1. Sujatha Aththanayaka is a prominent playback singer in Sinhala cinema and in Sri Lankan and Indian Tamil cinema.
18 Facts About Sujatha Aththanayaka
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Sujatha Aththanayaka is the first female music director in Sri Lanka.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka contributed for nearly 400 Sinhala films and 20 Sri Lankan-Indian Tamil Films as a playback singer.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and more than 1000 songs in 9 different languages.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka was born on 12 May 1942 in Kelaniya as the third of five siblings.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka's father Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Dharmadasa Perera was a police sergeant.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka's mother Gertrude Margaret Wolboff aka Vimala Kantha was a tower hall actress and singer.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka started education in 1947 from Wedamulla Maha Vidyalaya, Kelaniya.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka's sister Ranjani Perera is a renowned dance teacher and her younger brother Susil Perera is a popular comedian and musician.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka met Navaratne at the State College of Music.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka sang several popular playback film songs such as Jeewana Vila Meda, Maligawe Ma Rajini, Onchilla Thotili, Guwan Thotille, Herde Rasa Malige, Parawunu Mal Wala and Puthune Me Ahaganna.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka recorded four playback songs for four films in one day, which is a record in Sri Lanka.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka sang playback songs for nearly 400 Sinhala Films.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka is the only singer to perform in India where she sang in different languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, English and Nepali.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka was the first Sinhala singer to perform a Nepali song in the Asian Hindi Service.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka performed a Tamil one-man concert Swaram in Bambalapitiya as well as an Islam concert Ilampirai Geethangal in Maradana.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka's husband was the musician in some of her popular songs including Aganthuka Kurulla, Bolan Podi Nangi Tikak Hitapan, Jeewathwana Thuru Ma, Neth Wasa and Wessata Themi Themi.
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Sujatha Aththanayaka sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and 1000 Tamil songs.