උරේෂා රවිහාරි
54 songs performed
Uresha Ravihari (උරේෂා රවිහාරී), born Uresha Ravihari Wickremasinghe, is a Sri Lankan singer who became one of the country’s most-recorded female playback voices for Sinhala cinema and teledrama. She is known for film and serial songs such as Unna Eka Gangawaka, Dutuwamuth Ma Nethin, and Nodaka Inna Ba.
Ravihari was born on 26 June 1982 in Nugegoda. She began singing as a child and recorded her first playback work around the age of eight, releasing early children’s albums while still in school. Alongside vocal work she trained in Hindustani classical music and Bharatha Natyam dance, a grounding that later showed in the control and ornamentation of her film recordings.
Through the late 1990s and 2000s Ravihari moved from youth releases into mainstream playback singing, becoming a regular voice for film and television song. Her work spans pop, soul, and lighter classical-influenced material, and she recorded steadily for screen productions across two decades. She was named Best Vocalist at the Sarasaviya Awards in consecutive years in the late 2000s, and also received recognition at the Sumathi and Raigam television awards.
Ravihari worked often with composer and singer Kasun Kalhara, including the duet Rathagili Naliyana Gimhane from the film Julia. She also recorded material associated with senior musicians such as Victor Rathnayake. Her contributions to the 2016 musical film Sarigama include Samanalayin Paata Paata and Sangeetha Paadama.
Several of her best-loved tracks are teledrama and film themes. Uresha Ravihari songs commonly heard among Sri Lankan and diaspora listeners include the following.
Across film, teledrama, and stage, Ravihari built a reputation as a dependable lead playback voice whose recordings remain in regular rotation. She has continued to appear as a mentor and performer on Sri Lankan television, including talent programmes, keeping her among the recognisable singers of her generation. Lyrics-lk hosts her songs with Sinhala lyrics, English transliteration, and translation so that listeners can follow both the words and their meaning.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Uresha Ravihari.