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Anjalin Gunathilaka
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Angelina Rachel de Lanerolle (Sinhalese: ඇන්ජලීන් ගුණතිලක; 23 December 1939 – 29 March 2019), popularly known as Angeline Gunathilake or Anjalin Gunathilaka, was a Sri Lankan singer, primarily involved as a playback singer in Sinhala film industry. Considered as the Silver bell of Sinhala cinema, Gunathilaka involved for more than 5000 playback songs with a musical career that spanned nearly six decades. She was as an A-grade singer graduated from Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Angeline Gunathilaka was born on 23 December 1939 in Matara district as the seventh of a family with 10 siblings. She went to St. Mary's Convent Matara for primary education. Her father worked at Department of Railways. Due to the trasferring of post of his father, she moved to Coloombo at the age of 8. Then attended to St. Thomas' College, Kotte for secondary education. She married Leslie Gunathilaka on 29 March 1966. The couple has 2 daughters. Her grandson, Imalka Jude Malwatte continued in music career. At the age of 8 years, Gunathilaka joined the amateur programme of then Radio Ceylon and secured the second place in a musical talent show. After that, she studied music under maestro Sunil Santha. At the age of 13 years, she was selected to the Lamapitiya programme conducted by veteran lyricist and broadcaster Karunaratne Abeysekera. Gunathilaka started her singing career with the solo song Adara Ambare. While she performed in Lamapitiya program, she attended to a singing competition call