Chandrasena Thalangama
Chandrasena Thalangama | |
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| චන්ද්රසේන තලංගම | |
| Born | Chandrasena Thalangama 13 October 1944 British Ceylon |
| Died | 4 January 2026 (aged 81) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Occupations | Journalist, lyricist, poet |
| Years active | 1976–2026 |
| Notable work | Lyrics |
| Spouse |
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| Children | 1 |
Chandrasena Thalangama (13 October 1944 – 4 January 2026) was a Sri Lankan journalist, lyricist and poet.[1] He created many heartfelt songs that became extremely popular, creating a new change in the Sri Lankan music industry.[2][3]
Career
Thalangama started writing lyrics at the age of 14.[1] However he started career as a journalist after joining Divaina newspaper as a feature writer. Since 1980, he made the paper work under the name Thalangama Chandrasena.[2][4]
From the 2010s, he continued to write lyrics for new generation, where he mainly collaborated with Charitha Attalage and Ridma Weerawardena.[5] His first "Sansaraye Ma", was also released in 2017, which is sung by Ridma Weerawardena and Anu Madhubhashini.[2] He penned the popular songs such as: "Kuvēṇiyē Mā", "Rādhāvaṇī", "Nāḍagam Gīya", "Soyā Aavā", "Kampā Novan Mahāmāyā", "Sansārayē Mā", "Heena Makā", "Rahath Himivarun", "Galana Ganga", "Dura Aakāhē", "Sæḷalihiṇi" and "Yōgēṣhvarī".[1] The songs became highly popular among the public as they updated life outlook and blended with traditional Sri Lankan music of Attalage.[6] The song "Kuvēṇiyē Mā" sung by Ridma for the music of Attalage is cited as the masterpiece of Thalangama's work. Even though the song was released in 2017, Thalangama wrote the song way back in 1980.[1][7]
He also made notable songs for the young singers including, Supun Perera, Prathap Ash, Harshadeva Ariyasinghe, Dinupa Kodagoda, Nuwandi Eranga and Anu Madhubashini.[1]
As a writer, he wrote the books such as: Divya Puthrayā, Adaraṇīya Aruṇōdaya and Landa Purā Duva.[1]
Personal life and death
Thalangama was born on 13 October 1944.[1] He was married to Kalyani Amarasinghe and was a father of one child.[8]
Thalangama died on 4 January 2026, at the age of 81.[9] His body was laid to rest at his residence at 25 Lane, Pothuarawa for public rites on 5 January and the funeral took place at the Thalahena Public Cemetery at 3.30 pm on 6 January 2026.[8]
Author work
- Divya Puthrayā
- Adaraṇīya Aruṇōdaya
- Landa Purā Duva
Notable lyrics
- Dhole
- Dura Akahe
- Duwe
- Galana Ganga
- Heena Makā
- Kampa Nowan Mahamaya
- Kuweniye Ma
- Let Them Fly
- Mona Alawanthakam Do
- Naadagam Geeya
- Nawum Kale
- Radhawani
- Rahath Himiwarun
- Salalihini
- Sansaraye Maa
- Soya Awa
- Sukdevi Wenuma
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "කිරුළු නොපලන් ප්රතිභාවක සමුගැනීම". sarasaviya.lk. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Veteran Lyricist and Journalist Chandrasena Thalangama passes away". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "ප්රවීණ ගේය පද රචක චන්ද්රසේන තලංගම අභාවප්රාප්ත වෙයි!". mirrorarts.lk. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "පුවත්පත් කලාවේදී චන්ද්රසේන තලංගම අභාවප්රාප්ත වෙයි". dinamina.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Renowned Lyricist Chandrasena Thalangama Passes Away". ceylontoday.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "ප්රවීන ගේය පද රචක චන්ද්රසේන තලංගම අභාවප්රාප්ත වෙයි". dinamina.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ ""මනුස්සයෙක් අඳුර දකින්න ඕන සදහටම ඇස් පියාගන්නදාට.." අතීතයේ සිට වර්තමානයට පද ලියා මනුස්ස හදවතට කතා කළ ආදරණීය ආත්මය අද සදහටම සමුගනී." hirufm.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ a b "ප්රවීණ ගේය පද රචක චන්ද්රසේන තලංගම අභාවප්රාප්ත වේ". divaina.lk. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Veteran lyricist Chandrasena Thalangama passes away". hirunews.lk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.