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LEGENDARY DR DHARMASRI WICKREMASINGHE AUTOGRAPHED ICON ANNOUNCER IN RADIO TELEVISION MUSICAL CONCERTS UNCONQUERED – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:hungama.com All reputed announcers should possess skills and abilities in abundance able to interconnect visibly. Should be able to syndicate several fragments of material and draw conclusions. Should concentrate without been distracted while performing a task. Those people who are identified by the voice and his manner of speech should be regarded as lucky. Such a unconquered legend in the radio and television hosting for over five decades is Dr Dharmasri Wickremasinghe triumphed through his own innate skills and aptitudes without any hereditary affiliations. When he was young about thirteen years old he had listened to the Radio Ceylon channels from the large radio they have had at their dwelling .He had wondered how these voices penetrate out and emerge.Later as he matured he had been able to come to a conclusion that it ...

Apr 12, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Ajantha Ranasinghe, Ceylon Tea Centre, Chandra Weimann.Dharmasri, Chitrananda Abeysekera, Cyril Rajapaksa, Dr Dharmasri Wickremasinghe, Gunathunga K Liyanage, HR Jothipala, ITN, Karunaratne Abeysekera, Lalith S Maithripala, Radio Ceylon, Sarasaviya Mandapaya, Sarath Wimalaweera

MARIAZELLE OF ‘KANDY LAMISSI’ FAME SUSTAINS STARDOM WITH UNBLEMISHED MELODIOUS VOICE – by Sunil Thenabadu Mariazelle Goonatilleke perhaps is the most sought-after Sri Lankan female vocalist with a melodious voice predominantly on stage in Sri Lanka pop having emerged over four decades ago since been in the limelight to date. She is a steadfast Christian very much into religion who is committed to God as her closest comrade and savior. Mariazelle had quipped that her audience is predominantly God.She has successfully survived in the music industry as a vocalist cum instrumentalist with precision in keyboard and guitar. To date she sustains her stardom unblemished persisting her singing dexterity vibrant as ever.it was Mariazelle who was instrumental in attracting knowledgeable western audiences into listening to Sinhala ‘baila’ melodies with a huge volume of discipline over three decades ago,. Mariazelle had studied western classical guitar under ‘guru’ Winston Jayawardena while voice trained under Estelle Deniese.The feel she ...

Mar 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Asith Chandrasena, Bathiya and Santhush, BMICH, Estelle Deniese, Junior Rhythmiers, Kandy Lamissi, Mariazelle Goonatilleke, Radio Ceylon, SLBC, Sri Lankan female vocalist, Suresh Maliyadde, Winston Jayawardena

Sujatha the genius female musician in the annals of our history- Efferverscent voyage in celebrity for six decades – by Sunil Thenabadu Weera Matha’  Visharada  Dr Sujatha Attanayake, the musical genius acclaimed as one of the most popular vocalists, commenced her pivotal career in music when she was just eight years when she sang a song at the then Radio Ceylon ,to the music  composed by AJ Kareem.Since then she had not looked back apart from deploying diverse techniques such as Gamak, Tan, Meend, and singing styles such as Khayal, Dhruvpad, Tarana and Dhamar that measure their theoretical and animated values, the guiding philosophy of the inventiveness of music artistry. Sujatha could play many musical instruments conquering the Harmonium and Sitar, also excelling in composing notations in quick succession.   Sujatha could sing in numeral styles and languages including Tamil and Hindi sans any clue of the slenderest Sinhalese inspiration, and when she sings a song in the North Indian classical music tradition, she is not influenced by South Indian or the Carnatic ...

Feb 22, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged angeeth Nipun Sanath Nandasiri, Brigadier Kithsiri Ekanayaka, Captain Chanaka  Sanjeewa  Attanayake, Dharmasiri Perera, Dr Sujatha Attanayake, Radio Ceylon, Sri Lankan arts, Weeramatha

Sujatha the genius female musician in the annals of our history – By Sunil Thenabadu ‘Weera Matha’ Visharada Dr Sujatha Attanayake, the musical genius acclaimed as one of the most popular vocalists, commenced her pivotal career in music when she was just eight years when she sang a song at the then Radio Ceylon ,to the music composed by AJ Kareem.Since then she had not looked back apart from deploying diverse techniques such as Gamak, Tan, Meend, and singing styles such as Khayal, Dhruvpad, Tarana and Dhamar that measure their theoretical and animated values, the guiding philosophy of the inventiveness of music artistry. Sujatha could play many musical instruments conquering the Harmonium and Sitar, also excelling in composing notations in quick succession. Sujatha could sing in numeral styles and languages including Tamil and Hindi sans any clue of the slenderest Sinhalese inspiration, and when she sings a song in the North Indian classical music tradition, she is not influenced by ...

Oct 28, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged AJ Kareem, Asanka Piyamantha, Dr Sujatha Attanayake, Kithsiri Ekanayaka, Parasathu mal film, Radio Ceylon, Uresha Ravihari, Weera Matha, Yata giya dawasa

“MEMORIES-PLUS” – By Des Kelly Not everyone has the “gift” of remembering the good old days, as we call them, but whoever wrote this little story remembers plenty. It is a shame though, that he/she forgot to take the credit for writing such a memorable little true story, about life in general, in Ceylon(I think), so many years before the Island’s name was changed to Sri Lanka. I base this possibility on the fact that I remember most of what was written, and while full credit is given to the unknown author of this very interesting haven of memories, I take pleasure in reposting it for all e’Lanka members. I must also thank my good friend, Dayal Cooray, for posting it, in the first place. ...

Jul 6, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Dayal Cooray, Radio Ceylon

“RADIO DAYS” – By Des Kelly Happy Birthday for the 2nd July from eLanka Desmond! Here is a bit of value add from eLanka to one of your articles….. Press Play button in the middle and set the volume up on the bottom right side! “Those were the days, those “radio days”. Famous “Radio Ceylon” was born in 1925 and, even for a Country that was, at the time, known as “The Pearl of the Orient”, still another wonderful description of this tiny Country of ours, this “medium-wave-marvel” soon started to receive plaudits from all around the World. Just think about it, Ladies, Gentlemen, and “Radio-buffs”, this “event” started ninety three long years ago, Countries much larger than this “tear-drop” in the Indian Ocean, knew not what “Radio” even meant, the British “ruled” Ceylon, and actually began the exercise that was going to turn “Radio-Ceylon” into the 2nd largest “Station” ...

Jul 5, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "RADIO DAYS", Radio Ceylon Comments 0