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Thanthrige Pathirage Mahinda (born March 22, 1952, as මහින්ද පතිරගේ) [Sinhala]), popularly as Mahinda Pathirage, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.[1] Particularly act in comedy roles, Pathirage is best known for the role Purohitha in television sitcom Raja Sabhawa.[2]

Mahinda Pathirage මහින්ද පතිරගේ
Born	(1952-03-22) 22 March 1952 (age 70) Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya
Occupation	Actor, comedian, director
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Kumudini Gunawardhana
Children	2
Parent	Hendrick Appuhami (father)

Personal life

Mahinda was born on 22 March 1952 in Anuradhapura. His father was Thanthiri Pathirage Hendrick Appuhami.[2] He has 10 siblings in the family. He completed education until grade 10 from Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya. Before entering to drama, he continued his father's business as photo framer and painter.[3]

Mahinda is married to Kumudini Gunawardhana and the couple has one daughter, Nipuni Sharada and one son, Nandun Nisanka.[2][3]

Career

In 1976, he along with many artists in Anuradhapura formed a drama group called Jana Nalu Kela. He first played in the play Aruma Naruma produced by Anuradha Ranjith. He won a merit award for his role in that play. In 1977–79, he worked in Rajarata Sevaya of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation along with his friend Gunadasa Madurasinghe.[3] He took part in a radio play Rasavita produced by Premakeerthi de Alwis.[4]

Mahinda started acting career with 1997 television serial Depethi Dahara directed by Malini Fonseka. In 2000, he acted in popular television comedy Sina Sagaraya telecast by Rupavahini.[2] Then in 2003, he joined with Swarnavahini for the sitcom Raja Sabhawa along with Gunadasa Madurasinghe. The drama gave him enormous popularity, which was later produced into a stage play as well.[5] In 1983, he won the award for the Best Actor in Youth Drama Festival for the role in stage play Paarajika.[6]

His maiden cinema acting came through 2000 film Saroja directed by Somaratne Dissanayake with a minor role.[2] Some of his notable films include Sir Last Chance, Ethumai Methumai, Hero Nero and 64 Mayam.[7] In 2016, Pathirage replaced Vijaya Nandasiri after his demise in the play Aluth Horek One. The first show featuring Pathirage was staged at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm on September 2 at New Town Hall, Colombo.[8]

Notable theater works

Notable television works

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
2000	Saroja
2006	Sonduru Wasanthe	Amadoru	[20]
2009	Sir Last Chance	Detective	[21]
2010	Hadawatha Mal Yayai		[22]
2010	Thank You Berty	SMS Reality show promoter	[23]
2011	Ethumai Methumai	Tyson	[24]
2012	Kusa Pabha	Royal Servant	[25]
2013	It's a Matter of Love
2014	Rassa Kale		[26]
2015	None Mage Sudu None	Sando	[27]
2016	Hero Nero	Minister Lionel	[28]
2016	64 Mayam	Silva	[29]
2017	Ran Sayura	Robert	[30]
2017	Punchi Apith Baya Na Dan	Columbus	[31]
2019	Suba Theraniyo	Dheeraka	[32]
2019	Sikuru Yogaya	Tuition master	[33]
2019	Reload	Music teacher	[34]
TBD	Adda Lanuwa Damma Kodiya		[35]
TBD	Jobless Douglas		[36]
TBD	Amuda Raja
TBD	Guththila		[37]

References

External links

• Goda Perakadoruwa - Mahinda Pathirage and Gunadasa Madurasinghe
• අප නොදුටු මහින්ද පතිරගේ
• මහින්ද පතිරගේ අල්ලයි වල්ගේ සමඟ 06දා මහනුවර
• එදා කෝච්චි­යෙන් කොළඹ ආව මම අදත් එන්නේ කෝච්චි­යෙන්
• විජේවීරට තෙලිතුඩින් පණදුන් සිත්තරා
• සමකාලීන සිංහල හසරංග කලාවේ අර්බුදය

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