17 Facts About Sunil Perera

Uswatta Liyanage Ivor Sylvester Sunil Perera was a Sri Lankan vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and composer.

Sunil Perera was associated with Sri Lanka's baila genre, and gained the nickname "Baila Chakravarthy".

Sunil Perera was born on 14 September 1952, in a family with ten siblings.

Sunil Perera started his education at St Sebastian's College, Moratuwa until grade four and then until finishing school in the St Peter's College, Colombo.

Sunil Perera meets Sunil while he is attending a concert.

On 25 October 1981, Sunil Perera was arrested by police in Homagama following reports from Kulatunga's parents that he had abducted her; the case was later dropped.

Sunil Perera had two sons: Sajith and Gayan, and two daughters: Rehana and Maneesha.

Sunil Perera's younger son, Gayan is a musician who formed the band "Daddy".

Sunil Perera's nephew, Lanthra Perera is a musician and the founder-member of the band "Doctor".

Sunil Perera later conveyed his interest in music to his father.

Sunil Perera learned guitar under Vincent Jayawardane and George Ferdinando and had voice training under Loren Abeysekara, Lily Godridge and Maryanne David.

Sunil Perera's father built a studio for the band next to the house on Galle Road in Ratmalana where they were staying at the time.

Sunil Perera sang and released "Buongiorno" in 2018, which was the first hit song to be released under the Gypsies label after a gap of four years.

Sunil Perera recently came up with his own ideology about the sociopolitical situation in the country.

Sunil Perera was highly critical of Sri Lankan society and politics.

Sunil Perera was a vocal critic of the administration of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa over the years.

In January 2017, Sunil Perera went to the Department of Inland Revenue and insisted that he should pay income tax.