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Vicumpriya Perera is originally from Wattala, Sri Lanka.He is a graduate of St. Anthony's College, Wattala and Ananda College, Maradana, Sri Lanka.He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with first class honors from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and continued his graduate studies at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis.
Madawala Liyanage Don Sarathchandra Priyadarshi Suriyasena Liyanage (Sinhala: ප්රියා සූරියසේන: 27 October 1944 – 24 December 2024), popularly known as Priya Suriyasena, was a Sri Lankan singer. [1]
Mahagama Sekera started his artistic and creative career as a painter. He contributed to every branch of literature. He wrote short essays and plays to sinhala weekly papers and magazines, published several novels and poetry, and wrote over 100 songs. Many of his songs were vocalised and music directed by Pandit W. D. Amaradeva.
Golu Hadawatha (Translation: The Silent Heart) was a popular 1968 Sinhalese language romance movie directed by Maestro Lester James Peiris. Wickrama Bogoda and Anula Karunathilaka acted the lead roles of Sugath and Dhammhi. The movie's story is built on the novel Golu Hadawatha written by Karunasena Jayalath in 1962, based on his school time ...
Both the Sinhalese and English language versions of Nim Him Sewwa have been covered by many artists over the years. Most notably, in November 2020, the judges of The Voice Sri Lanka (BNS, Umaria, Sashika Nisansala, and Kasun Kalhara) did a collaborative cover of the song to promote the singing competition show, fusing both the Sinhalese and English versions.
Sinhala had its numerals (Sinhala illakkam), which were used from prior to the fall of Kandyan Kingdom in 1815. They can be seen primarily in Royal documents and artefacts. Sinhala Illakkam did not have a zero, but did have signs for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1000. This system has been replaced by the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.
The song has been dubbed in many languages. Manoharan did a bilingual Sinhala /Tamil rendition of the song which became quite popular in Tamil Nadu , mainly due to Radio Ceylon . Ilayaraja then made a Tamil version – which had very little to do with the Sinhala version except for the refrain – for the Tamil film Avar Enakke Sontham , sung ...
Sinhala Sujatha is a 1953 Sri Lankan romantic musical film based on the Bollywood film Bari Behen . [ 1 ] It was the most successful Sri Lankan film made up to that time.