Background
His father Tyronne Bennet is a Sound Engineer who is currently employed in Bahrain.
His father Tyronne Bennet is a Sound Engineer who is currently employed in Bahrain.
He studied at De Mazenod College, Kandana.
He was ranked fifth place in the first season of Sirasa Superstar, an idol program in Sri Lanka similar to American Idol. He released his first album Dreams of Shihan in 2006. Then in 2008 he released his second album, Dreamz 2 – My Life.
Despite being in the 5th position in Sirasa Super Star, season 1, Shihan made a very good impression and is the most popular amongst all the young singers in Super Star arena and Shihan is called as Dream Boy of the youth in Sri Lanka.
In Sirasa Superstar season 4 which was renamed Generation 4, Shihan compered the program along with Nirosha Perera-Yawwane Sihina Yata Daelwune He also vocalised the theme song of Sirasa Superstar, Generation 4. He currently acts as the Brand Ambassador for Mobitel Smart 5, and Tiara Rollo cake.
Shihan was born on 18 March 1985 to Tyronne Bennet and Nilu Mallika. His father, Tyronne Bennet is a Music Engineer.
He has a sister, Shanika Mihiravi.
Shihan married Gishni Clementa Silva on 25 January 2012. Shihan released his first music video "Ada Thaniyen maa" which was a great hit in Sri Lanka. He then released videos for several hit songs of his two albums.
His music videos like "Sewwandiye", "Sulagak Wela", "Mata Nelaganna Bari", "Wassane", "Ae obama dai" and "Mihiraviye" were among the most popular music videos in Sri Lanka.
Later he went on to sing in several Sinhala movies. He was the main playback singer in the movie "Suwanda Danuna Jeewithe".
His songs from the movie became popular hits in Sri Lanka. He did playback singing for the song, "Raya Pibidee" in the movie "Super Six".