සමිතා මුදුන්කොටුව
75 songs performed
Samitha Mudunkotuwa (also written Samitha Mudunkotuva), සමිතා මුදුන්කොටුව, is a Sri Lankan singer known for romantic and emotionally direct songs that became staples of Sinhala radio from the late 1980s onward. Born Samitha Kumari Erandathi Mudunkotuwa on 7 January 1973 in Horana, she emerged as one of the most popular female playback and stage voices of her generation, with a catalogue that travelled widely among Sri Lankan listeners at home and in the diaspora.
Samitha grew up in a household built around music. Her father, Premadasa Mudunkotuwa, was a classically trained singer, and her mother, Kumari Bothota, sang folk material for the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. She studied at Buddhist Ladies College and trained in music with her parents and in dance under Piyasara Shilpadhipathy, passing the Visharada examination as a teenager.
Her career began around 1988, after she won a national folk-singing competition and was noticed by composer Rohana Weerasinghe, who invited her to record the theme for the teledrama Ira Paya. That song became her first cassette, “Ira Paya”, and Lyrics-lk hosts the recording as Ira Paaya. Cassette releases such as Rosa Mal Mawathe and Kolompure followed, the latter giving the lasting hit Kolompure Numba Inna. Her 1995 CD “Muthu Kumari” carried the title track now on the site as Muthu Kumari Nowe.
Samitha Mudunkotuwa is most closely associated with Adarei Man Samanali, one of her best-loved duets, alongside enduring favourites like Pinna Pipena, Iwasaida Manda, Alen Wela Ganna and Pawela Kodu Akase. She has performed extensively with her husband, singer Athula Adikari, the two appearing together on stage and in teledramas.
Across roughly three decades of recording and live performance, Samitha Mudunkotuwa has remained a fixture of Sinhala popular song, particularly the romantic ballad form. Her clear, warm delivery is why her recordings still circulate among Sri Lankan audiences abroad.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Samitha Mudunkotuwa.