Nanda Malini
Nanda Malini Perera, born 23 August 1943 in Lewwanduwa, Aluthgama, Sri Lanka,
was a Sri Lankan musician. Her early talent surfaced when she won a gold medal
at the 1956 Padya Gayana competition, which led Radio Ceylon host W.D. Amaradeva
to invite her to perform "Budu Sadu" on Lama Mandapaya. She entered the film
industry in 1963, singing background for the colour film Ranmuthu Duwa and later
delivering the duet "Galana Gagaki Jeewithe" with Narada Disasekara, earning her
first Sarasaviya Award for Best Female Singer. Over the following decades,
Nanda Malini released several albu...
