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Patikirige Sunil Jayapreethi Edirisinghe (Sinhala:සුනිල් එදිරිසිංහ; born 19 December 1949) is a Sri Lankan classical musician. Edirisinghe won the presidential award for playback singing in 1983 for "Maya Miringuva Pirunu Lo Thale" from Adhishtanaya .
With this film he would introduce Sunil Edirisinghe the brother of the director with the song "Sandakada Pahana." Victor himself would sing the fast-paced "Andura Bindinnata" for the film. Sunil would continue to be featured in other Victor Ratnayake helmed soundtracks of the 1970s such as Hulawali and Rajagedera Paraviyo.
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The song he wrote for a devotional song competition held in Panadura at that time was sung by Neela Wickramasinghe, who was a school girl at the time. [1] He also composed the first radio song of Sunil Edirisinghe, "Waadakayaneni". [11] His first radio song was 'Hetak Gange Sithala' composed for a 1971 simple song program for Punsiri Soysa. [4]
There he played in front of Sunil Santha, Chitrasena and A. J. Ranasinghe and impressed them. This meeting and related events are described in detail by A. J. Ranasinghe, [16] Dr. Nandadasa Kodagoda [17] and Sunil Santha. [18] After the audition Sunil Santha brought Amaradewa to stay at Chitrasena Studios, his roommate was A. J. Ranasinghe.
Sri Lanka is known to have songs that date back to 1400 A.D. That are still performed today. Another traditional Sri Lankan folk style is called the Virindu. It involves an improvised poem sung to the beaten melody of a rabana. Traditional song contests were held in which two virindu singers would compete through spontaneous verse.
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Dharmaratne Brothers was an influential Sri Lankan music group, composed of the brothers Christie, Maxwell, Melroy and Ronald Dharmaratne. They were the first all family Sinhala pop group, and racked up several hits in the late '60s and early '70s.