රෝහණ බැද්දගේ

රෝහණ බැද්දගේ (  උපත 1935 ඔක්තෝබර් 27) යනු ශ්‍රී ලාංකිය  සිනමාවේ, වේදිකා නාට්‍යවල සහ රූපවාහිනියේ ගායකයෙකු සහ නළුවෙකි.  ඔහු සංගීතඥයෙක්, නර්තන ශිල්පියෙක්, ගුරුවරයෙක්, ගීත රචකයෙක්, කථිකාචාර්යවරයෙක්, නාට්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයෙක්, නර්තන ශිල්පියෙක් සහ කතුවරයෙක් ද වේ.    

2020 පෙබරවාරි මාසයේදී, බැද්දගේ මාලදිවයිනේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති ලෙස පත් කරන ලදී. 2021 ජූලි මාසයේදී ඔහු සිය ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්විය. 2020 දී ඔහු ශ්‍රී ලංකා කලා මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති ලෙස පත් කරන ලදී.

මුල් අවධිය
ඔහු 1935 ඔක්තෝබර් 27 වන දින හොරණ, මහඋඩුවේ බැද්දගේ රෝහණ ලෙස උපත ලැබීය. සහෝදර සහෝදරියන් පස් දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් පවුලේ සිව්වන දරුවා ලෙස උපත ලැබීය. ඔහුගේ පියා බැද්දගේ නොමිස් සිංහෝ ගොවියෙකි. ඔහුගේ මව මීවලපලානේ හපුඅච්චිගේ එලිසහාමි ගෘහණියක් වූවාය.    ඔහුට වැඩිමහල් සහෝදරියන් දෙදෙනෙක් සිටී - සුබලින්, මැගිලින් සහ එක් වැඩිමහල් සහෝදරයෙක්, දාවිත්, එක් බාල සහෝදරයෙක්. ඔහුගේ පියා ඔහුට වයස අවුරුදු 7 දී මිය ගියේය. අරවින්දගේ පුත් වරදත්ත ද ගායකයෙකි, ඔහු ජනප්‍රිය ගීතයක් වන මට අරධනාවක් කලාදෝ ගායනා කළේය. 

ඔහු ගමේ පාසලෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය ආරම්භ කළ උඩුව ප්‍රාථමික පාසලෙන් සහ පසුව 1948 දී හොරණ තක්ෂිලා මධ්‍යම විද්‍යාලයට ඇතුළත් වී ඉංග්‍රීසි මාධ්‍යයෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය සම්පූර්ණ කළේය.  ඔහු තක්ෂිලාවේ පූර්ව ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ වසරේ සිටියදී, සුබන්චි ලාල් වෙතින් නර්තනය හැදෑරීය. 1954 දී ඔහු එස්.එස්.සී. විභාගය සමත් විය.

Music career
During school life, Beddage was interested in music, where he started to play violin, flute and tabla, without any guidance. In 1983, he won the first place in the All-Ceylon school singing and dancing competition held by UNESCO for his song Malsarā Bælma Heḷā, compiled by himself with the melodies from hand tambourine, shanthi karma, and kavi Nadagam. Meanwhile, he learned music from Sumitra Nerangama. In the meantime in 1956, Beddage met Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra and asked to join as a flutist for his stage drama Maname. He accepted the offer and became the first flutist of Maname.

Later, he entered Heywood Institute of Art (currently known as University of the Visual and Performing Arts). Even though he needed to study dancing at Heywood, he later moved to study music under the guidance of Lionel Edirisinghe and S.B. Kapukotuwa. Thus, Beddage learned violin from Gunasena master and music from Lionel Edirisinghe. After completing his Haywood life, he joined Horana Kulupana College as a dance teacher on 3 March 1959. In the school, he compiled the performance called Vichitra Ranga where "The net pulling" act won the first place from a competition organized by UNESCO.

Meanwhile, Beddage made songs on Radio Ceylon, they did not get popular. After the career in Kulupana College, he entered his own school Taxila College as the dancing teacher with the help of W. B. Makuloluwa, who was appointed as Director of the Ministry of Education. In the school, he produced two stage plays: Alakalanchiya, Gal Væhi. For his third stage play, he compiled a folk song Mage Raththaran Helena. In 1972, Beddage entered Giragama Music Teachers College as a member of the first batch. His apprentice Sarath Kulanga is a renowned dramatist. However, after the drama started, Beddage got transferred to another school. Then he joined with Makuloluwa's drama troupe. During this period, Beddage sang the folk song he made for the stage drama during a break. There the part 'Kawuda?' was sung by T. M. Jayaratne. However, in 1974, he recorded the song on Radio Ceylon, which later became his first solo hit. The song was first featured in the program "Sandella" made by Lucien Bulathsinhala and C. D. S. Kulathilaka and Sena Gunasekara's program "Paryeshana Gee". From 1953 to 1985, he worked as a dance and music teacher. From 1986 to 1989, he worked as a lecturer at the Institute of Aesthetic Education affiliated to University of Kelaniya. He later established the art school "Sandagiri Paya" with music, dancing, drama and video technology courses.

