Victor Ratnayake’s ‘Thotupala Aine’ and ‘Viduli Dumriye Chanchala Nadaya’ sung by Rupa Indumathi and Lakshman Rodrigo are rare exceptions when it comes to experimentation with song writing.

Knowing his regular arrival times, the trio was at the gate to “greet him”. As they piled up the ‘maalu paans’ on a plate, the conversation went as follows: “Mae light nethi karadarey magey bisness ...