Dharmapriya Dias

Dharmapriya Dias (Sinhala: ධර්මප්‍රිය ඩයස්) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.[2] Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and has a master's degree in theatre and drama.[3] He is the performing arts and sculpture art teacher in Shasthrananda Vidyalaya, Dehiwela.[4]

Dharmapriya Dias
ධර්මප්‍රිය ඩයස්
Born
Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationPiliyandala Central College
OccupationActor, Dramatist
Years active1996–present
Spouse(s)Anoja Milanthi
ChildrenSwarna Rawana Dias
Prawara Bhashana Dias[1]
AwardsBest Actor
WebsiteOfficial website

Personal life

He completed his education from Piliyandala Central College, where he started drama under Premakumara Karunaratne.[5] He is married to Anoja Milanthi and the couple has two sons - Swarna Rawana and Prawara Bhashana.[4]

Theatre career

Just after Advanced level, he started to act in stage dramas. He acted in a stage play together with his fellow school leavers and the drama was selected for the final stage of State Drama Festival as well. His talents were polished under the direction of Sri Lanka's renowned artists such as Bandula Vithanage, K. B. Herath, Jayalath Manoratne, Rajitha Dissanayake, Thumindu Dodantenna and Chamika Hathlawaththa.[5]

His maiden stage drama direction came through Saadaya Marai Salli Hamarai. The drama reached a box office success within two years having run more than 150 shows. The drama also won several awards at the State Drama Festival, 2015 for the categories of actor, actress and stage manager. The final show before the break was staged on 20 November 2016.[6] The drama won the awards for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Stage management at 2015 State Drama Festival.[7] He is the set designer of stage drama Siriwardena Pawla directed by Rajitha Dissanayke.[8]

Notable works
  • Asinamaali[9]
  • Bakamuna Weedi Basi [10]
  • Banku Weeraya[11]
  • Dolahak[12]
  • Guti Kemata Niyamithai[13]
  • Hari Apuru Dawasak [14]
  • Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak[15]
  • Jayasirita Pissu[16]
  • Julius Caesar
  • Lysistrata
  • Mata Wedi Thiyan Nedda?[17]
  • Nathuwa Bari Minihek[18][19]
  • Sadaya Marai Salli Hamarai[20]
  • Sihina Horu Aran[21]
  • Veeraya Marila[22]
  • Heyna
  • Arundhathi
  • Apahu Heranna Ba
  • Kaneru Mal
  • Garu Tharuva
  • Deveni Mahindha
  • Vasu Deva
  • Romaya Gini Gani
  • Vanisiye Vellendha
  • Sihina Sappuwa
  • Muthu Ataye Geethaya
  • Malima

Short plays
  • Poparmama Saha Pinthuraya
  • Binduwa
  • Sanda Sewannella
  • Kiri Muttiya Gagegiya

Television career

With award-winning performances in stage dramas, Dias was able to move into the television drama career with some popular serials directed by Nalan Mendis, Sudatha Rohana, Janaka Siriwardena and Dee Gee Somapala.[5]

Notable works

Filmography

Dias started his film career with Walapatala back in 2008, directed by Vijitha Gunarathna with a minor role.[38] He played minor roles in Vijitha Gunaratne's Wala Patala and two other films Bora Diya Pokuna and Nahi Werena Werani.[5] His most popular cinema acting came through films Machan, Puthandiya and Asandhimitta.[39] The role in Machan as Stanley was highly praised by the critics and earned him the award for Best Actor.[40][41]

YearFilmRoleRef.
2008Walapatala[42]
2008MachanStanley[43]
2012MathaLt. Kelum Dias[44]
2012PrathirooLinta[45]
2013Bomba Saha Rosa[46]
2016PuthandiyaAjith[47]
2017KaalaWattaka's henchman[48]
2018Madhura CharikaThreewheel driver[49]
2018 Davena WihagunPolice inspector[50]
2019AsandhimittaWickramasekara[51]
2019President Super Star[52]
2020Eethalaya
2020The Newspaper[53]
TBDViya SiduruDriver
TBDRed Butterfly Dream[54]
TBDNirwana Island
TBDColombo
TBDTheja
TBDPassport[55]

