In 1950, she sang
Malse Dileva for a feature program in SLBC. After school life at the age of 18, she studied at the State College of Aesthetic and then at State College of Music in 1960. At first she was a lecturer at the Kalutara Teachers Training College and then became a Director of Education (Music) at Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. In 1967 she went to India to complete a master's degree and "Visharadha" Exams from Lucknow College of Music in singing and playing sitar. After returning, she started to work at
Radio Ceylon becoming the only female singer to perform classical music programs on Sri Lanka Radio. She is the only singer to perform in India where she sang in different languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, English and Nepali. In 1980, she had the opportunity to sing the song
Subha Kamina at the President's House when Nepal King Birendra and Queen Vimla arrived Sri Lanka. She was the first Sinhala singer to perform a Nepali song in the Asian Hindi Service. She also performed a Tamil one-man concert
Swaram in Bambalapitiya as well as an Islam concert
Ilampirai Geethangal in Maradana. She sang Tamil songs for 20 Tamil Films. She sang playback songs for Indian actresses like
Radhika Sarathkumar, Thanuja Mukherjee & Vaijayanthimala. Her husband was the musician in some of her popular songs including
Aganthuka Kurulla,
Bolan Podi Nangi Tikak Hitapan,
Jeewathwana Thuru Ma,
Neth Wasa and
Wessata Themi Themi. Apart from singing, she is a talented Katak dancer who studied under
Sirimathi Rasadari. In 1985, she represented Sri Lankan cultural delegation at the SAARC Summit. In 1992, after the death of her son, she launched a cassette "Yuda Bima Kandulak" to commemorate her son's first death anniversary. She sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and 1000 Tamil songs. She was also involved with many popular duets including;
Obe Namin,
Banda Jaya Keheli with
Amaradeva Sandun Sihil,
Adara Pujasane with
Victor Rathnayake,
Koho Koho Kohe Idan with
Sanath Nandasiri,
Bonda Meedum Kandurelle with Abeywardena Balasuriya,
Chandrame Ra Paya Awa,
Ghana Andakarayen Midi with
H.R. Jothipala,
Piruna Hada Santhane,
Gangawe Neela Jale with Harun Lanthra,
Madhura Yame with
R. Muttusamy,
Pera Athmayaka with
Milton Perera and
Pushpa Makarandaya with
Narada Disasekara. In 2016, she directed the music for the Sri Lanka Police theme song and later she composed the theme song of the Sri Lanka Special Task Force (STF). ==Concerts==