Geetha Kulatunga Biography – Geetha Kulatunga Wiki
Geetha Kulatunga is a Sri Lankan and the wife of the late Sri Lankan vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer named Sunil Perera. Sunil died on September 6, 2021, aged 68. He was the leader and the lead vocalist of the popular Sri Lankan band, The Gypsies. Sunil remains one of the most famous singers in the country, while his band, The Gypsies, remains one of Sri Lanka’s biggest musical franchises for the past three decades, with regular foreign tours, several hit albums, and sold-out concerts. He was regarded as one of the stalwarts of Sri Lanka’s baila genre and was also nicknamed “Baila Chakravarthy”.
Geetha studied in about 7-8 schools and her last school was Mahamaya Girls’ College, Kandy. This was a result of her father’s career as a policeman and they had to go from town to town along with his transfers. She was fond of Kandyan and Bharatha dancing. She started attending dancing classes of Rajini Selvanayagam at the Buddhist Hall, Moratuwa.
Geetha Kulatunga Age
She was born on March 18, 1967, as the second of the family with four siblings.
Geetha Kulatunga Husband
She was married to her husband Sunil Perera from the early 1980s until September 6,,2021 when he passed on at the age of 68. Sunil met Geetha during her O/L classes. In 1981, she went for a show by the Gypsies with her sister and cousins.
On October 25 in 1981, Sunil was arrested by Homagama police due to the fact Geetha’s parents had lodged a complaint at the Police saying that Sunil had abducted her. However, the case was closed by both the parents, her parents never allowed her to have an affair with Sunil. Later they got engaged with their parents’ blessing when Geetha was 16 years old.
Sunil died at the age of 68 on September 6, 2021, leaving behind his wife and their four children.
Geetha Kulatunga Children
She has four children with her late husband. Two sons – Sajith, Gayan; and two daughters – Rehana, and Manisha. Her eldest son, Sajith is married to Tahani, daughter of singer Dalreen Suby. Sajith worked at Ceylinco Group and currently runs his own Advertising business. Gayan is a musician who formed the popular band “Daddy”. The band produced many popular songs such as Massina, Ai Kale, Aale, Chandrayan Pidu, Dagalanna Ba. They have released two albums, The first album is ‘Massina’ and the second album is called ‘Arabiya’. Both Sajith and Gayan studied at St. Peter’s College. Rehana is a housewife and Manisha followed a Fashion Designing course. Both Rehana and Manisha studied at St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo.
Geetha Kulatunga Parents
She was born the second child of her family with four siblings. Her father Mahinda Kulatunga, is a Sub- Inspector of the Police.Her mother is Dunitha Kulatunga.
Geetha Kulatunga Nationality
Geetha is of Sri Lankan nationality.
