| "Ran Tikiri Sina" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Nirasha Perera & Victor Silva | |
| Released | 1979 |
| Genre | Sri Lankan music |
| Writer(s) | Nimal Mendis |
Ran Tikiri Sina (Sinhala, "Golden Smile") is a song written by Nimal Mendis. It was originally performed by Nirasha Perera and Victor Silva for the Sri Lankan film Ganga Addara.
Nimal Mendis wrote the song specifically for Victor Silva after hearing him sing on the Sooriya Show. Mendis' draft of the lyrics was completed in English and translated to Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam. Silva suggested 12-year old Nirasha Perera to accompany him on the duet.
It was recorded in 1979 at the Joe-Neth studio under conductor Sarath Fernando. Nirasha was joined by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Borella on the chorus.
We were surprised to see this mistaken information, "Ran Tikiri Sina" was written by Augustus Vinayagaratnam at his Panadura house. I'm writing this to do justice to my deceased father who won two awards for writing this beautiful Sinhala song. Nimal Mendis provided music for ths song. This song was sung by children from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya.
He also wrote the song "Ganga Addara" that was sung by Vijaya Kumaratunga.
by Sandhya Fernando, daughter of Augustus Vinayagaratnam
In 1981 popular singers Neela Wickremasinghe and T. M. Jayaratne recorded a cover of the song for commercial purposes. This version became popular on SLBC and the Rupavahini Corporation overshadowing the original. Nirosha Virajini also recorded a cover.[1]
The original was kept on air by Hudson Samarasinghe of the Sinhala Programmes Division of the SLBC who acquired the master tape of the recording.[1]