Awards and accolades

He has won several awards at the local stage drama festivals and television festivals, for acting, direction and choreography.[5][56]

Youth Drama Festival Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1996SajeantBest Supportive ActorWon
1997Sanda SewanellaBest Supportive ActorWon

State Drama Festival Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003HaynaBest ActorWon
2004Dasa Mallige BangalawaBest Set DesignerWon
Gehenu Lamai Weda ArambathiBest ChoreographyWon
1997Popar Mama Saha PinthurayaMerit AwardWon
2001AsinamaaliMerit AwardWon
2017Nathuwa Bari MinihekBest ActorWon

Sarasavi Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008MachanBest ActorWon
gollark: I use Syncthing for that.
gollark: Except Android has some beeoidal permissions thing wrt. shared storage.
gollark: You could install an FTP server and something something FUSE-mount that.
gollark: Anyway, I simply have a vast mess of nested folders with names like `data`, which are synchronized between my server, laptop and sometimes phone.
gollark: > rounded corners

References
  1. "Dharmapriya Dias Home Sweet Home". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "All about Dharmapriya Dias". Official website. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. "Dharmapriya : Daring actor and devotee of theatre". Sunday Times. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Revelation of Dharmapriya Dias". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. "Dharmapriya : Daring actor and devotee of theatre". Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. "Foreseeably unforeseeable". Daily News. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. "'Party' celebrates diamond jubilee". Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. "Indulging In Commercialism In The Dark". Sunday Leader. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  9. "Asinamaali Dreams of an escape". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  10. "Rajitha back with Bakamuna". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  11. "Banku Weeraya in Colombo". Daily News. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  12. "Dolahak with Athula pathirana". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  13. "Comedy of Trio". Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  14. "'Hari Apuru Davasak' on boards". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  15. "Falling in and out of love". The Morning. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  16. "Jayasirita pissu". timeout. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  17. "Rajitha's maiden public show". Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  18. "Returns to Tower Hall". Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  19. "Nathuwa Bari Minihek". rangahala. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  20. "Sadaya Marai Salli Hamarai". Rangahala. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  21. "'Dreams Robbed' Sihina Horu Arang". timeout. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  22. "When idealisms succumb to realism(s)". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  23. "Dias speaks about Deweni Inima". ceylonhitz. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  24. "Who told to stop Saadaya Marai". Divaina. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  25. "New tele by Sumith Wellalage". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  26. "Machan changed me". Ravaya. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  27. "'Jeewithaya Dakinna' : One Episode miniplays on Rupavahini". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  28. "Swarnavahini to bring a bucket full of laughter to your doorstep - 'JoduGedara'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  29. "Koombiyo: Story Of A Criminal Mastermind". asianmirror.lk. 11 August 2017.
  30. "Jayammana airs Nil Ahasa Oba". Daily News. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  31. "'Nilla Penena Manaya': Good and the bad". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  32. "Depicts social differences". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  33. "'Pinibindu', a play on hide and seek". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  34. "A Queen on television". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  35. "Namal Jayasinghe's 'Sahodaraya' From November". Asian Mirror. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  36. "Sudath Devapriya newest teledrama starts". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  37. "Daya brings humour with 'Three-wheel Malli'". Sunday times. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  38. "Dharmapriya Dias - ධර්මප්‍රිය ඩයස් films". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  39. "Dharmapriya Dias filmography". IMDb. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  40. "Machan - Done to perfection". The Nation. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  41. "Machan — a rare cinematic treat". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  42. "Microscopic view of the systemic ailment Walapatala - Penumbra by Vijitha Gunarathne". The Sunday Observer. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  43. "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  44. "Maatha film". IMDb. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  45. "Prathiroo". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  46. "Giving new insight into life". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  47. "Puthandiya". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  48. "Kaala - කාල". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  49. "Madhura Charika". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  50. "Davena Vihagun flying tomorrow". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  51. "We are smiling about the kind of glow of a society - Handagama". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  52. "The presidential stage where four people are competing". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  53. "Friends who seek justice against media injustice". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  54. "Red Butterfly Dream". Film Affinity. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  55. "Passport' flies to India and Europe". Daily News. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  56. "Rajitha's play on post-war Sri Lanka wins many State Drama Awards". Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.