Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer. One of the best known and most honored singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations.[1] Her songs intricate notional ideas of relationships, life-circumstances, and emotions that stem out of human realities.[2]
Nanda was born on 23 August 1943 as the fourth child to a rural family of nine in Lewwanduwa in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka. Her father, Vincent Perera was a skillful tailor and ready-made coat maker. Her mother, Liyanage Emily Perera was a housewife.[3] She has four sisters and four brothers. She moved to Kotahena in Colombo as an adolescent and was admitted to Sri Gunananda Vidyalaya where she came under the tutelage of T. N. Margaret Perera.[4]
She was married to Suneth Gokula and the couple has two daughters – Varuni Saroja, Ama Sarada. Elder daughter Varuni is married to Chaminda, son of popular lyricist Dharmasiri Gamage. Younger daughter Ama is married to Sanjeewa.[5]
Career
In 1956, she contested for ‘Padya Gayana’ competition held at Borella YMBA, in which she won a gold medal. After winning the poetry contest, Radio CeylonW. D. Amaradeva invited Nanda to take part in a song, she sang the song Budu Sadu written by Asoka Colombage and set to music by D. D. Danny on Karunaratne Abeysekera's popular program known as Lama Mandapaya on Radio.[6] In 1963, Amaradeva selected Malini for background singing for the film Ranmuthu Duwa, the first Sinhala colour film.[7] In that film, she sang the song Galana Gagaki Jeewithe with Narada Disasekara which was the first song written by Chandraratne Manawasinghe for cinema. The film won all the Sarasavi awards for music that year where Malini won the award for the Best Female Singer, her first major award. Since then she has sung in many films and has won 11 Sarasavi awards, 8 Presidential awards and adjudged the most popular female vocalist from 1995-98.[4][3]
Nanda continued her training after achieving fame, learning under B. Victor Perera.[7] She studied for a year at Heywood Institute of Art and moving on to Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow, India in 1963. She would later return to the University to obtain a Visharada degree in 1984 with a First Division Distinction.[4]
Upon her return to Sri Lanka, Malini appeared on W.D. Amaradeva's program "Madhuvanthi" singing the songs Sannaliyane and Ran Dahadiya Bindu Bindu. Malini has had a string of successful releases. Her lyrics depict realistic life situations, love, relationships, and emotions.[3] The songs Pipunu Male Ruwa, Sudu Hamine, and Kada Mandiye attest to her effort to expose the hearts of women.[7] Some of Nanda's popular songs, such as Manda Nawa Karanawa, show a humorous and sensitive account of a young woman's experience of loneliness.[2][8]
In 1971, Nanda collaborated with Amaradewa in the "Srawana Aradhana concert". In 1973, she started her first solo concert series, and after having 530 shows the series ended on 22 May 1979. In August 1981 she started another concert series "Sathyaye Geethaya". She played 500 shows and ended in August 1984.[3] She conducted her next solo musical concert series "Pavana" in June 1987 which ran for 18 months with 205 shows. Her songs in "Pavana" were banned in SLBC and SLRC where the concert was also banned.[7] After 22 years her newest solo musical concert titled "Shwetha Rathriya" was held with the collaboration of Sirasa FM in 2010.[9]
In 1984, she established a music academy Nanda Malini Ashram.[10]
Malini has produced 25 cassettes such as Malata Renu, Saadu Naada and Sari Podiththak.[4] On 8 September 2007, she launched her CD Etha Kandu Yaye comprising a collection of 16 award winning songs. The launching ceremony was held at the BMICH Open Air Theater at 7.30 p.m. In 1993, she composed a CD "Kunkuma Pottu" which has songs sung in Tamil. Another of her CD's titled "Andaharaya" is made up of music composed of computer software.[11]
In 2017, she has conferred the honorary degree ‘Darshana Shuri’, Doctor of Philosophy of Fine Arts by the University of Visual and Performing Arts. It was the first time that a female artiste was recognized by a university in Sri Lanka.[12][13][14]
Legacy
In 2004, a hybrid orchid was named as "Nanda Malini Ascosanda" in honor of Nanda Malini.[5]
