Chandralekha Perera (Sinhala: චන්ද්රලේඛා පෙරේරා) (born 1 December 1961),[citation needed] is a popular Sri Lankan pop singer.
[citation needed] Perera was noticed by the film director and producer D. B. Nihalsinghe while he was reporting on the NYSC.
[citation needed] In 2000, she and her husband were violently attacked by the Presidential Security Division (PSD) of President Chandrika Kumaratunga and threatened with death if they performed at anti-government events.
[3] Ten officers of the PSD were arrested for the attacks and given jail sentences in 2013, but Rookantha her husband and Chandralekha both handed in a letter to president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
[4] asking him to pardon the wrongdoers as they have chosen to forgive them especially because the PSD officials who were arrested are mere workers of the previous president and punishing the innocent is not their intention.