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Rathnayake credits his success to his "fitting blend of Western music with Ragadari classical music." [2] His songs deal with diverse themes that vary from love, to patriotism and Buddhism. [3] Matara Achchi is the first film he composed music for and its Sandakada Pahana song sung by Sunil Edirisinghe is still very popular among Sinhala music ...
In 1965, he won the Sarasaviya Award for the best lyrics for the film Getawarayo for the song "Heena Hathak Meda". [9] [6] In 1964, he presented the radio program "Yauwana Samajaya". [2] In 1982, Rathnayake worked as the head of the entertainment department of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and retired from it in 1985.
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Rathnayake Arachchilage Jayantha Rathnayake (Sinhala: ජයන්ත රත්නායක; 8 August 1968 – 6 April 2020), popularly known as Jayantha Rathnayake, was a renowned music composer, music director and a singer. [1] One of the most popular musicians in Sri Lanka, Jayantha rose to prominence with the musical band Siha Shakthi. [2]
Rathnayake was the music director for many films directed by Gamini Fonseka such as Uthumaneni, Sagarayak Meda, Koti Waligaya and Nomiyena Minisun. [4] [5] He composed the song Paaradise sung by H.R. Jothipala and Desmond Rodrigo. He made the lyrics for the song Mihipita Bim Agalak sung by W.D. Amaradeva for the film Nomiyena Minisun. [14]
Ratnayake, Rathnayake, Ratnayeke or Rathnayaka (රත්නායක) is a Sinhalese name originating from the words ratna (gem) and nayake (leader). [1] Notable people with the name include: Amanda Ratnayake (born 1990), Sri Lankan businesswoman and beauty queen
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
He has also composed songs for other artists such as H. R. Jothipala, Milton Mallawarachchi, Mervin Perera, Anton Senanayake and famous Christian Baila music hit dedicated to St Anthony sung by Anton Jones. [3] Suriyasena sung famous duets with Victor Rathnayake, Latha Walpola, Chandralekha Perera, Malkanthi Nandasiri and others. [1]