Palandha Pathirage Lakshman Calistus Dias, popularly as Lucky Dias (ලකී ඩයස් born 5 February 1951), is an actor in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
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. He did the first hosting of
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi, Sri Lankan version of ''
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''. On 12 June 1986, he married
Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress and divorced in 2011. He got the
Presidential Film Award in 1998.
Filmography
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
As a Producer
*''Paradeesey'' (1991)
*''Sathya'' (1992)
*''Anthima Reya'' (1998)
Directed films and tv serials
*''Breaking News'' (upcoming)
*''Katharaka Hasareli''
*''Sanda Tharaka''
*''Sannasi Premaya''. It is the first teledrama to be filmed by a smartphone in Sri Lanka.
*''Sasara Ivuru''
*''Seethala Gini Dal'' (2016)
*''Sivdiya Dahara''
*''Suwanda Obai Amme''
As an Announcer
*''
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi'' (2010)
References
*
External links
*
Malini Fonseka Online.comඅමුතුම තාලේ චරිත හයක්ලකී ඩයස් ඉතිහාසයට එක්වෙයි
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Living people
Sri Lankan male film actors
Sri Lankan male television actors
1951 births