On 27 June 2015, he performed a 'Dhanapala Udawatta Live in Concert with Plus Minus' at 6.00 pm at Panadura Town Hall to celebrate fifty years to music career.
Through it, he was able to educate the society and get a lot of attention for each story. Meanwhile, Udawatte made the songs about almost all the special events that took place in the Sri Lanka including Aranthala LTTE attack, Indira Gandhi incident, Hasalaka Gamini, Bandaranaike assassination case, Upali Wijewardene disappearance case, Ahungalla incident and Rishana Nafiq murder case. Later he performed two solo concerts called 'Suranganavi' and 'Nelum Vile'. At that time he also joined amateur bands as a regulatory singer. After that he was invited to sing for the films Sathweni Dawasa and Jeewanthi. In 1993, he became an A-grade baila singer on the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), ranking first out of eighty-eight participants. Another day in Bahrain, while Udawaththa was singing that song Ma Adaraniya Mage, a large glass bottle came on stage by former LTTE supporters. Finally the guitarist whispered and said he sang it five times. Totally horrified by that incident, that day he sang the song Ae Neela Warala five times to that shock. One of them held a gun to his head and said that he would kill if Udawaththa sang the song Ma Adaraniya Mage. Udawaththa went to see those two men with their faces covered with a black cloth. Suddenly a stranger approached him and told that two people on the other side of the stage were looking forward to meeting him. ĭuring the July 83 riots, Udawaththa went for an outdoor musical show. He has sung over 1,500 songs of various genres for 28 cassettes. However, he has not been praised by any government for singing such a devotional song. The song sung for the encouragement of war heroes in the country. However, Udawaththa later recorded the song, which is the first song composed for war heroes in Sri Lanka. Two or three times he read the two lines Udawaththa had written and he rolled up the paper and knocked it to the ground and said ‘I will never write songs for you again’ came out of the studio. He changed the two lines and showed it to Hector. This was because the second and fourth lines did not touch his mind. But he did not record the song on the day it was supposed to be recorded. Because at that time there were no such war hero songs. At that time war was raging in Sri Lanka and he thought this was the best time to sing this song. The song was written as Ma Adaraniya Mage Amma Wethatai. In 1980, he received a song written by a songwriter named Hector Wijesiri. In 1970, he sang the song Ae Neela Varala Peerala. Since then, the song is still popular among fans. One of the songs, Kaiyi Mihiri Katha composed by R A Chandrasena and wrote by Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe. In 1968–70, Udawaththa made his first cassette tape under the label 'Sisara' produced by Sing Lanka, which included 14 songs. His first song was his own production composed on the Bandarawela Dowa bus accident. Then he continued to sing baila songs with fellow singers. He had the opportunity to pass the GCE Ordinary Level Examination and obtain a high pass in music under the guidance of Anura Mahanama. He won the best actor award at the school level and then everyone called him 'Udawaththa'. At the age of 13, he had the opportunity to play a character called 'Udawaththa Mudalali' in a stage play held at school. Meanwhile, he formed the band 'Plus Minus'.ĭuring school days, he sang songs sung by Rukmani Devi and Indrani Wijebandara. He currently works as a sound administrator for the Gypsies band. Later he did A/L in Commerce and completed a degree in sound management. He completed education from Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa and studied music up to G.C.E O/L. Įldest son Gayan is also a popular singer who follows in his father's footsteps as well as a sound administrator. The couple has two sons – Gayan Udawatta and Shameen Udawatta. Then the friendship turned to love and he married her.
Later they became friends and exchanged letters for a long time. When Udawaththa went to a concert in Batapola in 1990, a girl came up to me on stage and asked to sing the song Ae Neela Varala Peenala. Udawaththa is married to Shiromi Damayanthi de Silva from Batapola, Ambalangoda. His mother Muthuthanthrige Evelyn Cooray was a housewife. His father Thelge Edwin Peiris was a popular theater actor. He was educated at Egoda Uyana junior school and then in Egoda Uyana Sri Sunandopananda Vidyalaya. Udawatta was born on 8 November in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa as the eldest of the family.