H.R.Jothipala
Death 7 July 1987) . He died in July 1987 at the
age of 51 years and 5 months
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He Is Hettiarachchige Reginald Jothipala he was born (12 February 1936 )
was a prolific playback singer in the Sinhala cinema. He also worked as
an opera singer. Jothipala lent his voice to all classes of actors ranging from
Eddie Jayamanne, Boniface Fernando, Baptist Fernando, Ananda Jayaratne, Gamini
Fonseka, Roy De Silva, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake, Tony Ranasinghe,
Ravindra Randeniya, Joe Abeywickrema, Oswald Jayasinghe, Tissa Wijesurendra and
even several of the young generation of actors in Sri Lanka, H R
Jothipala is an artist who dwells in a common man’s heart forever. As the only the local artiste who became more popular after his demise, Jothi reminds us of
Elvis Presley, the King. He came to be known
by his initials, "H. R." and was loved as "Hadhavatha Raththaran
Jothipala", meaning "kind-hearted Jothipala", due to his
kindness to people of all ages, communities, and families.
Life Notes
Jothipala was the first child in a middle-class family
from Matara Sri Lanka,
School
He attended St. John's College in Dematagoda and St. Lawrence College
in Maradana. Jothipala would visit tea kiosks to hear music as his the family didn't own a radio.
Married Life
He married Victor Blossom. As well as they have 4 daughters.
First Song
Jothipala made his debut as a playback singer on Cyril P.
Abeyratne's Surathalee, singing "Siriyame Sara", in 1956.
Prior to that, he had recorded a song for the late Sirisena Wimalaweera's Podi
Putha. The song didn't make the final cut, as the Indian film composer on
the film didn't consider Jothipala's voice good enough.
Jothipala has said that he contemplated taking his life when he
went with his friends to watch Podi Putha and found out that
his song was not included. Later when Surathaleeproducer Jabir A.
Cader wanted to hear one of his songs to consider him for the film, Jothipala
almost passed on the offer as he did not possess enough money to create a
record. He was helped out by veteran musician Stanley Omar who financed him for
the sum of 35 rupees – a large amount of money at the time. Jothipala's song on
the film, "Siriyame Sara," still remains popular in Sri Lanka, having
recorded the popular number under the direction of T.R. Papa at Wahini Studio
in India.
Although Jothipala was very
talented in his own respect, he was criticized for singing to the tunes of
popular Hindi songs, particularly of Mohammed Rafi
Death
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