Nanda Malini

Dr.

Nanda Malini
Nanda Malini.jpg
Born
Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini

(1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 76)
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materSri Gunananda Vidyalaya
Heywood Institute of Art
Bhatkhande Music Institute (1963)
OccupationSinger, Lecturer, Music Director
Spouse(s)Suneth Gokula
ChildrenVaruni Saroja, Ama Sarada
AwardsDoctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa (University of the Visual & Performing Art-2017)

Nanda Malini (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී) (born 23 August 1943) is a Sri Lankan singer. She is one of the best known and most honoured singers of Sri Lanka. Her choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations. Her songs intricate notional ideas of relationships, life-circumstances, and emotions that stem out of human realities.[1] She has been credited as starting a new chapter in Sri Lankan music.

Early life

Nanda was born to a rural family of nine in Lewanduwa in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka. 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. After winning a poetry contest, Radio Ceylon W. D. Amaradeva invited Nanda to take part in a song, she sang the song "Budu Sadu" on Karunaratne Abeysekera's popular program known as Lama Mandapaya on Radio.[2]

Debut

Nanda continued her training after achieving fame, learning under B. Victor Perera. 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. Upon her return to Sri Lanka, Malini appeared on Amaradeva's programme 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. The songs "Pipunu Male Ruwa", "Sudu Hamine", and "Kada Mandiye" attest to her effort to expose the hearts of women. 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.[1][3]

Concerts

In 1971, Nanda collaborated with W.D. 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. She conducted her next solo musical concert series Pavana in June 1987 which ran for 18 months with 205 shows. After 22 years her newest solo musical concert titled ‘Shwetha Rathriya’ was held with the collaboration of Sirasa FM in 2010.[4]

Awards

She has won eleven Sarasaviya Awards and eight Presidential Awards for Best Female Singer. The University of the Visual & Performing Arts conferred on her the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Performance Arts) Honoris Causa named the Darshana Soori Sammana in 2017.[5][6]

Albums

01. Saadu Naada (Sinhala: සාදු නාද)

Saadu Naada
Soundtrack album by
Nanda Malini
Released2017
GenreClassical, Blues, Folk
Length0:36:10
  • . Budu Saadu (Sinhala: බුදු සාදු).
  • . Buddhanubhawena (Sinhala: බුද්ධානුභාවේන).
  • . Budu Karunaa (Sinhala: බුදු කරුණා).
  • . Aku Daa (Sinhala: අකු දා).
  • . Danno Budunge (Sinhala: දන්නෝ බුදුන්ගේ).
  • . Lokananda Thilona (Sinhala: ලෝකානන්ද තිලෝනා).
  • . Dura Penena Thanithala (Sinhala: දුර පෙනෙන තැනිතලා).
  • . Seela Samadhi (Sinhala: ශීල සමාධි).
  • . Muni Nandana Siripaada (Sinhala: මුණි නන්දන සිරිපාද).

02. Sari Podiththak (Sinhala: සාරි පොඩිත්තක්)

Sari Podiththak
Soundtrack album by
Nanda Malini
Released2017
GenreClassical, Blues, Folk
Length0:49:31
  • . Ruk Aththana Mala Mudune (Sinhala: රුක් අත්තන මල මුදුනේ).
  • . Surangeeta Duka Hithuna (Sinhala: සුරංගීට දුක හිතුනා).
  • . Wasanawa Aege Nrthai (Sinhala: වාසනාව ඇගේ නෙතයි).
  • . Miriwadi Sangalak (Sinhala: මිරිවැඩි සඟලක්).
  • . Sari Podiththak (Sinhala: සාරි පොඩිත්තක්).
  • . Sakura Mal Pipila (Sinhala: සකුරා මල් පිපිලා).
  • . Sudu Haamine (Sinhala: සුදු හාමිනේ).
  • . Ran Giri Giri Gigiri (Sinhala: රන් ගිරි ගිරි ගිගිරි).
  • . Chandra Mandulu Yata (Sinhala: චන්ද්‍ර මඬුලු යට).
  • . Mal Kiyanne Kaata Kaata (Sinhala: මල් කියන්නෙ කාට කාට).
  • . Mihimandale Anduru Kuse (Sinhala: මිහි මඬලේ අඳුරු කුසේ).
  • . Deega Nogiya Punchi Nanda (Sinhala: දීග නොගිය පුංචි නැන්දා).
  • . Mage Sina Oba Araganna (Sinhala: මගේ සිනා ඔබ අරගන්න).
  • . Mal Mal Heenaya (Sinhala: මල් මල් හීනය).
  • . Wessa Walaahaka (Sinhala: වැස්ස වළාහක).
  • . Buddhaanubhaawena (Sinhala: බුද්ධානුභාවේන).

Discography

  • Perada Maha Re
  • 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 Pen

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nanada Malani's 'Shrawana Aradhana' in Canada". sundaytimes.lk.
  2. ^ "Tribute to Amaradeva over BBC Sandeshaya". dailynews.lk.
  3. ^ "Best female singer in first Sarasaviya Awads". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Our music fans love good music: Nanda Malini". dailymirror.lk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013.
  5. ^ "නන්දා මාලිනියට දර්ශනසූරී උපාධිය". www.lankadeepa.lk.
  6. ^ "Nanda Malani receives Darshana Soori Sammana". Sri Lanka Foundation.

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