Premakeerthi de Alwis was a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n broadcaster, lyricist

Lyricist

A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

 and television personality. He worked as an anchorman on state-run television. He was murdered on July 31, 1989.

Premakeerthi is renowned to be the best song writer that Sri Lanka has ever produced.

Comic songs

Premakeerthi had a talent for comedic lyrics. His first contribution was Aluth Kalavak Soyagaththa Man Diyunuvenna One Nam, sung by Freddie Silva for the film Sujeewa. Alwis aimed to introduce satire to his songs, providing humour but allowing criticism of society. Later he wrote Pankithha tharikita tharikita, Teakoode pitethiyan ,Aron Mama,Handa Mama,Kekille Rajjuruwo, Parana Coat such as comics songs..

Death

Alwis, who was 42, was dragged from his house and murdered on the night of July 31, 1989. The murder has been blamed on the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

, although no official ruling has been made.