ජීවදත්ත

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මෙරට ගුවන් විදුලියේ සහ සිංහල සිනමාවේ ‘ජනපි‍්‍රය ගායිකවක වූ ජී. ඇස්.බී. රාණි පෙරේරා ගී ලොවින් සමුගෙන මෙම 07 වැනිදාට වසර 06 ක් සපිරේ.

Kala Suri Gnai Seenar Bangsajayah, (born 18 October 1934 – died 7 September 2004 as ජී. ඇස්. බී. රාණි), popularly known as G. S. B. Rani, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater as well as a songstress, politician and a media personality. She was one of the most popular playback singers in early Sri Lankan cinema industry with a career spanned over five decades.

Personal life

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Gnai Seenar was born on 20 August 1930 in Guruwatta village, Badulla as the only daughter to a Malay family. Her father Nusammeen Bangsajayah was a police sergeant and later became sub inspector. Her mother was Chintha Nona. She completed education from Clifton Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo.

She was married to Ranawaka Arachchige Anton Perera and wedding was celebrated on 17 February 1953. Anton was an employee of the Sri Lanka Steel Corporation. The couple had three children - Ranjith, Chandana and Udeni. Even though she was Malay and husband was Sinhala Catholic, the family converted to Buddhism.

She died on 7 September 2004 around 3.30 pm after a brief illness.