Virajini Lalithya de Silva, also known as Nirosha Virajini (
Sinhala: නිරෝෂා විරාජිනී) is a Sri Lankan award-winning singer,
musician and music director with a career spanning over 23 years.
Personal life
Nirosha was born on 13 January 1973. She is a native of
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 ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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She was married to Nalinda Sampath in 2000, but the couple got divorced in 2005.
She married Yasantha Nimalatheja in 2009.
Career
Nirosha has sung songs in
Sinhalese
Sinhala may refer to:
* Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka
* Sinhalese people
* Sinhala language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language prima ...
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Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
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Hindi
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Malayalam
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Awards and honors
In 2000, 2002 and 2016 she was awarded as Best Female Vocalist at
President's Award and
Sarasaviya Awards for her contribution as a playback singer in the films "Rajya Sevaya Pinisai" and "Kinihiriya Mal" respectively.
References
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1973 births
21st-century Sri Lankan women singers
Sinhalese singers
Living people