Shihan Mihiranga Bennet

Shihan Mihiranga Bennet (; born 18 March 1985), is a Sri Lankan musician, composer and songwriter.

Personal life

Bennet was born on 18 March 1985 in Weliweriya. His father, Tyronne Bennet, was a sound engineer who previously worked in Bahrain, and his mother, Nilu Mallika, is a housewife. He has one younger sister, Shanika Mihiravi. Bennet studied at De Mazenod College, Kandana.

Bennet married Gishni Clementa Silva on 25 February 2012. The wedding was held at St. Mary's church in Nayakakanda, Hendala. Clementa is the daughter of Upali Silva, who is a PTI of Bennet's school. The couple has three sons.

Shihan was hospitalized for dengue fever in 2017, but recovered after treatments. However, in the wake of his hospitalization, false rumors circulated alleging that he had died.

Career

In 2006, Bennet competed on the first season of the singing reality show ''Sirasa Superstar''. Mihiranga came in fifth place in the competition despite being the most popular contestant throughout the show. He sang mostly songs by Rookantha Gunathilake, including "Suwanda Dena Mal Waney", "Nihanda Mawathey", "Mama Ehewwa Horen", and "As-Deka Piyana".

Shortly after finishing the competition in 2006, he released his first album, ''Dreams of Shihan''. He composed all of the music and lyrics on the album himself. The album won the Most Popular Album award. In 2008, he released his second album, ''Dreamz 2 – My Life'', which includes lyrics and music composed by other musicians.

Shihan released his first music video, "Ada Thaniyen Maa" which was a great hit in Sri Lanka. Later, it won the most popular music video award at the Derana Music Video Awards in 2007. He is also a playback singer who has lent his voice to many films, including ''Suwanda Danuna Jeewithe''. His songs from that film, "Perada Mewu Sina", "Ron Suwanda Dena", and "Sith Mal Hegum Popiyana Yame" became very popular. He did playback singing on the song "Raya Pibidee" in the movie '' Super Six''.

In ''Sirasa Superstar'' season four, which was renamed ''Generation 4'', Bennet hosted the program alongside Nirosha Perera. He also sang the theme song, "Yawwane Sihina Yata Daelwune" for the competition.

In 2013, Bennet became a judge on ''Sirasa Super Star'' season 5.

In 2018, Bennet became a judge on the singing reality show ''Hiru Star'' on Hiru TV. He stayed on the show for the first three seasons.

In 2020, he released a wedding song called, "Oba Magemai".

Brand ambassador

He acted as the brand ambassador for the Mobitel Smart 5, and for the Tiara Rollo cake by Ceylon Biscuits Limited.

Albums

* ''Dreamz of Shihan'' (2006)

* ''Dreamz 2 – My Life'' (2008)

Track listing

Track listing

Single song tracks released

References

External links

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ශිහාන් මිහිරංග නැවතත් පියෙක් වෙයි

ජීවිතේ ආපස්සට යන්න පුළුවන්නම්

“මම අසාර්ථක විවාහ ජීවිතයක් ගෙවන බවත් බිරිඳගේ ආදරය නොලැබෙන බවත් කියලා තමයි හොර ශිහාන් මිහිරංග මේ ළමයින්ට චැට් කරලා තියෙන්නේ”

මගේ පින්තූර, වීඩියෝ අද දකිද්දී

අවුරුදු ගානකට පස්සේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ වැඩසටනකදී ශිහාන්ගේ තාත්තා ගැන වෙනත් කෙනෙක් කියපු කතාවට සියලුදෙනා පුදුම වෙයි

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennet, Shihan Mihiranga
1985 births
Living people
21st-century Sri Lankan male singers
Sri Lankan composers
Alumni of De Mazenod College
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics
Sinhalese singers