{{short description|Sri Lankan singer}} {{Infobox person | name = Sanka Dineth | native_name = සංඛ දිනෙත් | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Sanka Dineth Maneesha De Silva | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|11|12}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=කලාකරුවන් ඇතුඵ සැමට සුබ උපන්දිනක්වේවා |url=https://suratha.lk/2024/11/11/12-11-2024-sb/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=suratha.lk}}</ref> | birth_place = Kalutara, Sri Lanka | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | spouse = Teena Ruvini Fernando | children = 2 | education = Tissa Central College<br> Sri Sumangala College | father = | mother = | relatives = | awards = | occupation = Singer | website = https://sankadineth.com | signature = | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | instrument = Vocals<!--If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first--> | genre = <!--These music genres are all sourced under the section #Musical themes and genres-->{{hlist|Pop|soul|{{nowrap|rhythm and blues}}}} | years_active = 2008–present | label = {{hlist|Nilwala|MEntertainment|}} | associated_acts = }} }} '''Sanka Dineth Maneesha De Silva''' ({{langx|si|සංඛ දිනෙත්: born 12 November 1986}}), popularly known as '''Sanka Dineth''', is a Sri Lankan musician, composer and songwriter.<ref name= sankabio>{{Cite web |title=SANKA Dineth |url=https://lankainformation.lk/directory/arts/musicians/7156-sanka-dineth |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=lankainformation.lk}}</ref><ref name= san>{{Cite web |title=Buzz with Danu: Sanka Dineth |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/life/Sanka-Dineth/243-253390 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=dailymirror.lk}}</ref><ref name= dineth>{{Cite web |title=SANKETHA: A COMBO OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/2022/09/22/sanketha-a-combo-of-musical-excellence/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=ceylontoday.lk}}</ref>
==Personal life== De Silva was born on 12 November 1986 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Famous singer Sanka Dineth celebrates his birthday with son |url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/gallery-album-777-famous-singer-sanka-dineth-celebrates-his-birthday-with-son.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanka Dineth's birthday party |url=https://www.lankadeepa.lk/latest_news/Sanka-Dineth-s-birthday-party/1-480874 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=lankadeepa.lk}}</ref> He completed education from Tissa Central College, Kalutara and Sri Sumangala College, Panadura.<ref name= sankabio /> During school life, he joined the school's western band and played guitar, piano, violin and the flute.<ref name= sanka>{{Cite web |title=Sanka Dineth |url=https://beatzone.cz/artist/sanka-dineth |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=beatzone.cz}}</ref>
He is married to his longtime partner Teena Ruvini Fernando and the couple have 2 sons including Yugan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත්-ගේ ජීවිතේට අලුතින් එකතු වුනු පුතු යුරාන්ගේ ආදරණීය ඡායාරූප පෙළක් මෙන්න - Photos |url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/59502/2021/04/sanka-dineth.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත්, පවුලේ අයත් එක්කම ජපානයට… (PHOTOS) |url=https://24.siyathafm.lk/2018/05/26/sanka-dineth-ravel-to-japan/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siyathafm.lk}}</ref> He first saw Teena in a birthday party in August 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanka Dineth and his family |url=https://www.saaravita.lk/latest_news/සඛ-දනත-ලසසන-බරඳය-පච-පතල-දනනය-එකක-නවරඑළය-ගයප-Trip-එක-මනන/100-718013 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=saaravita.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=පෙම් හසුන් ලැබෙන්නේ නැහැ, එස්. එම්. එස් නම් ගොඩක් ලැබෙනවා - සංඛ දිනෙත් - Exclusive - Photos |url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/15222/2017/05/sanka-dineths-article.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref>