After that, Beddage made several folk-mixed songs such as: Kandē Landē Gangulællē, Kos Vathu Kandē, Onna Nokivvayi Kiyannepā Hāminē, Kammalē Yakaḍa Thæḷennē, Apa Sēma Ipadī Mærenā Urumē, Rā Bī Veri Vū, Nagē Numbaṭa Dæna, Tin Tin Hanḍadī, Goma Riṭi Gilī Thiruvānā, Hā Yaman Putā Hemin Hemin, Apaṭa Samāvenna Hāmu, Kukku Kū.. Kū, Mē Gammānē Kandu Væṭi Sīmāvē, Rājā ō Mangaliyā and Sassanda Sasanda. Apart from that, he made the music and lyrics for Edward Jayakody's song Gan Wathura Galā Uthurā Yayi and Baddage sang two songs composed by Jayakody: Nagē Numbaṭa Dæna Gannayi, and Nænda Māma Dennā. Later in 1982, Beddage joined with fellow singer Bandula Wijeweera and the duo named as "Mamayi Benai". They made several popular hits including: Magē Sudu Bǣṇanḍiṭa, Kaliyuga Kāleka Upanna, Dannā Tharam Pada Kasthiram and Doḷos Mahak Gathavī Yana Mohothē. As a result, the "Mamayi Benai" show was performed in both local and international arena more than five hundred times. After twelve years, the duo performed at the Lionel Wendt theatre at 3.30 pm and 7.00 pm on July 11, 2008.

From 1989 to 1991, Beddage worked as an assistant director of education related to aesthetic education in the Ministry of Education. In 1996, his song Sasanda Sasanda was featured on top 20 Los Angeles World Chart Show and was the only Asian song.

As a music director, Beddage composed music for several stage dramas such as: Dayananda Gunawardena's Jasaya Ha Lenchina, Ananda Javanika, Madhura Javanika, Gajaman Puvatha, Rohana Dandeniya's Rassa Saha Parassa, Jayalath Manoratne's Thala Mala Pipila, and Tilak Gunawardena's Kontha Nona. Beddage retired from government teaching service in 1992. From 2000 to 2007, he worked as an external lecturer on folk music at the University of Fine Arts. Along with Jananath Warakagoda, and Jitendra Vidyapathi, he sang the song Mihikata Heḷa Rū Varuṇā, a song about elephants.

Acting career
His acting credentials started during school days. He produced many stage dramas within the school and later in popular stage. Some of his stage productions are: Baḷal Sāstharē (1962), Alakalanchiya (1967), Galvæhi (1969), and Rālahāmi (2012). Apart from that, he acted in the stage plays including: Makuloluwa's Heḷa Miyæsiya, Depānō (1965), Dayānanda Guṇawardhana's Gajaman Puvatha (1975), Madhura Javanikā (1978), and Rōhaṇa Dandeniya's Rāssa Saha Parāssa (2012). As a choreographer, Beddage rendered his skills in the stage plays: Sakkāya Diṭṭhi, Ambusæmiyō, Jasayā Saha Lenchinā, Gajaman Puvatha, Madhura Javanikā, Ananda Javanikā, and Mee Pura Wæsiyō. In 2011, he produced the stage play Ralahamy, where the premier show was held on 17th June 2011 at 6.30 pm at Lumbini Theatre, Colombo.

In television, he acted in many television serials such as: Paḷingu Mæṇike, Kande Gedara, Ves Taṭṭuva, Niyan Ukussō, and Iraṭa Hanḍana Mal. His first television acting came through Palingu Menike in 1982. 

In 1997, Beddage made his first cinematic appearance with the film Bawa Duka. In the same year, he reprised his role in the sequel Bawa Karma. In 2019, he had a supporting role in the film Sama Kumaru Kathawa. Later he also acted in the drama films: Vaishnavee and Uthuru Sulanga.

Author work
Beddage has written the books: Sinhala Sangeetha Sailiya, Andara Væṭiya, Loku Ayaṭa Punchi Kathandara, Alakalanchiya, Gamē Rāḷahāmi, and Gammānē Upan Geetha.

Personal life
Rohana Beddage is married to his longtime partner, Padmathilaka, who is a music teacher. The couple have one daughter and one son. His daughter Thushara Beddage, is a radio music producer and his son Tharaka Beddage is the owner of the video production company "Wild House".

Television
Notable television serials

 එලිය අරන්
 කන්දේ ගෙදර as retired teacher
 පළිගු මැණිකේ as Gurunnanse 
 ඉරට හඩන මල් as Appachchi

Awards and honors
He won the award for the Best Music Director for the stage plays Kontha Nēnā (1976), Rassa Saha Parāssa (1980), Ananda Javanikā (1986), and Andarēlā (1995). For his contribution to the field of arts, he was honored with the Best Musician Award in 1986 in Rajya Sangeeth Festival, Kalasuri Award in 2003, and Desha Nethru Award in National Literary Kala Prasadini Festival in 2012.

On 1 January 2010, the 'Gammanen Sidadiyata' concert was held at the Elphinstone Theater in Colombo at 6.00 pm to celebrate 75  years of singing and acting career. On 18 January 2024, a tribute ceremony titled "Rōhaṇa Bæddagē Perahuru Karaḷiya" was held at Sudarshee Cultural Center in Colombo. Along with the tribute ceremony, an open-air theater was named after him at Sudarshee Cultural Center in Colombo on 8 February 2024.

 ගීත ලැයිස්තුව 
 සසඳ ඇල්බමය 

මල්සරා ඇල්බමය

Filmography

 Year  Film  Role  Ref. 1997  භව දුක    1997  භව කර්ම    2007  උප්පලවණ්ණා  Dance teacher   2018  වෛෂ්ණාවී  Gurunnanse   2019  සාම කුමරු කතාව    2021  උතුරු සුළඟ               

References

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