Roshan Pilapitiya


Roshan Pilapitiya is a Sri Lankan actor and singer. Pilapitiya was awarded the most popular actor award at Sumathi Tele Awards in 2003 and 2004.

Teledrama career

Pilapitya made his acting debut with teledrama Golu Hadawatha, which was directed by popular director Lester James Peries. He won a Presidential award for best upcoming actor in 2002. He played the main part of several commercial successes such as Mandakini, Daru Upatha, Rajjumala, Dhana Rina and critically acclaimed act in teledramas such as Ek Murgaanganaawiyak.

Notable works

As the youngest of the four children, Roshan was born in Hanguranketha, city near Kandy, Sri Lanka. His father is Ariya Abhayasinghe who was a tea plantation owner. His mother Mallika Pilapitiya is also a retired actress, where she recorded the first female lead role of Sri Lanka's first outdoor movie Rekava in 1956 directed by Sir Lester James Peries. His primary education is from C.C College, Hanguranketha, and then he attended Dharmaraja College in Kandy for rest of the education, until he completed his Advanced Level. He also performed well in college stage dramas. He was a bright student in the school, where he was a member of the best drama crew of the school in 1988, and also won the award for inter-school best actor in 1988. Roshan is a very family oriented and a strong Buddhist.
His older brother Kapila, older sister Thrishara, and the oldest sibling his beloved brother Chathura. He has referred to his family many times in public and always talks about how he has a great family. Roshan is married to Ridma, where the wedding was celebrated in 2017.

Career

His career was started with Lester James Peries' teledrama Golu Hadawatha. At the start he was also a singer who performed in the band Red Heart, performed as a guitarist, keyboard player and also as a singer.
His debut film was an English film called Disco Girl in 1990. Pilapitiya lead the role of remake of film Hatharadenaama Soorayo in 2008, which was originally led by Vijaya Kumaratunga.

Songs

Following list is the songs of Roshan Pilapitiya.