Bathiya & Shantuah


“ In the last 5 years the duo have secured over 400 live performances, a music publishing contract with Universal Music, a recording contract with SONY BMG Music Entertain-
ment / M entertainment and released 4 platinum albums...”
“Bathiya & San thush are currently one of Sri Lanka’s most sought after corporate brand ambassadors. To date, the musical duo has endorsed a series of global consumer brands...”

SRI LANKA’S FOLK HEROES
Thanks to their skyrocketing celebrity status across the country, Bathiya & Santhush are currently one of Sri Lanka’s most sought after corporate brand ambassadors. To date, the musical duo has endorsed a series of global consumer brands and has secured brand equity and a folk-hero status on par with that of the Sri Lankan cricket team. They
are amongst the highest with regards to brand endorsements in Sri Lanka with International brands Like Coke, Singer, ASUS computers, Rexona for Men and local giants like Dialog GSM, Multilac, Phoenix Plastics, Commercial Bank.

A BIG HIT AT THE BOX OFFICE
Bathiya & Santhush are also one of Sri Lanka’s most successful movie soundtrack producers and have lent their musical genius to a number of box office hits. They also own and operate Sri Lanka’s most sophisticated digital audio recording facility along with one of the country’s most creative showbiz and tele vision production agencies. As a tribute to the younger generation of musicians, the two stars have also played consultant roles in the development of Sri Lanka’s Pop Idol series which is the highest rated show in Sri Lankan television history.
“They also own and operate Sri Lanka’s most sophisticated digital audio recording facility [and] one of the country’s most creative showbiz and tele vision production agencies.”

To date, Bathiya & Santhush have produced the themes songs and musical scores for a series of hit Sri Lankan films, notably:
1. Hiripodha Wessa
2. Asai Mang Piyambanna
3. Julia
4. Rosa Kale

Many of the songs from these movies have reached the number one sport on Sri Lanka’s music charts. For this reason, film-makers who work with BNS are known to release a collection of the film’s theme songs prior to the film’s box office launch date, in a bid to secure the movie’s popularity among the masses

BREAKING NEW GROUND IN SRI LANKA
In 2006, Bathiya and Santhush further secured their place as Sri Lanka’s most ground breaking artists by being the country’s first ever musicians to release a Hindi music album on an international record label. Their debut Hindi music album ‘Ayubowan [Namaste]’ is currently a runaway success in Sri Lanka.

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