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| Sunday, 15 February 2004 |
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Evergreen oldies by G.S.B. Rani 'Parama Ramani Ape Ale' 'Will the most beautiful love of ours last forever?'
The evergreen songs of G.S.B. Rani Perera, the songbird of Radio Ceylon will ring in the ears of the old song lovers both young and old at the BMICH on Tuesday (Feb. 17) at 6.30 pm. 'Parama Ramani' - will be a tribute to the service rendered by Rani who has left her mark on the history of the Sinhala songs and music by being one of the famous play back singers of films of Sri Lanka of yesteryear. Among the 1000 odd songs sung by Rani 'El Hene Pel Rakithdee', 'Lalitha Rupe', 'Loke Sihinayak Vageya' and 'Sonduru Gammane Me' were among the songs she hopes to sing at her momentous show to be held day after tomorrow. She sang these duets originally with late famous singers Mohideen Baig, Dharmadasa Walpola and H.R. Jothipala. Lak Handa Radio and Independent Television Network (ITN) will be the media sponsors along with the ANCL, Lake House newspapers. A cassette and a CD produced by Thorana, cut with twenty songs sung by her during the early period of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Service (SLBS) which was then known as Radio Ceylon, would be launched at the show. Seven male vocalists Ishaq Baig, W. Premaratne, Suneth Walpola, Amith Walpola, Ravindra Randeniya, Sudath Samarasinghe, and Gratian Ananda will assist her in singing at the 'Parama Ramani'... Rani will sing her newest duet with Sangeetha Visharada Edward Jayakody. A book titled 'Parama Ramani' written by Dayananda Ratnayaka will also be launched along with CDs and Cassettes. Sarath de Alwis will conduct music. The choreography by Ravi Bandu Vidyapathy and Pradeepa Ariyawansa will harmonise with the evergreen melodies of Rani. The old songs of the celebrity were provided for the CD by Ranjan De Silva. Tissa Nagoda will be presenting some memorable scenes in old popular Sinhala films to which Rani made a great contribution as a play back singer. The show which is presented by Sarisara is free of charge. The credit for organising the series of felicitations for the renowned singer goes to Charitha Priyadarshani, Priyantha Seneviratne and Jayantha Peiris. L.W. |
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