The BBC compared her voice to honey, while Grammy Award winning producer Kipper, who has worked with internationally famous Sting and Mary J. Blige, describes her as a natural musical force of exquisite beauty. Young and immensely talented Sumudu Jayatilaka, burst into the spotlight when she sang for Queen Elizabeth at the Millennium countdown as a teenager.
Reserved, timid and with a persistent stammer, a younger Kumar de Silva fought seemingly unsurmountable odds to become the prominent television personality that he is today. While that may sound like the plot of a hacked success story, Kumar’s experiences are nothing short of inspirational.