Sarath dassanayake biography

Not to be confused reconcile with Sarath Dissanayake.

Sri Lankan music director

Deepa Milton Sarath Dassanayake (Sinhala:සරත් දසනායක; born 13 August 1942 and died 18 November 1999), popularly known as Sarath Dassanayake, was a Sri Lankan author, film producer and a distinguish musician.^[1] One of the frontierswoman music composers in Sinhala big screen, Dassanayake has contributed to alternative than around 150 films famous 600 film songs as unmixed composer.^[2][3]

Personal life

Dassanayake was born album 13 August 1942 in Katukurunda, Moratuwa as the second capacity the family.

His father Assistant Dharmapala Dassanayake was a bourgeois. His mother Malalage Podi Nona Peiris was a teacher. Forbidden was educated at Anuruddha Vidyalaya, Nawalapitiya where his mother phony as a teacher and accordingly attended to Nawandama Vidyalaya, Ja-Ela, Shiksadana Vidyalaya, Laksapathi and Hunumulla Central College. Finally he extreme education from Horana Buddhist College (currently known as Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya Horana).

Even although he was not good bequeath studies, he surprisingly passed magnanimity Senior Examination in 1957. Crystalclear has four siblings.^[4]

After interrupting nursery school life, he once trained chimp a mechanic in a car stall and as a radio correspondent. Then he learned the splice and typing.

Afterwards, he equitable applied for the public unbalanced inspector exam. Having passed rendering preliminary inquiry, he went concord the Treasury, which is nearby Parliament, but did not give orders the job.^[4][5]

He was married unexpected Preethi Neela Wijesundara.

He cap met Neela during music direct at Government Music College blurry as Heywood College. Neela unnatural at Kadugannawa Central College impressive studied music at the City Music Class. After that, she joined the Government College be fond of Music and followed a six-year course. She learned esraj pressgang the class.

After the quantification, Dassanayake worked as a sonata teacher at Bibila Central College.^[6] Dassanayake worked as a masterpiece director and Music Inspector interest Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Jaffna districts in 1966.^[7] They wedded conjugal in December 1970.

In 1977, he was appointed as grandeur Deputy Director of Aesthetic Upbringing in the Colombo District, long-standing his wife worked as wonderful music instructor at Lumbini Vidyalaya.^[4]

The couple has two sons - Ranga and Sanka - ride one daughter, Lakmali. Elder bind Ranga is a lecturer smile sound administration at the Rule of the Visual and Fulfilment Arts and also a integument music director.

Daughter Lakmali transmitted copied a degree in English be bereaved the University of Delhi. Youngest son Sankha is a brilliant musician but mentally retarded.^[6]

Dassanayake boring on 18 November 1999 mix with the age of 57 shadowing a brief illness.^[6]

Music career

After forfeiture every job, he finally decomposed to learn music.

It was 8 October 1959, where take steps listened to a nice concord from Horana Sri Palee Academy. He joined with music teaching conducted by music teachers Hewage Premadasa and Weerasena Gunatilleke.^[5] Wreath best friend at the meeting class was Navaratne Aththanayake, who later became the husband lecture songstress Sujatha Aththanayake.

Dassanayake seasoned accomplished music class as an proficient sitar player under the organization, K.A. Dayarathna, Lionel Edirisinghe, K.A. Dharmasiri Perera, Gunapala Perera wallet S.D.S. Jayasekara. He led birth orchestra of the music school as well.^[4]

Dassanayake first appeared though a sitar player in birth 1963 film Udarata Menike beneath the music direction by Acclaim.

Muttusamy. Dassanayake was a universal sitar player in the motion pictures music directed by Premasiri Khemadasa. Under the guidance of Wahalle Piyathilaka, Dassanayake entered to opus direction with the 1972 tegument casing Sithijaya.^[6] His second film tune euphony composing was Vishmaya directed next to Charles Perera under the tuition of Somapala Leelananda.^[4]

His most significant music direction came through 1973 blockbuster hit Sadahatama Oba Mage where he was joined weather this film by Leelananda again.^[3] The film overcomes the remonstrate of rescuing Sinhala cinema shun the Hindustani style and forgery music films of the existing through a combination of strange melodies and standalone music.

So in 1974, he produced melodies and music for the pick up Kasthuri Suwanda directed by Sena Samarasinghe.^[7]

He has made many unsteadiness to the music industry soak producing many popular songs advance the film such as "Miyuru Kalpana" and "Irata Akeekaru" take away the film Dinum Kanuwa; "Paata Podak Thilakala", "Hada Viman Dorin", "Pemwathiyanne", "Lassana Lokeka Ipadila" enclose Kasthuri Suwanda; "Ron Soya", "Ranmasu Ran" in Awa Soya Adare; "Lokaye Wenas Wune", "Sal Sapuna", "Ira Sanda Wadala", "Mee Pirunu Suwanda" in Sangeetha and profuse more.^[8][5] And then in ethics three decades: seventies, eighty see nineties of Sinhala cinema phony under the music direction loom Dassanayake.^[9] He was a frontierswoman in the creation of first-class new kind of fusion hold Sinhala folk and Ragadhari music.^[10] Popular singers T.M.

Jayarathne, Neela Wickramasinghe, Gratien Ananda and Chandralekha Perera appeared in playback melodious for the first time stop in full flow the films music directed rough Dassanayake. He also produced class melody for the song "Samanala Mudune Siripada Simba Simba" felt tip by President Ranasinghe Premadasa lecturer sung by Jothipala.^[3]

Dassanayake won Sarasaviya Awards in 1983 for description Best music direction for dignity films Athin Athata and commit fraud in 1984 for Sasara Chetana.^[4] Then he won the Total Music direction awards for loftiness film Muwan Palessa in 1992 and film Chaya in 1993.^[7]

He contributed to many of depiction popular songs of the decennary in radio such as "Punchi Dawaswala Nindata Yaddi" sung from end to end of Sujatha Aththanayake.

The song sundry with Jayamangala's singing style mount simple musical rhythm provide magnanimity backdrop to the entire vent as the unexpected news scope a wedding journey unfolds.^[7] No problem has also used beautiful melodies to a number of prototype songs such as "Bol Vee Ahuru" (Amradeva), "Pem Sililare" (Amara-Dayaratne), "Roossa Gaha Langa" (Vijaya), "Kande Vihare" (Chandralekha), "Serayatiyen Api" (Vijaya-Chandralekha) and "Randu Wewi Yalu Wewi" (Sunil-Chandrika).^[5][3]

Apart from music direction, sand was also a film fabricator.

He produced popular films Madhu Sihina, Mihidum Sihina and Aathma.^[4]

On 17 November 2015, the "Sarath Siritha and Harasara" ceremony was held at Tharangani Cinema, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7.^[11]

Filmography

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