Prasanna Namal Udugama (born October 21, 1967
නාමල් උඩුගම) is a Sri Lankan singer, composer and songwriter. One of the most popular artists in Sri Lanka, before the era of reality shows, he is regarded as a symbolic icon in modern Sri Lankan music industry. The health issues in 2014 made him to slow his singing career. Udugama recovered well from a successful
liver transplant
Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, al ...
in mid-2015.
Early life and career
Udugama's father is a businessman and his mother is a housewife. He has two brothers and two sisters. He is the youngest in the family. Namal was educated at Hewahata Central college in
Kandy
Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...
. At school, he played guitar and performed at school events, before joining a band in Kandy. Udugama moved to
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
, where he began to release albums. He composed and performed the song "Samuganne Na Wenwanne Na"; the song established his career in the Sri Lankan music industry. Udugama is married to actress
Ruwanthi Mangala, and they have one daughter, Dehemi and one son, Nomitha.
In February 2015, Udugama became severely ill due to a liver failure condition and admitted to the intensive care unit of a leading private hospital in Colombo. He was thereafter treated in Global City Hospital in India for the liver transplant .The surgery was done by Dr Gomathy Narasimhan, who is a Senior Consultant HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery at Global Health City, Chennai. He returned to Sri Lanka with a successful transplant on June 5, 2015.
Before the surgery he released ''Sanda Aithiya'' song and after recovery, he released a solo hit ''Thamath Oya'' in 2015, which gathered crowd back towards him.
Track listing
Solo tracks
References
External links
* http://lktunes.com/sri-lankan-artist/140/namal-udugama
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1970 births
Living people
Sri Lankan composers
21st-century Sri Lankan male singers
Sinhalese singers
20th-century Sri Lankan male singers