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டி. அமரதேவா; 5 December 1927 – 3 November 2016), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, he incorporated Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. [5]
[1] [2] It is a cover of Pandit W.D. Amaradeva's 1978 hit song of the same name. [3] This version fuses the Sinhalese and English versions of the song, [4] written by Nimal Mendis for the 1978 Sri Lankan movie Seetha Devi, an adaptation of the Ramayana. [5] [6] The song was first released on YouTube and sits at 1.09 million views as of October ...
Nim Him Sewwa. "Nim Him Sewwa Ma Sasare " (Sinhala: නිම් හිම් සෙව්වා මා සසරේ; transl. I searched the limits of Samsara), commonly referred to simply as "Nim Him Sewwa ", is a Sinhalese -language song by Sri Lankan singer Pandit W. D. Amaradeva. The song first appeared in the 1978 Sri Lankan movie Seetha ...
Nanda Malini. Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan musician. One of the best known and most honoured singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations. [1] Her songs intricate ...
Mahagama Sekera (Mahagamage Sekera) (Sinhala:මහගම සේකර / මහගමගේ සේකර ) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) was a famed Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker. He is considered to be a groundbreaking figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. [1] He is best remembered ...
Maha Bo Vannama is a song composed by Chandraratne Manawasinghe and W.D. Amaradeva [1] to the Daha Ata Vannama (Sinhala: දහඅට වන්නම). [2] It was written as a dedication to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, the sacred fig tree in the Mahamevnāwa Gardens, Anuradhapura. A dance recital was created and performed for the Vannama by the duo ...
Later the song Mango Nanda was selected the best Sinhala song by the Hit Parade program on Radio Ceylon as well. [9] In 1969, the Moonstones welcomed female vocalist Indrani Perera who sang lead on the best selling hit Dilhani. Wijewardena himself only sang lead on Dileepa Podi Puthu an adaptation of a poem written by Karunaratne Abeysekera to ...
He was born on 21 July 1946 in Boralesgamuwa as the eldest of the family. His father Albert Peiris was a classical artiste at Radio Ceylon popular in 1940s. Albert was the first disciple of the Master musician H.W. Rupasinghe. His mother M.K. Asilin was born in Meddewatta, Matara was a housewife. He has three younger sisters – Irene ...