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Dhanith Sri (Sinhala: ධනිත් ශ්රී; born 22 December 1994) is a Sri Lankan singer, composer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most popular artists in Sri Lanka . Dhanith entered the mainstream music industry with his 2018 hit " Pandama ". [ 1 ]
One of the most respected singers in Sri Lankan music history, Mallawarachchi was a trending act in Sri Lanka for more than a decade, performing nearly a total of 850 songs with over 35 albums. [2] He is also known to be a music composer for most of his songs, a film play-back singer for the silver screen, a talent tabla and sitar player. [3]
It has remained a hit in Sri Lanka for over thirty years, mostly as a result of Neela Wickramasinghe's later version based on the 4/4 time signature arrangement and riffs of the original English version. An authorized cover of the song was performed live and recorded by popular Sri Lankan duo Bathiya and Santhush.
The Sinhala Baila song Pissu Vikare (Dagena Polkatu Male) by H. R. Jothipala, Milton Perera, M. S. Fernando is a cover version of the Tamil song Dingiri Dingale (Meenachi) from the 1958 Tamil film Anbu Engey. And it was covered again in Sinhala as a folk song named Digisi/Digiri Digare (Kussiye Badu).
Abeysekera was a pioneering Sinhala broadcaster. He was a rare breed, a "teenage broadcaster" launching a broadcasting career with Radio Ceylon, which he joined in 1950 at the age of 20. In 1958 he was sent to London for specialist broadcasting training with the BBC. Studio 5 of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation has been named after him.
"Manda Pama" (Sinhala: මන්ද පමා), is a 2020 Sinhala song by Sri Lankan Singer Umaria Sinhawansa. It is pop, Arabic, R&B song. It was released as the single on July 3, 2020, through SaReGaMa Music Records. [1] The song was written by Manuranga Wijesekara, alongside its produce Dimithri Fonseka known as DimRaaw (DimRaaw Productions) .
Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. Known as the "Father of the Modern Sinhala Music" [1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [2] [3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later ...