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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.
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 . Ilayaraja then made a Tamil version – which had very little to do with the Sinhala version except for the refrain – for the Tamil film Avar Enakke Sontham , sung ...
Vivienne De Silva Boralessa was the only artist to perform at the 2500th- (1956) and 2550th (2006) Buddha Jayanti as well as the 2600th (2011) Sambuddhatva Jayanthi celebrations held in Sri Lanka; she performed "Me pin bime" ("On this hallowed ground"), a song written for the occasion, in a duet alongside her son, Kapila at the latter occasion.
The album won the Most Popular Album award. In 2008, he released his second album, Dreamz 2 – My Life, which includes lyrics and music composed by other musicians. Shihan released his first music video, "Ada Thaniyen Maa" which was a great hit in Sri Lanka. Later, it won the most popular music video award at the Derana Music Video Awards in 2007.
The song has become the second cover after "Shape of You - Sri Lankan Mashup" by three member DeepSounds to go massively viral in Sri Lanka and the first ever to have a wider global outreach. [11] [1] [12] The song surpassed 232+ million views on YouTube. [13] [14] [6] The song debuted at number 8 on the Asian Music Chart Top 40 on 24 September ...
Sri Lankan music Superstar, Annesley Malewana, at the Edirimanne Corea Family Union Sing-A-Long charity event held in the Grand Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November 2011. On 27 July 2013, he organised a musical show "Sing Along with Annesley Malewana" at Hotel Taj Samudra Rooftop as a fundraiser for Lion Sight First ...
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Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature). [1]