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Nanda Malini (Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera) was born on 23 August, 1943 in [[Kotahena. ]], Sri Lanka, is an A 20th-century sri lankan women singer. Discover Nanda Malini's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera
Occupation Singer, Music Director
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 23 August, 1943
Birthday 23 August
Birthplace [[Kotahena. ]], Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka

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Her husband is Suneth Gokula

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Parents Vincent Perera (father)Liyanage Emily Perera (mother)
Husband Suneth Gokula
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Children 2

Nanda Malini Net Worth

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1943

Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan musician.

One of the best known and most honoured singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's 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.

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.

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.

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.

1956

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 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.

1963

In 1963, Amaradeva selected Malini for background singing for the film Ranmuthu Duwa, the first Sinhala colour film.

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.

She studied for a year at Heywood Institute of Art and moving on to Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow, India in 1963.

1971

In 1971, Nanda collaborated with Amaradewa in the "Srawana Aradhana concert".

1979

In 1973, she started her first solo concert series, and after having 530 shows the series ended on 22 May 1979.

1981

In August 1981 she started another concert series "Sathyaye Geethaya".

1984

She would later return to the University to obtain a Visharada degree in 1984 with a First Division Distinction.

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.

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.

She played 500 shows and ended in August 1984.

In 1984, she established a music academy Nanda Malini Ashram.

Malini has produced 25 cassettes such as Malata Renu, Saadu Naada and Sari Podiththak.

1987

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.

1993

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.

1995

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.

Nanda continued her training after achieving fame, learning under B. Victor Perera.

2004

In 2004, a hybrid orchid was named as "Nanda Malini Ascosanda" in honor of Nanda Malini.

2007

On 8 September 2007, she launched her CD Etha Kandu Yaye comprising a collection of 16 award winning songs.

2010

After 22 years her newest solo musical concert titled "Shwetha Rathriya" was held with the collaboration of Sirasa FM in 2010.

2017

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.