

Peries selected Sisira for Sri Lanka's first outdoor film as well as Peries' first feature film Rekava. Latheef and Sirisena Wimalaweera made it possible for him to identify Dr.

He started composing songs at the age of twelve where he wrote and composed his first solo song for the voice of Dharmadasa Walpola. Funeral services was held at Borella Cemetery on 7 February 2015 evening. Sisira died on 4 February 2015 at the age of 79 while receiving treatment at National Hospital of Sri Lanka. They have one son Tharindu and one daughter Subhani. Subhani is married to Sumith Wijethilaka who is a Hydroelectric Consultant. The two younger brothers are from DS Senanayake College.

Subhani was initially educated at Anula Vidyalaya and later from Musaeus College. The youngest son Sameera is involved in the singing field and he has his father's voice as well as an executive at Unilever. Eldest son Sanjaya lives in Germany and is married to German lady Anjalika and lives with children. The couple has two sons Sanjaya and Sameera and one daughter Subhani. The funeral took place on 27 June 2019 at Borella Cemetery. After two days of treatments, she died on 23 June 2019 at the National Hospital at the age of 83. On 21 June 2019, Indrani was attended to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka due to breathing difficulties. Sisira and Wijebandara first met at the moment of departure for Madras on an Air Ceylon flight for the music recordings for the film Rekava. Indrani was born on 15 July 1935 and she was educated at Musaeus College. He was married to Indrani Wijebandara, who was also a popular singer. Therefore he was raised by his grandfather who was an Ayurvedic doctor. Sisira's mother died when he was an infant, whereas his father married second time. His father was Henry Soloman Senaratne and mother was M.

He was educated at Maradana Central College and Nalanda College, Colombo. Sisira was born on 29 March 1935 in Chilaw.
