Rajitha Hiran Explained

Rajitha Hiran
Native Name:රජිත හිරාන්
Other Names:Ping Pong
Birth Name:Muthuthanthrige Rajitha Hiran Chamikara Fernando
Birth Place:Panadura, Sri Lanka
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Years Active:1999–present
Spouse:Andrea Jones
Children:Amenda FernandoArianna Fernando
Parents:Jayasiri Fernando[1]
Occupation:Actor, Comedian,Film Director, Singer, Performing Artist, scriptwriter

Muthuthanthrige Rajitha Hiran Chamikara Fernando (Sinhala; Sinhalese: රජිත හිරාන් චාමිකර), popularly known as Rajitha Hiran is an actor in Sri Lankan Cinema, stage drama and television.[2] [3] Particularly acting in comedy roles, Hiran is best known for the role of Ping Pong in the television serial Thattu Gewal, which became his trademark of the career.[4]

Personal life

Chamikara is an old boy of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa.[5]

Chamikara is married to his longtime partner Andrea. They have two daughters.[6] His wife Andrea is from Indian descent and is an Indian Tamil Roman Catholic. Chamikara is a Sinhala Buddhist.[7]

His uncle Hemasiri Sellapperuma is also a renowned artist.

Career

He started acting career through the television series Thattu Gewal. His character Ping Pong was highly popularized. Chamikara started his film career with Cheriyo Holman in 2002, directed by Parakrama Jayasinghe with a minor role.[8] Then he continued to be a popular comedian in his generation and became very popular through the films Somy Boys, Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai and Kolamba Sanniya Returns.[9] In 2021, he appeared in the stage play Kakkoth Ekka Behe.[10]

His maiden cinema direction came through 2023 action thriller Rider which was released on 15 December 2023 in EAP cinemas.[11] [12] [13] [14]

