Pradeep Rangana (ප්‍රදීප් රංගන) (born 12 November 1983), is a Sri Lankan

medical doctor A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis ...

, singer, and songwriter. He was the winner in the second season of ''

Sirasa Superstar ''Sirasa Superstar'' was a musical reality show conducted in Sri Lanka by the TV channel Sirasa TV. The first four seasons were inspired by the program called American Idol an American singing competition series, the fifth and sixth seasons are sim ...

''. He currently works as a doctor in Marathenna Regional Hospital, Balangoda.

Early life and background

Rangana was born on 12 November 1983 in Weralupe,

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. His father, Y.M. Abeysinghe, taught him to sing and whistle, and arranged music events in their home when Rangana and his two sisters were growing up. He studied at St. Thomas’s College, Bandarawela, before being accepted to

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at the

University of Ruhuna The University of Ruhuna ( (Ruhuṇa Viśvavidyālaya, Rohana sarasaviya),; ) is a public university in Matara, Sri Lanka. It is the only university in the southern region of Sri Lanka (also referred to as the ''Kingdom of Ruhuna''). It was e ...

. In his third year of medical school, Rangana auditioned for the second season of ''

'', and was selected to participate in the talent competition. On 31 October 2007, he won the final round held at

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Marriage

Pradeep married his long-time partner, Chathurika Prasadini, on 2 August 2015.

Career

After being named Superstar, Pradeep recorded and released his first album, ''Aadambarakari.'' The official DVD launch was held on 31 March 2009 at R.Premadasa Stadium, timed to the start of ''Sirasa Superstar'''s third season. Pradeep wrote his first song (for his father) when he was eight. He wrote 12 songs before he appeared on ''Sirasa Superstar''. In 2014, Pradeep's song "Pem Sihine" won the Most Popular Music Video award at the Derana Music Video Awards. He followed that up in March 2016 with the single "Pem Sihine 2 - Mayawi". On 8 April 2008, the ''Pradeep and Friends in Concert'' was held at

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(BMICH). It was organized by the Ruhuna Medical School Alumni Association (RUMSAA) to help Ruhuna Medical Faculty. On 1 June 2008, Rangana performed with other season two finalists at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium to support the Help Samitha Fund; Samitha Samanmali was a medical student who suffered from a severe spinal cord injury.

Television Shows

Albums

Track listing

Single song tracks released

References

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