Popular Tamil pop singer A.E. Manoharan passed away last Monday in Chennai. Sri Lankan born singer is known worldwide for singing Sinhala mixed pop songs ‘Chinna Maamiye’ and ‘Surangani Surangani’. Although A. E. Manoharan is famous today as a pop singer few will know that he began his entertainment career by acting in dramas and [...]

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Tamil Pop singer Manoharan is no more

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Popular Tamil pop singer A.E. Manoharan passed away last Monday in Chennai. Sri Lankan born singer is known worldwide for singing Sinhala mixed pop songs ‘Chinna Maamiye’ and ‘Surangani Surangani’.

Although A. E. Manoharan is famous today as a pop singer few will know that he began his entertainment career by acting in dramas and locally produced films in the ‘50s and early ‘60s.

Manoharan’s singing career began in Colombo in 1970 when he sang for Great Friends Enterprises. In 1964 he acted as hero in the 1st Tamil movie produced in Jaffna by Joe Devanand named ‘Pasa Nila’.

During this period he also recorded the now popular ‘Surangani’ theme on Suriya label. In 1973 he was presented with the Pop Chakravarthi title at a music festival at the open-air stadium in Jaffna.

Between the years 1975-76 he performed several music shows throughout Sri Lanka in both Sinhala and Tamil. Among the favourites are Patumami, Chooda manike, Surangani etc.

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