Heywood Institute of Art Bhatkhande Music Institute
Occupation(s)
Singer, lecturer, Director of Ministry of Education
Spouse
Navaratne Aththanayaka
Children
3
Parents
Dharmadasa Perera (father)
Vimala Kantha (mother)
Awards
Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa (University of the Visual & Performing Art-2019)
Musical career
Genres
Pop
soul
rhythm and blues
Indian classical music
Instrument(s)
Vocals, sitar, tabla, violin, guitar, haromonium
Years active
1950–present
Labels
Nilwala
MEntertainment
Musical artist
Kala Suri Visharadha Dr. Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Sujatha Perera (born 12 May 1942: as සුජාතා අත්තනායක), colloquially known as Sujatha Aththanayaka , is a Sri Lankan singer.[1] She is a prominent playback singer in Sinhala cinema and also in Sri Lankan and Indian Tamil cinema. Considered the golden bell of Sinhala music, she holds the record for the most number of cassettes produced by a Sri Lankan woman singer with more than 115 cassettes in a career spanning more than seven decades. She is the first female music director in Sri Lanka.[2] She contributed for nearly 400 Sinhala films and 20 Sri Lankan-Indian Tamil Films as a playback singer. She sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and more than 1000 songs in 9 different languages.[3]
^"Sujatha Attanayaka filmography". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Sujatha Perera (born 12 May 1942: as සුජාතා අත්තනායක), colloquially known as SujathaAththanayaka , is a Sri Lankan singer....
Som Wardner Stanley Peiris Stigmata Sunflowers Sunil Edirisinghe SujathaAththanayaka Sunil Perera Sunil Santha Sahan Ranwala T. M. Jayaratne Tanya Ekanayaka...
Wimala Kantha. They have five children, including popular songstress SujathaAththanayaka, a renowned dance teacher, Ranjani Perera and a popular comedian...
Surya I Queen Anula Queen Lilavati Rani Padmini W. D. Amaradeva SujathaAththanayaka Bathiya and Santhush Arjun Victor Rathnayake Sunil Shantha Ananda...
and a musician. Sujatha's father, Dharmadasa Perera is the elder brother of popular singer Wasantha Sandanayake. SujathaAththanayaka and Prem Jayanth...
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