29 Facts About Chandrika Siriwardena

Chandrika Siriwardena is one of the most prominent artists to originate from the Siriwardena family.

Chandrika Siriwardena was born on 11 November 1948 in Kandy as the youngest in a family with three siblings.

Chandrika Siriwardena's father, Peter Siriwardena was an accomplished musician and an actor.

Chandrika Siriwardena worked as a lecturer in music at the Government Women's Training College, Polgolla.

Chandrika Siriwardena's mother Srimathi Karuna Devi was a music teacher as well as an actress.

Chandrika Siriwardena first attended to Primary section of teacher training college and then she completed secondary education at Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy.

Chandrika Siriwardena's brother Sunil Siriwardena is a singer, lyricist and broadcaster.

Chandrika Siriwardena has two sons - Madhumadhawa Aravinda and Dhananjaya Siriwardena.

Chandrika Siriwardena's niece Dulshara Dasanthi is an influencer and an upcoming singer and actress.

Chandrika Siriwardena was married to Anton Alwis, who was a journalist, scriptwriter and lyricist.

At the age of five, Chandrika joined Lama Pitiya children's program in Radio Ceylon.

Chandrika Siriwardena excelled as a Sinhala singer of excellent grade, and a Tamil singer of excellent grade and a classical Singer during her career at Radio Ceylon.

Chandrika Siriwardena then sang a song Raththaranin Ran for a song program at Radio Ceylon.

Chandrika Siriwardena majored in North Indian classical music as well as South Indian Carnatic music during that period.

Chandrika Siriwardena has rendered her voice as well as acted in many films including, Giju Lihiniyo, Raththaran Amma, Devduwa and Anjalika.

Chandrika Siriwardena won Sarasaviya Award for the song Nim Walalla in the film Hithawathiya.

Chandrika Siriwardena won awards for the films Sinasenna Raththaran in the 80's, the film Hithawathiya and the film Chaya.

Chandrika Siriwardena mainly focused on playback singing and did not release any music albums during her career, her music is mainly consumed through Sri Lankan radio and is not fully available on modern streaming services.

In 2006, Chandrika Siriwardena joined Sirasa TV for the first season of music reality show Sirasa Superstar.

Chandrika Siriwardena was a judge for the first few rounds in first season.

Chandrika Siriwardena has judged in many other reality shows and is popular for changing the role of women in reality television in Sri Lanka.

Chandrika Siriwardena worked as a music educator and held her own institute which was defunct during the pandemic.

Chandrika Siriwardena directed two shows called "gee ran gee" with her student body as the cast of the performance in 2012.

In 2012, Chandrika Siriwardena was honored at 36th SIGNIS OCIC Salutation Festival.

Furthermore, Chandrika Siriwardena is one of the most prominent faces of Sri Lanka's reality television scene with numerous appearances in contests and talk shows through out her career.

Chandrika Siriwardena continues to lead a private life and has no social media accounts to her name.

Chandrika Siriwardena did not release any albums throughout her career.

Chandrika Siriwardena mainly focused on radio singles and playback singing through out her career.

Chandrika Siriwardena is the first musician in the country to re-sing an Indian Tamil song for distribution in Sri Lanka.