After winning a poetry contest, Malini was taken to Radio Ceylon by Perera and sang "Budu Sadu" on Karunaratne Abeysekera's popular programme Lama Mandapaya.
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He won the first Sarasaviya Award for Male Playback Singing in 1964 for his duet "Galana Gangaki Jeevithe" with a young Nanda Malini for Ranmuthu Duwa.