==Music career== De Silva completed a diploma in vocal classic from Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya and later completed a master's degree according to a scholarship received from AIPAC University about business management.<ref name= sankabio /> He also studied online at Seoul University.<ref name= news19>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත්ගේ ජාත්යන්තර මෙහෙයුම |url=https://www.news19.lk/sanaka-deneth/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=news19.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="ජීවිතය යනු, අපිට හැකි අයුරින් සන්නද්ධ වීමයි...." ලැබූ සුවිශේෂී ජයක් ගැන, සංඛ දිනෙත් තැබූ සොඳුරු සටහන - Photos|url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/82848/2023/01/sanka-dineth.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref> In 2006, he was participated in the reality music competition Sirasa Superstar, but failed to qualify in final 48 and only get to the last 100.<ref>{{Cite web |title=මොනවද මේ රියලිටි සංඛ -කිංස්ලි නිනෝ ලයිව් ගැන සුහද කතාබහක්|url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2017/06/29/?fn=sa1706294 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref> But in 2008, he contested in the second season of Superstar, where he finished the competition in the sixth place out of 51,000 contestants.<ref name= sanka /> With that popularity,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ඔයා සංඛ දිනෙත්ද ?|url=http://siragekamare.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siragekamare.lk}}</ref> He appeared in several commercial advertisements such as Lankabell, Elephant Cream Soda and Maliban Biscuits. Meanwhile, he collaborated in the song ''Maha Merak Tharam'' along with fellow Superstar 12 finalists. In the same year, he released the first music video ''Hitha Laga Oba Kendiru Katha'', which gained more popularity.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=‘ස්ටාර්ස්’ තුන් දෙනෙක් ගැන අලුත් ආරංචියක්: සංඛ – ගයනි – උදේශ් නෙතු මානයේ රැගෙන එති|url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2012/04/26/?fn=sa12042623 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref>
On 20th of August 2009, he launched the music album ''Sankranthi'' in a ceremony held at Football House Auditorium.<ref name= sankabio /> Then he launched the album ''U'' in collaboration with Thushara Kodikara.<ref name= sanka /> As a music director, he composed music for the 2010 film ''Nino Live'' and then in 2012 film ''Colour''.<ref name= sanka /> In 2012, he participated as one of the judges for the music program "Poddanta Puluwan". Apart from that, he also composed weekend theme plays on Sirasa and Neth radio stations programs. De Silva along with fellow Superstar contestants Gayani Madhusha and Udesh Nilanga held the song concert of "Nethu Maanaye" on 28 April 2012 at Battaramulla Folk Art Centre.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2014, he compiled the Applied Music Syllabus for National Youth Council.<ref name= dineth /> In 2016, he staged "Sanka Dineth Live In Concert With 28 Voices" on January 16th at 6.30 pm at Maharagama Youth Service Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=අලුත්ම කටහඬවල් 28ක් එක්ක සංඛ දිනෙත් අද කරළියට |url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/8018/2016/01/sanka-dineth-live-in-concert.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත් 'ලයිව් කොන්සට්' |url=https://www.lankadeepa.lk/sunday/latest_news/සංඛ-දිනෙත්--ලයිව්-කොන්සට්-/1-430735 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=lankadeepa.lk}}</ref> De Silva is the music director of the Commonwealth Youth Conference and also created the song presented by Sri Lanka Youth for the World Youth Conference held in Sri Lanka. He worked as a speech training lecturer at the National Youth Service Council for few years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත් මයිකල් ජැක්සන්ට පහර දෙයි – වීඩියෝ සහිතයි.