Some songs were taken from the Hindi films Anarkali and Dosth and also from the Tamil films Avan. Somapala composed the music for the film and all the songs were extremely popular and all the songs were taken from Hindi and Tamil films. On 4 March 1955, he became a film music director with the blockbuster Asoka. The duo later made several popular songs in the early classical song history such as: Lalita Kalā Opa Karanā, Sīgiri Landunē æyi Oba Thanivī, Dambulu Galē, Dunhinda Hælenā, Sukomala Banda Lelavā, Uḍaraṭa Kandukara Siriyā Paradana, Sarasamu Lankā Naḷavamu Lankā, Isurumuṇiyehi Pætali Galeka, Dakuṇu Lakē Aga Nagarē Gālu Purē Siri, Nuvara Alankārē, Nuvara Vævē, Pembara Mātā and Raṭa Raṭa Ekkoṭa. In 1954, the film East in the West produced by the British Department of State Information had the good fortune of incorporating the song Isurumuniya into a foreign film for the first time. V label which was put on disk and sent abroad.
That song became world famous where the daughter of Governor Soulbury, Ramsbottom requested this song and sent it to H. For this song Yamuna Yamuna Sobana, Somapala first used clarinet, saxophone, piano, guitar, drummer, double bass. He composed many songs to Chitra and together they sang several duets including: Yamuna Yamuna Sobana, Dambulu Gale and Sukomala Bada Lelawa. In 1946, he first sang a song with Chitra. Īt the same time, he met his future wife Chithra Somapala. His first song was recorded with renowned musicians Sunil Santha and Surya Sankar Molligoda. In 1942, Somapala passed as a Radio Artist. Piyasena also played a child character in this play. The play was produced by his father and wrote by Mathupala, his elder uncle. During this time, he worked as a sub-music director for a stage play called Carnival. It was during his time at rubber company, he learned music from musicians T. In 1991, Somapala went to India for eye surgery where he later died of cancer on 26 March 1991 at the age of 69. Their younger son Chitral Somapala is a playback singer, composer and musician. The eldest son Prasanna is a retired cameraman who worked in the Ministry of Mahaweli. The couple had four sons: Prasanna, Rohan, Nalin, Chitral and one daughter, Piumi. Chithra was also a singer, and in 1948, she sang for Columbia Records under Master U. 1932) in 1942, when she was studying at St Bridget's Convent. Somapala met his future wife Chithra Perera Somapala (b. He left school in 1941 and worked as a clerk in a Maliban Street office of a rubber exporter. He received his primary education at Clifton Girls' School and his secondary education at Lawrence College, Maradana. Somapala was born on 13 September 1921 in Maligakanda, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
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