Lahiru Mudalige

Mudalige Don Buddika Lahiru (born 5 April 1983, ), popularly known 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, and television. Started as a child artist, Mudalige became one of the popular television presenters in Sri Lanka by hosting the musical programs Hithata Wadina Eka, Handa Radi Peya and chat program Coffee with Lahiru and Muditha in a career spanning more than two decades.

Apart from that, he is also the founder of popular YouTube channel Hari TV and Hari Global. 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.

Personal life He was born on 5 April in Kandy, Sri Lanka as the eldest child of the family. He completed his MBA from the University of Suffolk, England.

Career He joined the 'Kandurata Radio Service' at the age of seven and then in Lakhanda and Pavana radio. During his childhood at Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya, he joined with Muthuhara television program. At the age of 16, he joined with Lama Pitiya radio program as a presenter at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. During this period, he introduced the daytime outdoor musical shows to Sri Lanka through television. Then he made the musical program ‘’Hithata Wadina Eka’’. In 2008, he was promoted to Manager Event Promotions of Swarnavahini.

In 2006, he made his maiden cinema appearance with the film Sonduru Wasanthe directed by Roy de Silva. It stopped in 2015 when there was a high audience response. In 2010, he produced the reality show Mega Star. In 2012, he joined with the cast of popular television serial Ruwan Maliga with a supportive role. With 15 years in Swarnavahini, he resigned from the positions at Swarnavahini in 2015 and started to produce music videos.

After television, he contributes to music video advertising, entertainment and various events on the Internet YouTube network. He is the founder and managing director of "Hari TV Pvt Ltd.", a YouTube based multi-channel platform since July 2017. Started with entertainment and advertising sectors, the channel was later expanded into political, social and economic talk-shows and interviews. He has created more than 600 music videos for both new coming and veteran artists and received several awards at Derana Music Video Awards.

Apart from working as a founder of Hari TV, Hari global, he is currently working as a manager promotion as well as presenter in EAP group.

Television serials Year TV Series Role Ref. 2009 Jeewithe Lassanai Kevin Benjamin 2012 Ruwan Maliga 2012 Malsara Geethaya 2013 Ammawarune 2019 Kanamediriyo Producer 2020 Api Ape Sujeewa

Filmography Year Film Role Ref. 2006 Sonduru Wasanthe Mahesh 2009 Sir Last Chance Lahiru 2014 Kosthapal Punyasoma Prashan's friend