Wikipedia

Kanchana Anuradhi

Juwan Gomasge Kanchana Anuradhi Fernando (කාංචනා අනුරාධි; born 13 September 1998), popularly known as Kanchana Anuradhi, is a Sri Lankan singer and musician.[1] One of the most popular performing artists in Sri Lanka, Anuradhi has maintained equal popularity in both indoor and outdoor musical shows across the country.[2][3][4]

Kanchana Anuradhi
Born (1998-09-13) September 13, 1998 (age 27)
Ragama, Gampaha, Sri Lanka
OccupationsSinger, songwriter, musician, performing artist
Years active2016–present

Personal life

edit

Kanchana Anuradhi was born on 13 September 1998 in Ragama, Gampaha, Sri Lanka as the youngest of the family. Her father is Aruna Patrick and mother is Kaluarachchilage Anusha Deepani. She completed education from Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Gampaha. She has one elder sister: Madhavi Anuththara.[5]

She has a special degree in Performing Arts from University of the Visual and Performing Arts with a first class.[6] She is also an A-grade singer at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). Apart from that, she excelled in Low country dancing at school level.

Music life

edit

In 2016, she won the award for the Best Traditional Folk Singer at the State Music Awards Festival.[7] In the same year, she won the inter-school competition in vocal category as well. During this period, she got the opportunity to perform in the television shows such as  Sirasa Sixteen Plus and Kids Studio.[8]

In 2022, she made her first original "Naaden" along with fellow singer Supun Perera. The song became an international success and won the award for the Most Viewed Song in that year at the Derana Music Video Awards festival. Her other songs "Udarawee"[9] and remake "Karakara Badinnata" also became sensations among the youth.[10][11]

In 2023, she released the solo hit "Aaley Mal", which was also won the award for the Most Popular Song of the Year at the Popular Awards.[12] In that year, she also won the Most Promising upcoming singer award at the Business World International Awards.[11] She also nominated for Most Popular Category at the Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana awards ceremony in 2023.[13][14][15][16]

In 2024, Anuradhi was selected as a Spotify South Asian Heritage Month Ambassador, where she represented Sri Lanka in international billboards in New York, Toronto and London.[17][18] In April 2024, she collaborated with fellow singers for "Suwasara Gee Dahana" music concert which was held in aid of the All Ceylon Kidney Patients Association held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo.[19]

In the same year, she won the award for the Most Popular Singer at the Abhiman Awards[20] and later the award for the Best Singer at the Asia's Icon Awards.[21]

Following the global success, Anuradhi released the music video "Kalareka"[1] in 2025 which received international award nominations and accolades. In the same year, she released the song "Ragana Vayana", where its music video won the Most Popular Music Video of the Year award as well at the Popular Awards.[22][23]

As a background vocalist, Anuradhi sang in the films: Visal Adare, Gautama Buddha Matha,[24][25] Kambili (film)[26] Father.[27][28] In the film Visal Adare, she also contributed as a lyricist.[29]

Beyond music

edit

Apart from music, Anuradhi serves as brand ambassador in many commercial brands such as Nature's Secrets, Dialog Axiata and Abans. Meanwhile, she is preparing to launch the Kanchana Anuradhi Foundation, which is dedicated to empowering youth, fostering creative education and promoting well-being through the stream of art.

Discography

edit
  • Aaley Manalai
  • Ada Yan Dan Maath Ekka ("Solo Town" film)
  • Akikaru Pem Kathawak
  • Aale Mal[30]
  • Amma Wage
  • Dana Dana Ma [31][32]
  • Danena Thuru Ma
  • Hadisida Manda
  • Kaali
  • Karakara Badinnata
  • Layama Piruna
  • Loveena [33][34]
  • Malsara Balma Hela ("Yugathra" film)
  • Maayam (Naden Tamil Version)
  • Man Adarei
  • Manahari ("Kambili" film)
  • Manamala Katha
  • Merry Christmas
  • Naaden
  • Noliyami
  • Opada
  • Pathiniyane ("Father" film)
  • Pawee
  • Prana Sama Pema
  • Ragana Gayana
  • Rallen Ralle
  • Romeo
  • Samiduge Maga
  • Sansarini
  • Seema
  • Udurawee

Filmography

edit
Year Film Role Ref.
2024 Visal Adare Playback singer, lyricist
2024 Solo Town Playback singer [35][36][37]
2024 Gautama Buddha Matha Playback singer [38][39][40]
2024 Kambili Playback singer [41][42]
2026 Father Playback singer [28]
TBD Adaraneeya Tharuwak Playback singer [43]

