1. Ellamulla Kapuge Gunadasa popularly known as Gunadasa Kapuge, was a Sri Lankan singer, musician, music director and playback singer.
17 Facts About Gunadasa Kapuge
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Gunadasa Kapuge was well known among Sri Lankans due to the philosophical background of his music renditions and lyrics selected for his work.
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Gunadasa Kapuge's father was Ellalamulla Kapuge Francis and mother was Dona Alice Nona Siribaddana.
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In late 1960, Gunadasa Kapuge joined the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and in 1969, he worked as an operational assistant and in 1975 started out as a program producer.
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Gunadasa Kapuge appeared as a film background singer as well as a music director and stage play music director.
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Gunadasa Kapuge was invited to an international youth conference in Havana, Cuba, applied for a leave of absence from the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, but his request was rejected for political reasons.
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However, Gunadasa Kapuge decided to attend the Youth Conference in Havana on July 22,1978.
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Gunadasa Kapuge is again expelled from the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
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In 1981, Gunadasa Kapuge served as the Head of the Music Division of the Rajarata Service and later as the Head of the Rajarata Service.
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Meanwhile, in 1980, Gunadasa Kapuge released his first music compact cassette titled "Dhampatin Laa Sandha" featuring Malani Bulathsinhala.
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Gunadasa Kapuge staged a one-man musical show titled "Kampana" first staged at Lumbini theatre on August 25,1990, and released a cassette and CD with the same title.
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Gunadasa Kapuge sang three songs using the same melody: The first song is "Sondura Numba Lihiniyaka" composed by Ratna Sri Wijesinghe.
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Gunadasa Kapuge sang the song "Kiyanga Magiya" for Milton Jayawardane's film Bithu Sithuwam.
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On returning from a tour at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Gunadasa Kapuge had a fall at the Bandaranaike International Airport whilst disembarking from a shuttle bus.
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Gunadasa Kapuge sustained injuries on the back of his head.
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Gunadasa Kapuge was taken to the medical center at the airport at around 4.30 AM where he was given saline.
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Gunadasa Kapuge later died on 3 April 2003 at Colombo National Hospital at the age of 57.