Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Leelawathi Perera, popularly known by her stage name Wasantha Sandanayake, was a Sri Lankan singer, primarily worked as a playback singer in Sinhala film industry.
14 Facts About Wasantha Sandanayake
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Wasantha Sandanayake is often described as the female symbol in the Buddhist song tradition of Sri Lanka Music.
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Wasantha Sandanayake was born on 18 October 1917 in Randombe, Balapitiya as the second child in a family with seven siblings.
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Wasantha Sandanayake's father was Arnolis Perera from Uthuwankande, Kegalle and mother was Nilenthige Nani Nona.
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Wasantha Sandanayake had to move with his family due to the busy schedule of her father.
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Wasantha Sandanayake has one elder brother Dharmadasa, two younger sisters; Kamala, Chandrawathi, and two younger brothers; Srimath and Dharmadasa.
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Wasantha Sandanayake sang her first solo song Rudu Gathiyen Prane written by U D Perera and then Pujemi Buddhan Kusumena Nena for Karolis Label.
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Wasantha Sandanayake sang the popular songs Kalyani Ganga Rajini, Nokiyama Eda Esala Mahe and Balanna Budu Samine during this period.
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Wasantha Sandanayake sang the songs Onna Puthe Oya Na Mala and Mage Dayabara Gemunu with her son Sarath.
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Wasantha Sandanayake made several duets with the popular singer at that time, including; Mohideen Baig, Dharmadasa Walpola, M Joharsa, Thilakasiri Fernando and Henry Fonseka.
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Senanayake was the Minister of Agriculture, Wasantha won the first place in the song competition on agriculture.
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Wasantha Sandanayake won the first place in the Mother Song Competition held in 1995 among radio singers.
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Wasantha Sandanayake has sung to the music of Mohammad Sally for the Saraswati label and to the music of Sarath Balasuriya for the Gemtone label.
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Wasantha Sandanayake has been involved in the "Peradina Tharu Pela" Music Festival hosted by the Tower Hall Theater Foundation for a long time since the inception of the Gam Udawa project established by president.