References

edit
  1. 1 2 "කාල රේඛා අලුත්ම ගීතය ටිකක් වෙනස් එකක්: කාංචනා අනුරාධි". silumina.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "වාසනා මෙගා නයිට්". sarasaviya.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "ජනප්‍රිය ගායක දිනේශ් ගමගේ හා කාන්චනා අතර ආරවුලට හේතු වූ හැමෝම හොයන කාරණේ මෙන්න". gagana.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  4. ↑ ""Hiru Life Party"-Today". hirunews.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  5. ↑ "The 'Dream Star' platform helped to bring out a certain quality in a design". www.ada.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  6. ↑ "ඔන්න එයා එයාගේ වටිනාකම තවත් වැඩි වෙලද..කාන්චනා අනුරාධිගේ ජීවිතේ ලස්සනම දවසක්". puwath.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  7. ↑ "රාජ්‍ය සංගීත සම්මාන උලෙළ 2016". www.lankadeepa.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  8. ↑ ""මමත් දැන් ආදරවන්තියක්..." "ඒ ලැබෙන ආදරය තමයි මගේ ලොකුම ශක්තිය" කාංචනා අනුරාධිටත් කරකාර බඳින්නට කාලේ හොඳයි ලු..." hirufm.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "අපේ සංගීතය ලෝකයට ගෙන යා යුතුයි: සංගීත අධ්‍යක්ෂක- ශබ්ද ඉංජිනේරු සංජුල හිමාල". sarasaviya.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "සඳ සඳ වගේ මිසක් සඳ කවදාවත් තරු වගේ වෙන්නෙ නෑ..." hirufm.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  11. 1 2 "මේ ලැබෙන ආදරේ මට හිතාගන්න බෑ". dharanee.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Most Popular Song". popularawards.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Female achievers in Sri Lanka at Vanithabhimana awards". sundaytimes.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana 2025 grand finale celebrates a landmark year of women's achievement and sustainable empowerment". island.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "NDB honours achievements of 'Most Popular Woman Award' at Vanithabhimana programme". sundaytimes.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  16. ↑ "Season 3 Vanithabhimana 2022 grand finale crowns top female achievers". ft.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Four of South Asia's Brightest Stars Share How Their Heritage Shapes Their Lives and Music". newsroom.com. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "ලංකාවම ආදරය කරන ආදරණීය ගායිකාව කාංචනාට ජාත්‍යන්තරයෙන් ලැබුණ ආදරය." hirufm.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "සුවසර ගී දැහැන". sarasaviya.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  20. ↑ "TV Derana and Ada Derana honored with 'Abhiman' Awards for digital presence". adaderana.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  21. ↑ "The Asia's Icon Award 2024 හොඳම ගායිකාව කාංචනා අනුරාධිට". sarasaviya.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  22. ↑ "Most Popular Youth Music Video". popularawards.lk. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  23. ↑ "රඟනා ජනගත වේ". sarasaviya.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  24. ↑ "'ගෞතම බුද්ධ මාතා' ගීත පටිගත කෙරේ". sarasaviya.lk. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  25. ↑ "මහැදුරු සුනිල් ආරියරත්නයන්ගේ 'ගෞතම බුද්ධ මාතා' ඇරඹේ…". divaina.lk. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  26. ↑ "කළු සුදු ජීවිත වෙනස කම්බිලි". sarasaviya.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  27. ↑ "Father චිත්‍රපටයේ පූර්ව ප්‍රචාරක පටය එළිදකී: චාමර වීරසිංහ පළමුවරට චිත්‍රපට පසුබිම් ගායනයට". sarasaviya.lk. 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  28. 1 2 "විනිශ්චය අවි- නිශ්චිතය !". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  29. ↑ "2024 වර්ෂයේ ප්‍රදර්ශිත චිත්‍රපට නාමාවලිය: සරසවිය සම්මාන සඳහා තරඟ වදින 2024 චිත්‍රපට". sarasaviya.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  30. ↑ "රගනා මගේ ප්‍රේක්ෂකයන් වෙනුවෙන්මයි". divaina.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  31. ↑ ""ඒකත් අපි ඉදිරියේදී බලමු.. දැනට ඒ ගැන මුකුත් නොකියා ඉන්නම්..." ආයෙත් පුරුදු රිද්මයෙන් රසිකයින් අතරට ආ කාංචනා." hirufm.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  32. ↑ "දැන දැන මා... - හැගීම ගොන්නක එකතුවක්". divaina.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  33. ↑ "Defence Secretary launches new song 'Loveena'". newswire.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  34. ↑ "Unveiling 'Loveena'". themorning.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  35. ↑ "'Solo Town' takes boy bands from stage to screen". themorning.lk. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  36. ↑ "Solo Town ගීත එළිදකී". sarasaviya.lk. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  37. ↑ "ජීවිතය කියන්නෙම නොනවතින රිද්මයක්". sarasaviya.lk. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  38. ↑ "ඔබ නොඇසූ නොදුටු කතාවක් රිදී තිරයට ගෙන එයි". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  39. ↑ "ගෞතම බුද්ධ මාතා 10 වැනිදා සිට දිවයින පුරා ප්‍රදර්ශනය ඇරැඹේ". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  40. ↑ "උත්තරීතර මාතෘත්වයේ ප්‍රතිමූර්තිය: "ගෞතම බුද්ධ මාතා"". sarasaviya.lk. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  41. ↑ "කම්බිලි අගෝස්තු 08 සිට රිදී තිරයේ". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  42. ↑ "කම්බිලි දින 75 පසුකරයි". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  43. ↑ "ආදරණීය තරුවක් ගීත එළිදැක්වීම 30 දා". www.sarasaviya.lk. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanchana_Anuradhi&oldid=1359927702"