Indrachapa Liyanage

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Indrachapa Liyanage" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Indrachapa Liyanage ඉන්ද්‍රචාපා ලියනගේ
Chapa performing at Acoustic Brew
Background information
Birth name	Indrachapa Liyanage
Also known as	Chapa, Chapiii,Chopa
Born	(1981-05-13) May 13, 1981 (age 43) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Genres	Rock, western classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer
Instrument	Vocals/guitar
Years active	2000–present

Indrachapa Liyanage (Sinhala: ඉන්ද්‍රචාපා ලියනගේ; born January 13, 1982) is a Sri Lankan singer. He has completed his debut album Abinishkramanaya (renunciation), but it has not been officially released yet.

Indrachapa Liyanage was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 13, 1982, and studied at Royal College, Horana up to O/L's then Ananda College Colombo. His music career started in the year 2000, with his school mate Kasun Kalhara in their own project. They released an album called Haritha Nimnaye, and it was a very successful release, and the album introduced them to a huge fan base. But in the years of 2004 and 2005, they closed down their project and went on to each make their own music, though they continued to work together on occasion.^[1]

Lately Indrachapa has moved on to rock music and doing experiments to create a "Sri Lankan Identity" rock style. His main aim is to popularize rock music among the majority of the country. He has released a single called "Ginidal" which was his first single.^[2]

Indrachapa has performed over 20 domestic major concerts and several abroad along with other artists.^[3][4]

In 2010, he entered the movie industry by composing the theme song for the movie How I Wonder What You Are.

Indrachapa is the youngest member in his family. He has three elder brothers: Saumya Liyanage Saman Liyanage and Aloka Liyanage. His father, Hemasiri Liyanage, is a veteran Sri Lankan actor.

Indrachapa is married to actress Samanalee Fonseka.^{[citation needed]}

• Abinishkramanaya (Renunciation)
• Adaraya Anshumathrayak (Love is a Confession)
• Dasin
• Ginidal
• Irunu Aththatu (2011)^[5]
• Piyawuna Deneth Nidimathin
• Sinhayo (for the 2011 Cricket World Cup)
• Ulkapathayak (Falling Star)^[6]