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  2. Master Sir - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Karunaratne Abeysekera - Wikipedia

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    Abeysekera was a pioneering Sinhala broadcaster. He was a rare breed, a "teenage broadcaster" launching a broadcasting career with Radio Ceylon, which he joined in 1950 at the age of 20. In 1958 he was sent to London for specialist broadcasting training with the BBC. Studio 5 of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation has been named after him.

  4. Category:Sri Lankan lyricists - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka portal; Pages in category "Sri Lankan lyricists" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  5. Baila music - Wikipedia

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    Baila (also known as bayila; from the Portuguese verb bailar, meaning to dance [1]) is a form of music, popular in Sri Lanka and among Goan Catholics in India. The genre originated centuries ago among the Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs. Baila songs are played during parties and weddings in Sri Lanka, Goa, and Mangalore accompanied ...

  6. Talk:Sri Lanka Matha - Wikipedia

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    However, according to Bengali journalists Haroon Habib and Junaidul Haque, Tagore wrote the music and lyrics for Nama Nama Sri Lanka Mata in 1938 in the Bengali language for his student Samarakoon. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] According to them, Samarakoon then returned to Ceylon in 1940 and translated Tagore's song into the Sinhala language Apa Sri Lanka ...

  7. Ganga Addara - Wikipedia

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    The music and English lyrics ('Banks of the River') were composed by Nimal Mendis. It was translated into Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam and was sung by Vijaya Kumaratunga, who also made his mark as a playback singer. Ganga Addara, which was the second production of Sumathi Films was set in Kandy, colonial Sri Lanka. Its plot is about a ...

  8. Ananda Samarakoon - Wikipedia

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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]

  9. Sunil Santha - Wikipedia

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    Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. Known as the "Father of the Modern Sinhala Music" [1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [2] [3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later ...