Ran Tikiri Sina
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Ran Tikiri Sina is a song written by Nimal Mendis
. It was originally performed by Nirasha Perera and Victor Silva for the Sri Lankan film Ganga Addara
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It was recorded in 1979 at the Joe-Neth studio under conductor Sarath Fernando. Nirasha was joined by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Borella on the chorus.
We were surprised to see this mistaken information, "Ran Tikiri Sina" was written by Augustus Vinayagaratnam at his Panadura house. I'm writing this to do justice to my deceased father who won two awards for writing this beautiful Sinhala song. Nimal Mendis provided music for ths song. This song was sung by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya.
He also wrote the song "Ganga Addara" that was sung by Vijaya Kumaratunga.
by Sandhya Fernando, daughter of Augustus Vinayagaratnam
recorded a cover of the song for commercial purposes. This version became popular on SLBC and the Rupavahini Corporation overshadowing the original. Nirosha Virajini also recorded a cover.
The original was kept on air by Hudson Samarasinghe of the Sinhala Programmes Division of the SLBC who acquired the master tape of the recording.
Nimal Mendis
Nimal Mendis is a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter. He is one of a handful of Sri Lankan musicians to make it to the BBC television programme Top of the Pops in 1968....
. It was originally performed by Nirasha Perera and Victor Silva for the Sri Lankan film Ganga Addara
Ganga Addara
Ganga Addara was a 1980 Sinhalese language film directed by Sumitra Peiris and produced by Sumathi Films. The film stars Vasanthi Chathurani and late Vijaya Kumaratunga in the lead roles. Adapted from a novel by Letitia Botejue, its script was written by veteran director Tissa Abeysekara...
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Background and composition
Nimal Mendis wrote the song specifically for Victor Silva after hearing him sing on the Sooriya Show. Mendis' draft of the lyrics was completed in English and translated to Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam. Silva suggested 12-year old Nirasha Perera to accompany him on the duet.It was recorded in 1979 at the Joe-Neth studio under conductor Sarath Fernando. Nirasha was joined by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Borella on the chorus.
We were surprised to see this mistaken information, "Ran Tikiri Sina" was written by Augustus Vinayagaratnam at his Panadura house. I'm writing this to do justice to my deceased father who won two awards for writing this beautiful Sinhala song. Nimal Mendis provided music for ths song. This song was sung by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya.
He also wrote the song "Ganga Addara" that was sung by Vijaya Kumaratunga.
by Sandhya Fernando, daughter of Augustus Vinayagaratnam
Other versions
In 1981 popular singers Neela Wickremasinghe and T. M. JayaratneT. M. Jayaratne
T.M. Jayaratne is a popular Sri Lankan singer.He has received the Presidential Award in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1987. In 2006 Jayaratne was awarded the best male singer award at the Raigam Tele Award Festival.-Overview:Jayaratne was born in Dodangoda, Sri Lanka. He pursued higher learning at St...
recorded a cover of the song for commercial purposes. This version became popular on SLBC and the Rupavahini Corporation overshadowing the original. Nirosha Virajini also recorded a cover.
The original was kept on air by Hudson Samarasinghe of the Sinhala Programmes Division of the SLBC who acquired the master tape of the recording.