Kushani Sandarekha
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- Singer
- musician
- Performer
- Choreographer
- Vocal coach
- Actor
Kushani Sandhareka | |
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| කුෂානි සඳරේකා | |
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| Born | Kushani Sandhareka Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse | Kasun Kalhara[1] |
| Children | Deveendri Kalhaaraa Jayawardhana |
| Relatives | Maya Damayanthi (Mother),[2][3] Victor Vijayantha(Father),[4][3] Anoja Weerasinghe[5] |
| Honours | Visharadh[2] |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Kushani Sandhareka also known as Kushani Sandareka (Sinhala: කුෂානි සඳරේකා), popularly referred to by the mononym Kushani, is a Sri Lankan pop, and R&B singer. She began her career as a playback singer at the age of 7 [2] and has since worked on over 30 [2] films. Sandarekha won the Best Singer award at the 34th Sarasavi Awards ceremony in 2017 [6][2] for her performance of the song "Sithuwuli Pura" from the movie Adaraneeya Kathawak (2016).[6][2]
Kushani is the daughter of Maya Damayanthi,[7] and Victor Vijayantha.[8][9] who comes from a media family, and her aunt is Anoja Weerasinghe.[10] She attended Presbyterian National Girls' College in Dehiwala. Kushani earned her Visharadh in both dancing and singing.Kushani and Kasun have a daughter named Deveendri Kalhaaraa Jayawardhana.[11][9][12] She acted in her first movie and worked as a background singer at the age of 7 in the 1987 film Chandi Raja[13]