Nuwandhika Senarathne


Nuwandhika Senarathne is a Sri Lankan singer and television personality who is most known as a playback singer, as well as a performer of Soprano Opera and Ghazals. She rose to fame as the 1st runner-up of the reality TV show Derana Dream Star Season IX.
Nuwandhika has been praised for her "amazing vocal abilities and charisma", and hailed for her stellar vocal poise. She earned her first award nomination for the Best Teledrama Singer - Female at the 2019-20 Raigam Tele'es Awards, for singing the theme song of Asanwara Wessak which aired on ITN.

Early life

Nuwandhika Senarathne was born on 23 June 1993 in Narammala, Sri Lanka. She is the only child of Sunil Senarathne and Kusum Herath. She grew up in Narammala, a small town near Kurunegala. She completed her primary education at Mayurapada Primary school, Narammala. Then she attended Mayurapada Central College to complete her secondary education. She completed her Visharad Diploma in 2011 before entering the university for higher education.
She studied western music at the University of the Visual and Performing Arts and completed her university degree in 2019 with a Second Class Upper division. She is an A-Grade singer at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
Nuwandhika is currently studying for Master of Philosophy Degree in Music from the University of Kelaniya.

Career

Nuwandhika started to learn music formally when she was ten years old. She entered into Saundarya Abhimani competition in 2019 and won the first place and received grand prize of a full sponsorship to represent her university in the South Asian Inter-university Music Festival in India. In 2020, she competed in the TV reality show Derana Dream Star season IX and won the second place in the competition.
In October 2020, she voiced the theme song “Obata Lanvee” with Raween Kanishka for FM Derana “Apoorva” radio drama. She was pushed more into the public sphere after she sang the theme song Sihinayak Mewna in March, 2021, for the Iskole teledrama, which was broadcast on TV Derana. Following this surge in fame, in August 2021, she voiced the theme song “Malen Upan Samanali” with Raween Kanishka for TV Derana, Deweni Inima tele drama, which has reached over 15 million views on YouTube as of April 2022.
Nuwandhika initiated her film playback singing career in January 2021, when she voiced a duet with Supun Perera for the Sada Diya Salu movie directed by Channa Perera. In the same year, she sang the song Heeneka Paya for the film Kabaddi.
In addition to being a singer, she has hosted a TV program in TV Derana. Nuwandhika has taken part in the popular chat TV shows Maathra in Swarnawahini, and Sihinayaki Re in Rupavahini, on several occasions. Furthermore, she is a brand ambassador for SLTMobitel.
In December 2021, Nuwandhika toured Dubai with veteran musician Keerthi Pasqual for a musical evening at the Radisson Blu Deira Creek Hotel. Moreover, in May 2022, she toured Australia as a part of the Derana Stars Concert 2022 organised by TV Derana, featuring fellow contemporary singers Falan Andrea, Dulanga Sampath, Raween Kanishka, Ravi Royster, and veteran musicians Nadeeka Guruge and Keerthi Pasqual. Nuwandhika was set to tour Canada in June 2022 for the Dream Voices Canada Tour 2022 with fellow artists Falan Andrea and Suneera Sumanga; however, the tour got postponed owing to unavoidable circumstances, with the new dates yet to be announced. On March 22, 2024, the new dates for the postponed Dream Voices Canada Tour was announced, with Lavan Abhishek replacing Falan Andrea.

Personal life

Nuwandhika married software engineer Jayanga Kaushalya on 27 January 2023.

Tours

YearDateVenue
202117 DecemberRadisson Blu Deira Creek Hotel, Dubai
202220 MayBunjil Place Concert Hall, Melbourne
202222 MayConcourse Concert Hall, Sydney
20221 OctoberForrest Hill, Auckland
20228 OctoberDubai, UAE
2022TBASurrey, British Columbia
2022TBAEdmonton, Alberta
2022TBAPauline-Boutal Hall, Winnipeg
2022TBAToronto, Ontario
2022TBAOttawa, Ontario

Milestones

Discography

YearTitleComposerWriterCo-singer
2023Magey HussmaChathurangana De SilvaSampath FernandopulleHector Dias
2023Ninde Eda Pasu Wu NisaChandana DasanayakeThilakasena Basnayake
2023Nil Tharu Adana DasaRohana WeerasingheSunil GamageChandika Vitharena
2022Sande WadinnaNavarathna GamageJagath Rajesh
2022Puthuni MageAROH, Samantha GeekiyanageDr. Ruwani Nugara
2022Epa Numba Sanda WennaAruna GunawardanaDr. Rajika Karunadasa
2022Koi Tharam Sene UnathVisharada Samantha PereraHemamali Hapuarachchi
2021Datha Sudu MahathwaruniDharshana WickramathungaChandana Bandara Wanninayake
2021Sasara MagaDharshana WickramathungaBandara Eheliyagoda
2021Abhiman LiyaPeshala ManojChaturanga Rajapaksha
2021Kanda KetiyaWaruna GunathilakePanduka Mahamithawa
2021Siduhath Oba YannaAruna GunawardanaMahee Kolitha Ferdinando
2021Geeyak GayannaUpali MendisAnura MagalageKeerthi Pasqual
2021Ridunu MalakLahiru De CostaKumuduni WickramathanthriGayashan Weerawansha
2021Kahamal IththakLahiru De CostaMassane Vijitha Thero
2021SansariniWaruna GunathilakeTharindu WeerasingheMiyuru Somarathna
2021Sathimath DaruwoSachee MadurangaIndra Ariyarathne
2021Mal TattooSachee MadurangaRoshani Gunawardana
2020Rosa HeenaSachee MadurangaSachee Maduranga
2020Bindee WisirunuDarshana WickramatungaLakmali Karunanayake
2020WasanthayeLishan BandaraHansi SandamaliDesika Kamalanjana
2020Ma Rahasin Nimesh KulasingheShehan Galahitiyawa
2019Mathake NubageAmusync EntertainmentReru
2016Rathriya Awadi WeeSam WimaladharmaChaminda Krishantha
2016Ape AtheethayaH. M. JayawardenaManjula Senanayaka