{"id":98131,"date":"2022-08-23T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=98131"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:45:33","slug":"pla-somapala-undisputed-king-of-music-revolutionarised-music-rendered-an-unique-influence-to-native-sri-lanka-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/pla-somapala-undisputed-king-of-music-revolutionarised-music-rendered-an-unique-influence-to-native-sri-lanka-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"PLA SOMAPALA UNDISPUTED KING OF MUSIC, REVOLUTIONARISED MUSIC RENDERED AN UNIQUE INFLUENCE TO NATIVE SRI LANKA \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLA SOMAPALA UNDISPUTED KING OF MUSIC, REVOLUTIONARISED MUSIC RENDERED AN UNIQUE INFLUENCE TO NATIVE SRI LANKA \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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\"Sunil-Thenabadu\"Peragaswatte Liyana Acharige Somapala<\/strong> (13 September 1921 \u2013 26 March 1991 Actively involved with music between years 1940 – 1991, popularly known as\u00a0\u00a0P. L. A. Somapala<\/strong>\u00a0was a Sri Lankan singer, musician and playback singer dominating as a musician in gramophone ,radio, films and television eras, triumphant in musical instruments sitar and violin. His music genres extensively wide-ranging from pop,soul, Hindustani classical music and Indian classical music \u00a0One of the earliest pillars in Sinhala classical songs, Somapala made several contributions to early Sinhala cinema as a playback singer and music director along with his wife Chithra Somapala who has had vast singing expertise who could be easily classified alongside Ruckmani Devi, Latha , Sujatha and Anjeline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PLA as often reminisced was born on 13 September 1921 in Maligakanda,\u00a0Comombo 10.\u00a0His father, A. D. Edmund, was also a stage drama producer had received his primary education at Clifton Girls’ School and his secondary education at Lawrence College, Maradana.]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0He left school in 1941 and worked as a clerk when he was just seventeen years old in a Maliban Street office of a rubber exporter very keen to earn a bit of money to the family as father had passed away when he was fourteen years old.. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PLA had met his future wife Chithra nee Perera in year1942 when she was studying at St Bridget’s Convent.\u00a0Chithra was also a singer, in 1948, she sang for\u00a0Columbia records under Master U. D. Perera. They married on 27 September 1952.\u00a0The duo is blessed with four sons: Prasanna, Rohan, Nalin, Chitral and one daughter, Piumi.]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The eldest son Prasanna is a retired cameraman who worked in the Ministry of Mahaweli. Their younger son\u00a0Chitral who had inherited hereditary music affiliations from the parents is well renowned as\u00a0 a playback singer, composer and musician domiciled in Germany for over three decades having left our shores in year 1986 having defied father\u2019s instructions been dogged and stubborn.P LA disliked any siblings taking up music as priority had been given to studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n