Pradeep Rangana

Pradeep Rangana (ප්‍රදීප් රංගන), born Pradeep Rangana Abesinghe on 12 November 1983, is a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter who is also a practising medical doctor. He won the second season of the televised singing contest Sirasa Superstar in 2007 and went on to become one of the most-streamed romantic-pop voices of his generation, best known for the single Pem Sihine.

Early life and training

Pradeep Rangana was born in Weralupe, Ratnapura, and was educated at St. Thomas’s College, Bandarawela. He went on to study medicine at the University of Ruhuna, and was still in his third year of medical school when he entered the spotlight as a singer. He continues to work as a doctor, latterly attached to the Marathenna Regional Hospital in Balangoda, an unusual dual career that he has kept up alongside his music.

Career and breakthrough

Rangana came to national attention as the winner of the second season of Sirasa Superstar, with the final held on 31 October 2007. His debut album, Aadambarakari, followed in 2009, and the site hosts both the romantic ballad Adambarakaari from that early period and the wistful Adare Oben Danunu Tharam (Obagen Tharam), which he wrote and composed himself.

His defining hit arrived in 2014 with Pem Sihine, which won the gold award for Most Popular Music Video at the Derana Music Video Awards 2014. The song’s success led to a sequel single, released in 2016 as Maayawi (Pem Sihine 2), which extended the same dreamlike romantic mood that had made the original a streaming favourite.

Notable songs on Lyrics-lk

• Pem Sihine
• Maayawi (Pem Sihine 2)
• Adare Oben Danunu Tharam (Obagen Tharam)
• Prema Dadayama
• Maha Wassa
• Adambarakaari

Style and later work

Rangana works mainly in a soft pop and soul register, and several of his best-known songs, including Maha Wassa and Prema Dadayama, are written and composed by the singer himself, which gives his catalogue a consistent, personal songwriting voice. Beyond performing, he has appeared as a judge on Sirasa Junior Super Star and later as a coach on the Sri Lankan edition of The Voice Kids. As Pradeep Rangana Abesinghe the doctor and Pradeep Rangana the singer, he remains an active figure whose romantic singles continue to draw steady listenership across the Sri Lankan diaspora.