[2] From then on, he retained his fame over five decades and produced popular songs in Sri Lanka such as "Atha Ranviman", "Mata Wasana", "Adaraneeya Neranjana", "Ratakin Eha" and "Sudu Paravi Rena".

[1] Suriyasena was also a talented composer and directed music for his own songs such as "Adaraneeya Neranjana", "Heta Dawase", "Mata Wasana", "Sanda Ma Gawai", "Mage Samarum Pothe", "Ekama Vidiye", and "Gelawata Banda Wu" among others.

Most of these songs were created by Suriyasena and Premakeerthi De Alwis who were close friends in the 1970s and became instant hits popular to date.

[3] Suriyasena sung famous duets with Victor Rathnayake, Latha Walpola, Chandralekha Perera, Malkanthi Nandasiri and others.

[5] The release of "Sudu Parevi Rena Se" brought Suriyasena up to one of the top singers in the 1980s bringing a controversy at the time when the Sri Lankan government prohibited broadcasting the song through radio channels for a while.

[1] His popularity was raised with the Sarasaviya Award for "Kendan Yannam", a song from Sena Samarasinghe's 1984 film Aethin Aethata with Milton Mallawarachchi and Gratien Ananda.

[2] Further, he sang in many other films like Selinage Walawwa, Mudukkuwe Juliet, Hariyanakota Ohama Thamai, and Pina Paduna Da.

[1] In the film Ethin Ethata, he sang the duet "Kandan Yannan Ranmal Mala Dala" with Milton Mallawarachchi to the music direction of Sarath Dassanayake which won a Sarasaviya Award in the 1980s.

[5][3] In 2006, he sang a duet "Gimhanaye" with Samitha Mudunkotuwa for the film Kalu Sudu Mal as the male playback for Kamal Addararachchi.

Subsequently, he made it to over 44 other countries including the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Japan and Australia.