Some time back she sang Sinhalese songs in Hindi. Since she knew music, she thought of engaging in a business to make cassettes and distribution of the same. Champa Kalhari, the young lady with the tinkling voice! Having conquered the music world, it made her to move on to test the business arena. Her melodious voice, and her talent to sing Hindi songs has brought her a lot of fans young and old. She has been enjoying fame and popularity since she was a tiny tot. She produced a singhala audio disc comprising 16 songs. She resides in Piliyandala and presently she is in abroad. She also performed as a Play back female singer in sinhala movies. She is one of the talented and popular singers in Sri Lanka. However she is happy that she is a singer. Her dream was to be a doctor, that was not fulfilled. She has released more than fifteen cassettes and most of them are Hindi Songs. The road she travelled in was not a bed of roses but a bush of thorns. She became popular because she sang Hindi Songs. Shanthi Dissanayake came to her house after she sang the song "Sri Lanka Ma Prriyadara Jaya Bhoomi" by Latha Mangeshkar and offered her a chance to enter Lama Pitiya program. she got through the selection test conducted by Radio ceylon in 1980. after that she was invited to several programmes. Job Titles- Actor,Singer,Radio Announcer,Television presenterĬhampa Kalhari Jayasekara stepped into the music world in 1981 in a SLBC programme called "Lama Pitiya" at the age of 8 years. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and died on 11 October 2006. Budu PiyeĬaldera firmly believed that art is art and nothing could buy an artist and held on to that till he breathed his last breath.Ĭaldera had four children with his wife who was also blind. Penuna Suwa Dasun - (Song about love and being not told by his partner that 'I LOVE YOU') 3. Here are some of the songs which placed top place in Sri Lankan music.ġ. During his lifetime he was felicitated by several universities (student bodies)and non governmental organisations in appreciation of his service to folk music. In the year 1993 he was felicitated with a Kala Bhushan award (the second highest award granted by the state for performing artists). In 1979 the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Premadasa, donated a house for Caldera to live in. Caldera sang for his own children and as well as for his grand children. Most of his songs are children's songs and many are based on true experiences. Most of the songs that he sang were Solos. He released a four song album in 1977.During his lifetime he released three audio cassettes and two CD's. Caldera became a radio artist in 1968 and had his first hit song with Thara Petia in 1972. He went completely blind at 14 and attended Seeduwa Deaf and Blind school. Henry Caldera (August 191937–Octo(aged 69)) was a Sri Lankan Singer/Songwriter/Musician.Ĭaldera was born on August 191937.
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