DR ROHANA WEERASINGHE HUMBLE UNASSUMING LEGENDARY MELODY  KING FOR FILM, TELE DRAMA, STAGE PLAYS, THE WORD “NO’ NOT IN HIS VOCABULARY ASSIST ONE AND ALL – by Sunil Thenabadu Dr  Dickmawaduge Rohana Chitrakumara Weerasinghe popularly known as Rohana Weerasinghe, lately as ‘melody master’. The Sri Lankan musician who had made the highest number of Music melodies approximately well over 5000 , after an extensive census from the SLBC, all recording studios  had been made in year 2009 along with a newspaper notification, when his book ‘Gaman Magak ‘ was published, when it had revealed over 3600 ,in number in the annals of his music narration, along with his book launch he had organised a musical recital. Rohana needs absolutely no introduction having made a huge indelible unblemished dominance in the music arena for around four decades. Rohana had composed music to all popular artistes excluding HR Jothipala, JA Milton Perera, ...

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Double Doctorate Literary Lion Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Professor Sunil Ariyaratne – by Sunil Thenabadu Scholarly senior double doctorate Professor Sunil Ariyaratne, was a visual sensation of the Department of Sinhala and Mass communication, rendered and fulfilled inestimable artistic sustenance to the University of Sri Jayewardenepura during his long tenure.Senior Professor lived his life and continues being, a researcher, poet, lyricist, and a film director. He became a favourite of all of us because he shared his amazing aptitude not only with his students but with the rest of the world with his astonishing skill as a poet, lyricist, researcher, script writer and film director. Professor had contribute song lyrics for seventy Sinhala films an unbeatable record for current lyric writers in the present era.  The artistic personality, Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara was born on 28 July 1949 popularly known as Sunil Ariyaratne,   had schooling at St. John’s, Nugegoda. ...

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Niranjala Sarojini phenomenal vocalist, radio artiste, television host in an effervescent voyage of five decades in stardom – By Sunil Thenabadu Niranjala Sarojini Abeywardena nee Peiris hails from a rare celebrated musical family in Sri Lanka as the fourth daughter among six siblings in all to catholic parents living in Nugegoda. Sisters been elders Malkanthi, Nirmala,younger Sakuntala while she had an elder brother Kumar and younger the famous Manoj.Father Harrison Peiris a veteran journalist famous writer and poet was the Chief Editor of catholic ‘Messenger’ for three and a half decades. Mother had been strict on the siblings’ while father had been tolerable it was revealed. Both were in the habit of saying prayers every evening with the siblings, thereafter all had to sing ‘hyms’ with father playing the Button Accordion and mother playing her Japanese   Mandolin ,both very well conversant in playing music instruments. The family used to sing ...

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Sihinayaki Re’with youngest Guest twenty three year old Sumeera Gunasekera born abnormal – by Sunil Thenabadu   “Sihinayaki Re”….is a very trendy television programme telecast on every Sunday night over the Sri Lanka Rupavahini channel for two hours or more beyond mid night which has a tremendous viewer enthusiasm and which reached the 300th program on the 13th February 2022 as an uninterrupted series program. The guest is a predominantly a prominent personality, head of a government department, famous singer, actor ,doctor. lyricist  or it could be a successful reputed business magnate.But today was young Sumeera Gunasekera a deformed child born grown up in homes/  The program is produced by Jayamini Illeperumagamlath and her team while the presenter is the skilled, acclaimed, accomplished Mahesh Nissanka, who via his ability to pierce into the hearts of the guest has made the ‘Sihinayaki Re’ program spellbound and nail biting. The guest has the option ...

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Ranil Mudunkotuwa proficient in aesthetic magnificence By Sunil Thenabadu I  By the complex emotional process which is very much a conscious procedure is also automatic when it comes to naturally talented singers such as Ranil Mudunkotuwa. It is a combination of signals from the nervous system that help to produce intricate musical notes and interpretive decisions on whether to apply a particular technique in measuring up its comparative and expressive value, all these within split seconds. One of the imperative distinctiveness of applying comparative philosophy and vocal creativity is to discriminate one tradition of music, specific styles, and techniques from other traditions of music and their parallel styles, by not blending them all together,Ranil has trained himself to possess self-controlled breathing which is perhaps the most vital element in signing. Ranil could with his grooming, effortlessly navigate over these constraints with supreme comfort.  Ranil hails from Ratnapura received his formal education from ...

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Between romance and revolution: Nanda Malini and Politics of Pavana-By Uditha Devapriya Source:Island Nanda Malini has a great deal to do with my being a Sri Lankan. How could one grow up here and not hear that voice? Nearly every radio station plays it every hour or so; unless you turn the radio off, you can’t escape her. Even then her voice creeps up somewhere. Ever ubiquitous, she makes herself heard in the most unpredictable moments. As with Victor Ratnayake, everything she has sung has become so embedded in our collective consciousness that we can’t ignore it. This has mostly been on account of how she has brought two diametrically opposed themes, love and politics, together. If it’s hard to talk about either without remembering a line from her songs, it’s because she’s made the transition from love to revolution so seamlessly that there’s really no other artiste from here ...

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