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref.
2002 Cheriyo Holman
2002 Bahubuthayo Temple Worker [15]
2002 Somy Boys Dadin Bidin [16]
2003 Sepata Dukata Sunny Tarzan
2003 Numba Nadan Apita Pissu Patiya [17]
2003 Hitha Honda Pisso Three wheel driver
2004 Clean Out Familia's servant [18]
2004 Ra Daniel Dawal Migel 3 Ping Pong 000 [19]
2004 Aadaraneeya Wassaanaya [20]
2004 Selamuthu Pinna [21]
2004 Ohoma Harida Vadda
2004 Jolly Boys Sumo wrestling referee [22]
2005 One Shot Pushpakumara's secretary [23]
2005 Mihidum Wasanthe
2006 Dedunu Wessa [24]
2006 Double Game
2007 Mr Dana Rina [25]
2007 No Problem Darling
2008 Adaraye Namayen [26]
2008 Adara Meena
2009 Sihina Devduwa [27]
2011 Sanda Dev Doni (Home movie) [28]
2011 Thank You Berty [29]
2012 Sihinaya Dige Enna Hiran [30]
2013 Ira Laga Wadi Rajitha [31]
2015 Honey Bunny Honey (Home movie)
2016 Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai Rajiya [32]
2017 Punchi Apith Baya Na Dan Diyasena [33]
2018 Kusal Somapala [34]
2018 Gharasarapa [35]
2018 Kolamba Sanniya Returns Hichcha [36]
2019 Iskoleta Man Awa Banda [37]
2019 Nathi Bari Tarzan Motion [38]
2019 Thiththa Aththa Vise Kurutta [39]
2019 Goree Inspector Silva [40]
2019 Face to Face Mahesh [41]
2019 Inda Nimidam [42]
2020 Seda Mawathe Waiter [43]
2022 Rashmi[44]
2021 Hathara Varan Jine's accomplice [45]
2023 Rider
TBD Kidnap [46]
TBD Nilu Man Adarei [47]
TBD Edath Dinum Adath Dinum [48]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: රජිත චාමිකර ගැන අම්මාගේ මතක පොතින් . Sarasaviya . 23 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Rajitha Hiran bio . Rate your music . 25 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Sri Lankan actors – Palitha Silva . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 25 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Hilarious story of flat dwellers . Sunday Times . 23 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Actor Rajitha Hiran with Sithmalyaya. Sithmalyaya. 25 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Two daughters to handle . Hiru FM. 25 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Chat with Rajitha Hiran . gossiplankahotnews . 25 April 2019.
  8. Web site: Rajitha Hiran Chamikara – රජිත හිරාන් චාමිකර films . Sinhala Cinema Database. 25 April 2019.
  9. Web site: Rajitha Hiran Chamikara filmography . IMDb . 25 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Kakkoth Ekka Behe on Punchi Theater . 2021-03-21 . Sarasaviya.
  11. Web site: සැවෝයි වසන්තයට චිත්‍රපටි 4ක් එකම දවසේ සිනමාහල් 40ක: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිනමාවට අපූර්ව අත්දැකීමක් . divaina.lk . 2 January 2024.
  12. Web site: සැවෝයි සිනමා වසන්තය 14 වැනිදා සිට එකම දවසේ චිත්‍රපට හතරක් දිවයින පුරා . Sarasaviya . 2 January 2024.
  13. Web site: 2023 සිනමා කලා දින පොත . Sarasaviya . 12 January 2024.
  14. Web site: යුක්තිය පසිඳලන ලොවකට රයිඩර් . Sarasaviya . 2 January 2024.
  15. Web site: TV Times. www.sundaytimes.lk. 16 September 2017.
  16. Web site: සිංහල සිනමාවේ එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ චිත්‍රපට . Sarasaviya . 22 February 2017.
  17. Web site: එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
  18. Web site: එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට. Sarasaviya. 3 October 2016.
  19. Web site: එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට. Sarasaviya. 3 October 2016.
  20. News: Online edition of Daily News – Features. archives.dailynews.lk.
  21. Web site: 'Selamuthu Pinna' a love story . Daily News . 11 March 2017.
  22. Web site: එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
  23. Web site: One Shot One . The Island . 11 March 2017.
  24. Web site: Celebrate Valentine with 'Dedunu Wessa' . The Sunday Times . 11 March 2017.
  25. Web site: Sri Lankan Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
  26. Web site: Feel My Love: To relive memories . The Nation. 25 April 2019.
  27. Web site: 'Sihina Devduwa': Vinu's debut in cinema . Sunday Times. 25 April 2019.
  28. Web site: Sanda Dew Dhoni . Hungama. 25 April 2019.
  29. News: staff. Tenny C. brings Berty. 17 June 2016. The Sunday Times. 2009.
  30. Web site: Sihinaya Dige Enna . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 11 March 2017.
  31. Web site: Ira Laga Wedi . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka . 3 March 2017.
  32. Web site: 'Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai' kicks off . The Sunday Times . 25 February 2017.
  33. Web site: Sri Lanka Screened Films . Sarasaviya . 17 August 2017.
  34. Web site: Kusal entertains young audience . Sunday Observer. 25 April 2019.
  35. Web site: Director Jayantha Chandrasiri's demonic cinema jamboree – Gharasarapa review . Sunday Observer. 8 July 2018.
  36. Web site: Rerun of the Cowboys . Daily News. 25 April 2019.
  37. Web site: Children's movie highlighting the value of education . Sunday Times. 25 April 2019.
  38. Web site: Nathi Bari Tarzan for everyone. Sarasaviya . 14 February 2019.
  39. Web site: Thiththa Aththa – තිත්ත ඇත්ත . Sinhala Cinema Database. 25 April 2019.
  40. Web site: Goree marks MPI's step towards film production . Daily News. 25 April 2019.
  41. Web site: Face to Face on location . Sarasaviya . 10 December 2019.
  42. Web site: Lal Weerasinghe to make a cameo appearance in India . Sarasaviya . 23 February 2020.
  43. Web site: Seda Mawathe on screen today . 2021-05-14 . Sarasaviya.
  44. Web site: Preethiraj is ready with RASHMI . 2022-05-05 . Daily Mirror . English.
  45. Web site: Chathura with "Hathara" . Sarasaviya . 10 October 2019.
  46. Web site: Plot of Kidnap . Sarasaviya . 21 August 2019.
  47. Web site: It's a lateral love story . Sarasaviya. 25 July 2019.
  48. Web site: අයුක්තියට එරෙහිව එදත් දිනුම් අදත් දිනුම් . Sarasaviya . 23 October 2023.

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