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Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera Sinhala නන ද ම ලන born 23 August 1943 popularly as Nanda Malini is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer One of the best known and most honored singers of Sri Lanka Malini s choice of singing themes are based on real life and social cultural situations 1 Her songs intricate notional ideas of relationships life circumstances and emotions that stem out of human realities 2 Dr Nanda Malini නන ද ම ලන BornMirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera 1943 08 23 23 August 1943 age 79 Kotahena Sri LankaNationalitySri LankanEducationSri Gunananda VidyalayaAlma materHeywood Institute of ArtBhatkhande Music Institute 1963 Occupation s Singer Music DirectorSpouseSuneth GokulaChildren2ParentsVincent Perera father Liyanage Emily Perera mother AwardsDoctor of Philosophy Fine Arts Honoris Causa University of the Visual amp Performing Art 2017 Musical careerGenresPopsoulrhythm and bluesIndian classical musicInstrument s VocalsYears active1984 presentLabelsSinglanka Tharanga NilwalaMEntertainmentRansilu Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Legacy 4 Albums 4 1 01 Saadu Naada Sinhala ස ද න ද 4 2 02 Sari Podiththak Sinhala ස ර ප ඩ ත තක 4 3 02 Sansara Sagare 15 5 Discography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditNanda was born on 23 August 1943 as the fourth child to a rural family of nine in Lewwanduwa in Aluthgama Sri Lanka Her father Vincent Perera was a skillful tailor and ready made coat maker Her mother Liyanage Emily Perera was a housewife 3 She has four sisters and four brothers She moved to Kotahena in Colombo as an adolescent and was admitted to Sri Gunananda Vidyalaya where she came under the tutelage of T N Margaret Perera 4 She was married to Suneth Gokula and the couple has two daughters Varuni Saroja Ama Sarada Elder daughter Varuni is married to Chaminda son of popular lyricist Dharmasiri Gamage Younger daughter Ama is married to Sanjeewa 5 Career EditIn 1956 she contested for Padya Gayana competition held at Borella YMBA in which she won a gold medal After winning the poetry contest Radio Ceylon W D Amaradeva invited Nanda to take part in a song she sang the song Budu Sadu written by Asoka Colombage and set to music by D D Danny on Karunaratne Abeysekera s popular program known as Lama Mandapaya on Radio 6 In 1963 Amaradeva selected Malini for background singing for the film Ranmuthu Duwa the first Sinhala colour film 7 In that film she sang the song Galana Gagaki Jeewithe with Narada Disasekara which was the first song written by Chandraratne Manawasinghe for cinema The film won all the Sarasavi awards for music that year where Malini won the award for the Best Female Singer her first major award Since then she has sung in many films and has won 11 Sarasavi awards 8 Presidential awards and adjudged the most popular female vocalist from 1995 98 4 3 Nanda continued her training after achieving fame learning under B Victor Perera 7 She studied for a year at Heywood Institute of Art and moving on to Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow India in 1963 She would later return to the University to obtain a Visharada degree in 1984 with a First Division Distinction 4 Upon her return to Sri Lanka Malini appeared on W D Amaradeva s program Madhuvanthi singing the songs Sannaliyane and Ran Dahadiya Bindu Bindu Malini has had a string of successful releases Her lyrics depict realistic life situations love relationships and emotions 3 The songs Pipunu Male Ruwa Sudu Hamine and Kada Mandiye attest to her effort to expose the hearts of women 7 Some of Nanda s popular songs such as Manda Nawa Karanawa show a humorous and sensitive account of a young woman s experience of loneliness 2 8 In 1971 Nanda collaborated with Amaradewa in the Srawana Aradhana concert In 1973 she started her first solo concert series and after having 530 shows the series ended on 22 May 1979 In August 1981 she started another concert series Sathyaye Geethaya She played 500 shows and ended in August 1984 3 She conducted her next solo musical concert series Pavana in June 1987 which ran for 18 months with 205 shows Her songs in Pavana were banned in SLBC and SLRC where the concert was also banned 7 After 22 years her newest solo musical concert titled Shwetha Rathriya was held with the collaboration of Sirasa FM in 2010 9 In 1984 she established a music academy Nanda Malini Ashram 10 Malini has produced 25 cassettes such as Malata Renu Saadu Naada and Sari Podiththak 4 On 8 September 2007 she launched her CD Etha Kandu Yaye comprising a collection of 16 award winning songs The launching ceremony was held at the BMICH Open Air Theater at 7 30 p m In 1993 she composed a CD Kunkuma Pottu which has songs sung in Tamil Another of her CD s titled Andaharaya is made up