Lahiru Mudalige ළහිරු මුදලිගේ | |
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Born | Mudalige Don Buddika Lahiru April 5, 1983 Kandy, Sri Lanka |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | Wariyapola Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya D.S. Senanayake College |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse | Sanduni de Silva (m. 2017) |
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Website | official |
Mudalige Don Buddika Lahiru (born 5 April 1983,[1] Sinhala: ළහිරු මුදලිගේ), popularly as Lahiru Mudalige, is a television journalist as well as a media manager, producer, social media personality, music video director, and an actor in Sri Lankan cinema,[2] and television.[3] Started as a child artist, Mudalige became one of the popular television presenters in Sri Lanka by hosting the musical programs Hithata Wadina Eka,[4] Handa Radi Peya and chat program Coffee with Lahiru and Muditha in a career spanning more than two decades.[5] Apart from that, he is also the founder of popular YouTube channel Hari TV.[6][7] He pioneered in establishing talk-show based subscribe community in Sri Lanka on social media, mainly on YouTube and bringing the concept of “Good Journalism on Social Media”. Apart from that, he introduced legacy media models within social media platforms.