Shihan Mihiranga Bennet

Shihan Mihiranga Bennett (; born 18 March 1985), is a Sri Lankan musician, composer and songwriter. Considered as one of the best products of reality shows, Mihiranga often known as the "Dream Boy" of the youth in Sri Lanka. He became the youth sensation in 2000s after Namal Udugama in 1990s.
Personal life.
Shihan was born on 18 March 1985 in Weliweriya as the eldest of the family. His father, Tyronne Bennet was a Sound Engineer, previously worked at Bahrain and mother Nilu Mallika is a housewife. He has a sister, Shanika Mihiravi. He studied at De Mazenod College, Kandana.
Shihan married Gishni Clementa Silva on 25 January 2012. Their love story had reportedly started 9 years earlier and it had been a secret to the media until the wedding.
The wedding was held at St. Mary's church in Nayakakanda, Hendala. Clementa is the daughter of Upali Silva, who is a PTI of Shihan's school. The wedding photography was done by Dayan Witharana. The couple has two sons, the elder son is Shihan Kenneth Yarsh and the younger one is Shihan Glen Marsh.
Shihan was critically hospitalized by dengue fever in 2017, but recovered after treatments. However, several false rumors stated that he is dead.
Career.
He applied to the first season of singing reality show "Sirasa Superstar". It is the first reality show in Sri Lanka, where 12 male finalists were selected. Mihiranga came fifth place in the competition despite being the most popular star throughout the show. He sang mostly Rookantha Gunathilake's songs including, "Dawasakda Hendewaka", "Nihanda Maruthe" and "As Deka Piyana". 
After finishing the competition, he released his first album "Dreams of Shihan" in 2006. All the songs were written and music composed by himself and became highly popular among young generations. The album won Most Popular Album award in that year as well. Then in 2008 he released his second album, "Dreamz 2 – My Life" which includes lyrics and composing by other musicians. 
Shihan released his first music video "Ada Thaniyen maa" which was a great hit in Sri Lanka. Later it won the most popular music video award at Derana Music Video Awards in 2007. He then released videos for several hit songs of his two albums. His music videos like "Sewwandiye", "Sulagak Wela", "Mata Nelaganna Bari", "Wassane", "Ae obama dai", "Mihiraviye" and "Obage mathaken" were among the most popular music videos in Sri Lanka.
He is also a playback singer who rendered his voice for many films including "Suwanda Danuna Jeewithe". His songs "Perada Mewu Sina", "Ron Suwanda Dena" and "Sith Mal Hegum Popiyana Yame" in the film were highly popularized. He did playback singing for the song, "Raya Pibidee" in the movie "Super Six".
In "Sirasa Superstar" season 4 which was renamed "Generation 4", Shihan compered the program along with Nirosha Perera. He also sang the theme song "Yawwane Sihina Yata Daelwune" for the competition.
In 2018, Mihiranga became a judge of the singing reality show "Hiru Star" on Hiru TV for first two seasons. In 2018, he deactivated his official facebook account due to fake Facebook accounts in his name, who chatted as Mihiranga and then exchanged phone numbers.
In 2020, he released his wedding song "Oba Magemai".
Brand ambassador.
He currently acts as the Brand Ambassador for Mobitel Smart 5, and Tiara Rollo cake of Ceylon Biscuits Limited.