Thisara Tharupathi Munasinghe, born in 1975 was exposed to a family environment that encouraged learning music. Late Austin Munasinghe, Tharu’s loving father was a one of the pioneer musicologist who rendered a great service to the Sri Lankan music arena. He had contributed to all the applied versions of music, Cinema, Stage plays and Tele-Dramas and was the music composer of many of the memorable light songs such as “Dampatin La Sanda Basa Yanawa” ( sung by Late Gunadasa Kapuge and Late Malanee Bulathsinghale ).
Tharu, who is still 34, following his father, has already gained a fame in all these areas in a very younger age.
Tharu completed his secondary education in Mahanama College, Colombo and entered in to the University of Kelaniya and followed the Bachelor of Arts degree. His subjects were Sinhala Language & Literature, Mass Communication an Fine Arts.
