Pradeep Rangana
| Pradeep Rangana | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Pradeep Rangana Abesinghe |
| Born |
12 November 1983 Ratnapura, Sri Lanka |
| Genres | pop, soul blues, and of course unplugged anything with acoustic instruments |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | M entertainment |
Pradeep Rangana - ප්රදීප් රංගන (born 12 November 1983), is a Sri Lankan solo singer, songwriter, and a doctor by profession. He is the winner in the second season of Sirasa Superstar, an idol program in Sri Lanka similar to American Idol. Highly praised by the judges and musicians, Pradeep has proved to be an excellent talent not fade with doctor profession. His talents to use all extremes of music proved him to be one of Sri Lanka's best talents to produced by reality competitions.
He currently working as a doctor in Marathenna Regional Hospital, Balangoda.
Pradeep was born on 12 November 1983 as the second in the family with an elder sister and a younger sister. His hometown is Weralupe, Rathnapura and studied at St. Thomas’s College, Bandarawela. A highly talented student in the school, Pradeep wsa good at sports like Cricket, Table Tennis, Badminton and Cadeting as well. He never missed a singing competition in school days, where he participated to all island folk singing competitions. He passed very well in Advanced level in biology stream and selected to medical faculty of University of Ruhuna.
With the help of his undergraduate friends in the third year of medical faculty, Pradeep reached to the Sirasa Superstar, season 2 competition, which gained enormous popularity with the grand finale in season 1. He reached to the season 2 finale contested with his fellowmate Surendra Perera. On October 31, 2007, where the grand finale was held at Sugathadasa Stadium, Pradeep won the second title of Sirasa Superstar with a car worth over Rs.3.8 million and a Rs. 1 million as the top winner's prize. Pradeep is known for his excellent whistling ability performed during the competition, particularly in Sihina ahase,Sanda moduwela, and Madu mala lesa songs.
Pradeep married his long time partner Chathurika Prasadini on 2 August 2015. The two first met in a party when Pradeep was doing Advanced level. As said by Chathurika, their relationship is known to extend 11 years until marriage. Chathurika has two elder brothers and a younger brother.
After becoming Superstar, Pradeep got enormous popularity across the island, which led to launch his first album with the name Aadambarakari. The official DVD launch was held on March 31, 2009, at R.Premadasa Stadium, with the inauguration of Sirasa Superstar, season 3.
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