|url=https://gossip.hirufm.lk/1173/2014/05/sanka-dineth-hiru-gossip.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=hirufm.lk}}</ref> In 2017, he released the music video for the song ''Ra Sihine Ma'', which was shot for two days around Galle nearly thirty five hours on two days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=පැය තිස් පහක් රූප ගත කළ ගීතයක්: සංඛ දිනෙත්ගේ අලුත්ම නිර්මාණය රෑ සිහිනේ මා මායාවී|url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2017/05/25/?fn=sa17052518 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref>
Apart from solo concerts, he also performed in the concerts collaborated with Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigaam,<ref>{{Cite web |title=සෝනු නිගම්ගේ ආරාධනාවකට සංඛ දිනෙත් ඉන්දියාවට යයි. – Photo |url=https://24.siyathafm.lk/2018/04/05/sonu-nigam-invite-to-sankha-dineth/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siyathafm.lk}}</ref><ref name= news19 /> Aditya Narayan<ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනේත්ගේ සංගීතයට ආදිත්ය නාරායන් සින්දු කියයි |url=https://24.siyathafm.lk/2017/11/11/sanka-dineth-mets-adithya-narayan-in-studio/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siyathafm.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ආදිත්ය මගේ ගීතයක් ගැයීම විශාල ජයග්රහණයක්: සංඛ දිනෙත් |url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/02/08/?fn=sa18020826 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ක්රිකට් වලින් ලංකාව ඉන්දියාවට දෙක වෙද්දී, සංඛ දිනෙත් සුපිරි ඉන්දීය ගායකයා පරාජය කරයි|url=https://24.siyathafm.lk/2017/12/24/sanka-dineth-featuring-aditya-narayan-sinhala-and-hindi-mashup/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siyathafm.lk}}</ref> and Shaan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHAAN & SANKA LIVE IN SRI LANKA|url=https://mirrorarts.lk/news/9989-shaan-sanka-live-in-sri-lanka |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=mirrorarts.lk}}</ref> In 2016, he won the award for the Best Music Video Award for year 2015 at Derana Music Video Awards ceremony for his song ''Rosa Kalpana''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 මියුසික් වීඩීයෝ සම්මාන ලැබූවන්|url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2016/11/24/?fn=sa16112424 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref>
In 2022 he song, ''Sithin Yana Aya'' with renowned singer Victor Rathnayake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=සංඛ දිනෙත්, වික්ටර් රත්නායකගේ අඩි පාරේ යයි. – Photo |url=https://24.siyathafm.lk/2018/07/12/sanka-dineth-new-song-with-victor-rathnayaka/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=siyathafm.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=පවුලේ සැමට රසවිදිය හැකි ආචාර්ය වික්ටර් රත්නායකගේ සහ සංඛ දිනෙත් ගේ ඩුබායි සංගීත ප්රසංගය |url=https://dubailankanews.com/archives/7182 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=dubailankanews.lk}}</ref> In that year, he involved as a judge in the second season of Sirasa The Voice Teens competition.<ref name= dineth /> In 2023, he launched an EP album with 4 songs. In the same year, he held the concert ''Adios Alita'' at Cinnamon lakeside.<ref name= san /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanka Dineth |url=https://www.life.lk/article/buzz_with_danu/Buzz-with-Danu---Sanka-Dineth/35/20412 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=life.lk}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Notes !! Ref. |- | 2010 || ''Nino Live'' || music director || <ref>{{Cite web |title=රියැලිටියේ ෆැන්ටසිය ‘නිනෝ ලයිව්’ |url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2014/09/25/?fn=sa14092552 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 සම්මාන සදහා තරග වදින චිත්රපට |url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/08/02/?fn=sa1808024 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''Colour'' || music director || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinema.lk/Movie-detail/colour/ | title=Colour-කලර් | publisher=cinema.lk | accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> |- | 2023 || ''Yugathra'' || playback singing || <ref>{{Cite web |title=යුගාත්රා – සංසාරගත සෙනෙහසක ආත්මීය යාත්රාව |url=http://cinema.lk/යුගාත්%E2%80%8Dරා-සංසාරගත-සෙනෙහ/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=cinema.lk}}</ref> |- | TBD || ''Kidnap'' || playback singing || <ref>{{Cite web |title=KIDNAP |url=https://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/10/25/?fn=sa1810251 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}</ref> |}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = | title1 = Ridena Noriddena | note1 = | length1 = 3:24 | title2 = Numba Langa Nathi Da | note2 = | length2 = 5:27 | title3 = Numba Mage Kiya | note3 = | length3 = 3:59 | title4 = Asiri Surakimu Samanola | note4 = <small>with Edward Jayakody</small> | length4 = 4:36 | title5 = Ridena Tharam | note5 = | length5 = 3:27 | title6 = Oba Heenayak Heenayak | note6 = | length6 = 3:23 | title7 = Chanchala Hangumaka | note7 = | length7 = 3:58 | title8 = Warak Dakkoth | note8 = <small>with Udit Narayan</small> | length8 = 3:28 | title9 = Sithe Susum | note9 = | length9 = 3:56 | title10 = Obe Adare | note10 = <small>''Nino Live'' film song</small> | length10 = 4:23 | title11 = Suwandata Wadina | note11 = <small>''Yugathra'' film song</small> | length11 = 3:14 | title12 = Rosa Kalpana<ref>{{Cite web |title='රෝස කල්පනා' ගීතයට හොද ප්රතිචාර |url=https://www.lankadeepa.lk/latest_news/රස-කලපන-ගතයට-හඳ-පරතචර/1-397954 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=lankadeepa.lk}}</ref> | note12 = | length12 = 3:17 | title13 = Atharaman Wela | note13 = | length13 = 3:32 | title14 = Susumin Weli | note14 = | length14 = 3:02 | title15 = Rae Sihinen Ma | note15 = | length15 = 4:15 | title16 = Lak Amma | note16 = <small>Reality show song</small> | length16 = 4:24 | title17 = Akasa Bindu<ref>{{Cite web |title=ආකාස බින්දු – සංඛ දිනෙත් |url=https://vivaranews.com/archives/46771 |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=vivaranews.lk}}</ref> | note17 = | length17 = 3:34 | title18 = Adare Thiyenawaa | note18 = <small>with Superstars</small> | length18 = 4:54 | title19 = Vilasithavi | note19 = <small>with Shanudrie Priyasad</small> | length19 = 3:37 | title20 = Tattoo Walalu | note20 = | length20 = 3:58 | title21 = Sihina Sarana Re | note21 = <small>''Yugathra'' film song</small> | length21 = 4:24 | title22 = Kalpa Kalayak Pura | note22 = <small>remake</small> | length22 = 3:50 | title23 = Husmak Pawa | note23 = <small>ft. Nirasha Ekanayake</small> | length23 = 3:26 | title24 = Hithin Yana Aya | note24 = <small>with Victor Rathnayake</small> | length24 = 4:11 | title25 = Obai Mage Jeewithe | note25 = | length25 = 4:43 | title26 = Kandu Paara | note26 = <small>remake</small> | length26 = 4:09 | title27 = Ilandariyo | note27 = <small>with Gayani Madusha</small> | length27 = 3:42 | title28 = Adios Alita | note28 = | length28 = 4:18 | title29 = Heena Kathandara | note29 = <small>with Superstars</small> | length29 = 3:10 | title30 = Numba Heragiya Da | note30 = <small>with Savindi Sithmini</small> | length30 = 4:23 | title31 = Hitha Laga Oba Kediru | note31 = | length31 = 3:39 | title32 = Maha Merak Tharam | note32 = <small>with Superstars</small> | length32 = 5:16 }}
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==External links== * [https://www.mariyahanda.org/news-20200731 ශුද්ධෝත්තම රොහාන් ලලිත් අපොන්සු අපොස්තලික පියතුමා විටින් විට ලොවට හෙළි කල විශ්ව රහස් කීපයක් ඔස්සේ මෙම ගීතය ලියැවුනා] * [https://www.lankadeepa.lk/latest_news/කොළඹදී-විරෝධතා-රැසක්/1-611011 කොළඹදී විරෝධතා රැසක්] * [https://www.shazam.com/song/547213412/sansaraye Sansaraye: Sanka Dineth] * [https://24.siyathafm.lk/2018/02/10/ridena-noriddana-sanka-dineth-official-music-video/ සංඛ දිනෙත් සීමාවෙන් පිට පනීයි]
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