of music composed of computer software 11 In 2017 she has conferred the honorary degree Darshana Shuri Doctor of Philosophy of Fine Arts by the University of Visual and Performing Arts It was the first time that a female artiste was recognized by a university in Sri Lanka 12 13 14 Legacy EditIn 2004 a hybrid orchid was named as Nanda Malini Ascosanda in honor of Nanda Malini 5 Albums Edit01 Saadu Naada Sinhala ස ද න ද Edit Saadu NaadaSoundtrack album by Nanda MaliniReleased2017GenreClassical Blues FolkLength0 36 10Budu Saadu Sinhala බ ද ස ද Buddhanubhawena Sinhala බ ද ධ න භ ව න Budu Karunaa Sinhala බ ද කර ණ Aku Daa Sinhala අක ද Danno Budunge Sinhala දන න බ ද න ග Lokananda Thilona Sinhala ල ක නන ද ත ල න Dura Penena Thanithala Sinhala ද ර ප න න ත න තල Seela Samadhi Sinhala ශ ල සම ධ Muni Nandana Siripaada Sinhala ම ණ නන දන ස ර ප ද 02 Sari Podiththak Sinhala ස ර ප ඩ ත තක Edit Sari PodiththakSoundtrack album by Nanda MaliniReleased2017GenreClassical Blues FolkLength0 49 31Ruk Aththana Mala Mudune Sinhala ර ක අත තන මල ම ද න Surangeeta Duka Hithuna Sinhala ස ර ග ට ද ක හ ත න Wasanawa Aege Nrthai Sinhala ව සන ව ඇග න තය Miriwadi Sangalak Sinhala ම ර ව ඩ සඟලක Sari Podiththak Sinhala ස ර ප ඩ ත තක Sakura Mal Pipila Sinhala සක ර මල ප ප ල Sudu Haamine Sinhala ස ද හ ම න Ran Giri Giri Gigiri Sinhala රන ග ර ග ර ග ග ර Chandra Mandulu Yata Sinhala චන ද ර මඬ ල යට Mal Kiyanne Kaata Kaata Sinhala මල ක යන න ක ට ක ට Mihimandale Anduru Kuse Sinhala ම හ මඬල අඳ ර ක ස Deega Nogiya Punchi Nanda Sinhala ද ග න ග ය ප ච න න ද Mage Sina Oba Araganna Sinhala මග ස න ඔබ අරගන න Mal Mal Heenaya Sinhala මල මල හ නය Wessa Walaahaka Sinhala ව ස ස වළ හක Buddhaanubhaawena Sinhala බ ද ධ න භ ව න 02 Sansara Sagare 15 Edit Sansara SagareSoundtrack album by Nanda MaliniReleased1985GenreClassical FolkLabelTharangaPeedena Goyame Lyrics By Sunil Ariyaratne Music By Stanley Peries Sanda Mala Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Rohana Weerasinghe Sansara Sagare Lyrics By Sunil Ariyaratne Music By Sarath Dassanayake Ma Pidu Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Stanley Peries Kothanada Oba Lyrics By Sunil Ariyaratne Music By Stanley Peries Wata Kotu Lyrics By Tilak Kuruwita Bandara Music By Rohana Weerasinghe Nil Latha Pura Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Sarath Dassanayake Punchi Punchi Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Stanley Peries Lowe Sonduru Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Rohana Weerasinghe Wasanawan Lyrics By Kularatne Ariyawansa Music By Rohana Weerasinghe Dura Atha Lyrics By Camilus Perera Music By Sarath Dassanayake Yowun Wasanthe Lyrics By Sunil Ariyaratne Music By Sarath Dasanayake Discography EditPerada Maha Ra Pahan Kanda Sathyaye Geethaya Hemanthayedi Tharuka Es Pavana Sindu Hodiya Kinduriyakage Vilapaya Madhu Bandun Tharu Malmada Bisau Cinema Geethavalokana Kirimadu Vel Londonyedi Geyu Gee Yathra Handahami Sanka Padma Pembara Lanka Kunkuma Pottu Gramaphone Gee Araliya Landata Malata Renu Nilambare Sari Podittak Pirith PenReferences Edit Sunil Ariyaratne and Nanda Malini Away from a musical sensibility Daily Mirror Retrieved 2 August 2020 a b Nanada Malani s Shrawana Aradhana in Canada sundaytimes lk a b c d My father is a tailor Hiru FM Retrieved 2 August 2020 a b c d Nanda Malini a breeze that empowers infolanka Retrieved 2 August 2020 a b ක ටහ න කප ගහප Lankadeepa Retrieved 2 August 2020 Tribute to Amaradeva over BBC Sandeshaya dailynews lk a b c d Social crusader for generations Sunday Observer Retrieved 2 August 2020 Best female singer in first Sarasaviya Awads Sarasaviya Retrieved 11 March 2017 Our music fans love good music Nanda Malini dailymirror lk Archived from the original on 19 February 2013 New enrollments for 2020 at Nanda Malini Ashram Daily News Retrieved 2 August 2020 Nanda s mellifluous voice adorns film songs Daily News Retrieved 2 August 2020 Yet another first for her Daily FT Retrieved 2 August 2020 නන ද ම ල න යට දර ශනස ර උප ධ ය www lankadeepa lk Nanda Malani receives Darshana Soori Sammana Sri Lanka Foundation Nanda Malini Sansara Sagare retrieved 7 February 2022External links EditNanda Malini s Songs Music And Mission Bob Dylan To Nanda Malani Milestones in the evolution of Sinhala film music Listen to Nanda s High quality Songs here On request පළම ව සම ම නය ල බ ද නත අද ස ට න ත නත ස හ පත ව ණ මල ක යන න ක ට ක ට ළමය න ටය ප ට ප ට Nanda Malani All Songs Mp3 Nanda Malini Deepika to perform Down Under ත ත ත ක ව ව උඹට ප ස ස ද Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nanda Malini amp oldid 1079163994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
