Madhumadhawa Aravinda


Madhumadhawa Aravinda,, colloquially known as Madhu, is a Sri Lankan singer, actor, journalist politician. He is also a past president of the Sri Lankan Singers Association.

Personal life

Coming from a family of artists, Aravinda's father Sunil Siriwardana is a musician in Sri Lanka. His younger brother Dananjaya Siriwardana is also a popular actor in television and cinema. He was married to popular actress Nilmini Tennakoon, and they have one daughter Shvetha Mandakini. He met Nilmini during the teledrama Pini Bindu in 1992. They got married on May 5 in 1996. They divorced in early 2000s.
In 2011, Aravinda married Muslim girl Renusha. The wedding was celebrated on 14 February 2011 Pegasas Reef Hotel, Wattala. They divorced in late 2015 due to racial differences as said by him. In March 2019, he married Niluka Boteju, which is Aravinda's third marriage.

Politics

He is an active member of Pivithuru Helu Urumaya and served as a party councillor. He was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council and also contested the Western Provincial Council election under the United People's Freedom Alliance ticket, but failed to secure a seat. He is currently serving as one of chief organisers in the Colombo district.
In July 2014 the CID recorded a statement from Aravinda and questioned him over the unrest occurred in Aluthgama and Beruwala on 15 June.
In November 2019, Aravinda was filmed making a speech where he urged voters to support the SLPP candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election if they wanted to stop Islamism from spreading.

Discography

Aravinda commenced his singing career in 1990 along with his friend, Namal Udugama. He sang his first song in 1990 and the producer of that program was his father Sunil Siriwardena. Although he only recorded few handful of songs, when compared with his fellow musicians, songs such as Lamba Sawan and Sith Sith gain enormous popularity.

Television

Aravinda along with Suranga Lakmal Senevirathne Suranga Lakmal produced the television show, Kium Kerum, which was based on expressions, idioms, proverbs, imagery in Sinhala. He performed in season one of Sirasa Dancing Stars and Derana Star City. He also participated in Sirasa Superstar generation 4 as a judge.

Single song tracks released

Filmography

Aravinda acted few films in his career, though they are more notable. He played supporting roles in Siri Daladagamanaya and Aba.
YearNo.FilmRoleRef.
20061064Dedunu Wessa
20081111AbaGinikhandashiva
20141203Siri DaladagamanayaArahat monk