His composition "Ganga Addara" ("By the Banks of the River"), translated into Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam, and sung by Vijaya Kumaranatunga, for the film of the same name (directed by Sumitra Peiris), is also popular. The hit "Ran Tikiri Sina" was written for the same film and sung by Victor Silva and Nirasha Perera. In 2013 a new version of the song "Ganga Addara" was sung by Surendra Perera and used as the theme song for a teledrama series of the same name. "Upul Nuwan" was another classic composed for the 1978 Lester James Peiris film "White Flowers for the Dead".