His father was an ex-Lanka Sama Samaja Party lawyer[5] who became a media proprietor taking over the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited.
[6] Then he graduated from the Faraday and North London Polytechnic Institute of Higher Education in England with the subject Television and Audio Engineering.
Ranil Wickremesinghe is married to Maitree Wickremasinghe, Sri Lankan academic and professor of English in 1994.
[7] His brother's State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Wasantha Senanayake and his aunt Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Amari Wijewardene are some of his relatives in government servants.
[7] During the working days of industrial electronics, there was an American show about Colombo television in the 1950s while he was a student.
Meanwhile, his father realized that he was working towards the radio in this way whereas Shan was sent to "Shard House School" in England to learn more.
In the meantime, he was able to pass the Amada Television Sound exam, which gave a certificate that he could sit at home and do TV shows.
[6][7] While returning Sri Lanka from vacation in 1968, Vernon Correa of the Broadcasting Corporation gave me a hint.
They went to meet the then Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake to talk about the matter along with Ranjith Wijewardene.
[14] In 1970, Shan launched a record production company called "Sangeetha" where the first disc was made for Gypsies Sunil Perera.