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
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who previously worked in
Bahrain
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, 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
''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 ...
''. Mihiranga came in fifth place in the competition despite being the most popular contestant throughout the show. He sang mostly songs by
Rookantha Gunathilake
Mario Glory Rookantha Goonatillake (born 5 September 1959: ) is a Sri Lankan singer, musician, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the country’s music industry. Known for his innovative contributions to S ...
, 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
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. 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
Hiru TV () is the most watched television channel in Sri Lanka, founded by Rayynor Silva (Chairman) and owned by Asia Broadcasting Corporation. Hiru TV is Sri Lanka's first and only digital television channel which has the DVB-T2 pictures and st ...
. 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
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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 වෙයිජීවිතේ 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 දකිද්දීඅවුරුදු ගානකට පස්සේ ප්රසිද්ධ වැඩසටනකදී ශිහාන්ගේ තාත්තා ගැන වෙනත් කෙනෙක් කියපු කතාවට සියලුදෙනා පුදුම වෙයි
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1985 births
Living people
21st-century Sri Lankan male singers
Sri Lankan composers
Alumni of De Mazenod College
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics
Sinhalese singers