''Anthima Reya'' (1998)
Directed films and tv serials
*''Seethala Gini Dal'' (2016)
*''Breaking News'' (upcoming)
*''Sannasi Premaya''. It is the first teledrama to be filmed by a smartphone in Sri Lanka.
*''Katharaka Hasareli''
*''Suwanda Obai Amme''
*''Sivdiya Dahara''
*''Sanda Tharaka''
*''Sasara Ivuru''
Announcer
*''
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi'' (2010)
References
*
External links
*
Malini Fonseka Online.comඅමුතුම තාලේ චරිත හයක්
ලකී ඩයස් ඉතිහාසයට එක්වෙයි
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Living people
Sri Lankan male film actors
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Sinhalese male actors
Sri Lankan male television actors
1951 births