Saranga Disasekara

Saranga Disasekara
Born (1983-01-31) 31 January 1983[1]
Kalubowila, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan
Occupation Actor, model, singer, host
Years active 2006 - present
Spouse(s) Umali Thilakarathne

Saranga Disasekara (Sinhalese: සාරංග දිසාසේකර) (born 31 January 1983) is an award-winning Sri Lankan actor, singer, model and a host by profession. Saranga was awarded the popular actor award at Sumathi awards 2011.[2] Saranga made his acting debut with Nil Diya Yahana[3](2008)

Personal life

Saranga Disasekara was born in Kalubowila, Sri Lanka, to singer Narada Disasekara, and Tileka Ranasinghe.[4] He completed school life in Thurstan College, Colombo.[5] He married fellow Sri Lankan actress Umali Thilakarathne in 2012.

Career

His debut film was Nil Diya Yahana along with Chathurika Peiris, Tony Ranasinghe, Chandani Seneviratne, Roshan Pilapitiya, and Sanath Gunathilake, which was directed by the Dayaratne Ratagedara.[6]

He has acted more than 40 teledramas in all genre from drama, tragedy, thriller and comedy. His most notable acting came through plays like Sulanga Matha Mohothak, Bonda Meedum,[7] Kalu Kurulla, Wassane Premaya,[8] Batahira Ahasa,[9] Mini Gan Dela,[10] Haara Kotiya, Kotipathiyo and Sooriya Kusuma.

He has only acted two stage dramas, such as Silgath Kokku.[11]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008Nil Diya YahanaShanuka
2011Suseema--
2012Super SixJude
2013It's A Matter of LoveMalan[12]
2013Sri Siddhartha GautamaChanna
2014RupantharanaCaptain Suraweera
2015Maharaja GemunuTissa (Saddha Tissa)
2016July 7Saranga
2016Adaraneeya KathawakReality show host
2016Ape Kaalaye PatacharaJeewantha
TBDSangili
TBDSarungal[13]
TBDNidahase Piya DSSir.SWRD Bandaranaike
2018WesRyan Desilva [14]
TBDVishma
TBDRush
TBDSihinabhisheka

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011Sumathi AwardsMost Popular ActorWon[15]
2012Raigam Tele'esMost Popular ActorWon[16]
2013Raigam Tele'esMost Popular Actor
2015Most Popular ActorWon
2016Raigam Tele'esMost Popular Actor
  1. ↑ "Saranga Disasekara:Kicks off on films!". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sumathi Awards". sumathiawards.lk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Saranga Disasekara:Kicks off on films!". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "සාරංගගේ අලුත්ම ගීතය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Saranga Disasekara:Kicks off on films!". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nil Diya Yahana Sinhala Movie". anangaya.com. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Saranga in trouble with Bonda Meedum popularity". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Wassane Premaya reached 200 episodes". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Another teledrama from Chamara Janaraj". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mini Gan Dela on Sirasa". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Saranga with Silagath Kokku". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "'ඉට්ස් අ මැටර් ඔෆ් ලව්'". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "සරුංගල් ළඟදීම තිරයට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Film Thaanapathilage Gedara". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Sumathi Awards". sumathiawards.lk. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "President graces 2014 Raigam Tele'es Awards Festival". news.lk/. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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