lipping through the local channels on a weekend and suddenly heard of a Tweet by Amithab Bachchan. Specialty was, Big B (Amithab Bachchan) has Tweeted about a Sinhalese song. Alas! I have already missed half of the news. I was struck by the amazement and rushed through the Google to look for this Tweet and the Sinhalese song.

“Manike Mage Hithe Mudhu Ee Nuraa Hengum Yawi, Ewilewi” amazing. A close up of Yohani appeared beautifully than ever and her voice penetrated deeper into my heart. There was something special beyond my comprehension. Was it the lyrics, melodic structure, the simplicity or the authentic feelings projected throughout the visuals?? Blimey. I was totally struck and was so oblivion to what was happening around. All I wanted was to listen to ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ once more, every time.

Millions of music lovers were taken by storm almost overnight. The song became a viral hit and created a sensation with 128 million of views on YouTube, being used in millions of Instagram reels and many more renditions in various languages. The song has been searched for thousands of times on social media platforms and ranked number one in iTunes top 100 in Sri Lanka, India and Maldives, Top viral 50 in Spotify India and Spotify Global, to name just a few.