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The ballad is set in colonial Sri Lanka; the lyrics tell a story about the dignity of labour and social justice. The lyrics of the first verse speak of how the last salary increment of 8 Panam is enough to feed the protagonist's child with some rice, but it is still less than what he deserves; and asking "Master Sir" to have mercy on him.
"Surangani" was originally a Sinhalese Baila song. [1] The Tamil version was written and sung by A E Manoharan.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.
Iskoleta Man Awa (Sinhala: ඉස්කෝලෙට මං ආවා) is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's drama film directed by Prasad Samarathunga and produced by Sandun Dolamulla. [2] It stars Udith Abeyrathna, Kumara Wanduressa and Edna Sugathapala in lead roles along with Rajitha Hiran and Upul Weerasinghe. [ 3 ]
He wrote several lyrics such as Pahan Kanda (1983), Yathra (1984), Pembara lanka (1990), Madhu Badun (1994), Adaheraya (2004) and Shwetha Rathriya (2012). [7] He is an accomplished lyricist who wrote several songs for popular artists such as Nanda Malini , W.D. Amaradeva and Victor Rathnayake . [ 11 ]
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).
A children's songbook titled "Bonikko" with a CD of the songs along with the lyrics, chords and illustrations were launched to coincide with the concert. [27] In 2014, the 'Master Sir' concert was held on 26 October at the Kularatne Hall of Ananda College in aid of the Welfare Association of the Ministry of Technology and Research.
Ho Gana Pokuna (The Singing Pond) (Sinhala: හෝ ගානා පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan children's musical drama film written and directed by Indika Ferdinando. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It depicts a teacher in a remote village, Uma (Anasuya Subasinghe), teaching her students to focus on something they have never seen before.
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.