රොනී
5 songs performed
Roony (රූනි), the stage name of singer Indika Ruwan (also credited as Indika Ruwansri), is a Sri Lankan vocalist known for melodic Sinhala songs of the 2010s, most of all the love song Saptha Swarayai (සප්ත ස්වරයයි). He works in the soft, romantic register of mainstream Sinhala pop, and several of his recordings remain in steady rotation on Sri Lankan music platforms.
Roony’s best-known release is Saptha Swarayai, written by Hasitha Vithanage with music by Nayana Karunanayake. The song is the one most listeners associate with the name Indika Ruwan, and it has been covered and re-released by other artists in the years since. He followed it with Anna Sargewna and Neela Akase, both of which sit in the same gentle, melody-led style.
Across these tracks the appeal is a warm, unforced vocal delivery rather than vocal showmanship, which is why the songs travel well to a diaspora audience looking for the lyrics and the meaning together.
Each page presents the song’s Sinhala lyrics alongside an English translation and transliteration, so a listener can follow Indika Ruwan’s words in the original script and in meaning at once.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Roony.