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Nadagamkarayo
''Nadagamkarayo'' (), is a 2021 Sri Lankan comedy-drama thriller romantic television series broadcast on Swarnavahini TV. It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, produced by Chamara Samarawickrama and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara. It aired every weekday from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm onwards. It was broadcast from 18 January 2021 to 2 August 2022. It has received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the screenplay and performances, and rated as one of the most popular teledramas in Sri Lanka. A spin-off series '' Kolam Kuttama'' directed by Sivagurunathan and written by Sooriyabandara was started on 3 August 2022. Summary Saraa and his rowdy gang join the village drama team despite their arrogant attitudes, and the rest of the villagers get annoyed especially Kukula Merchant and Mr. Secretary when the headmaster and Loku Hamuduruwo start to defend their unacceptable behavior. Cast and characters Main cast * Sajitha Anuththara as Sarath Kumara Gunara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara
Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara (born 19 June 1968; si, සද්ධා මංගල සුරියබණ්ඩාර) is a Sri Lankan journalist and media personality. He is best known for the television programs ''Angili Salakuna'' and ''Always Breakdown''. He has worked as a program director, and before the public as a film and teledrama screenwriter, teledrama producer, television program director, journalist, announcer, songwriter and actor. Sooriyabandara is the screenwriter of the popular television serials ''Haara Kotiya'', ''Nadagamkarayo'', and currently has written nearly 20 television serials. Family background He was born on 19 June 1968 in the village of Watapuluwa, about 5 km from Kandy, as the second son in the family with four siblings. His father Lionel Sooriyabandara was a music teacher and sitarist who holds a degree in music from Heywood Institute of Arts (University of the Visual and Performing Arts). He also worked in art and stage drama. His mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajitha Anthony
Conganige Sajitha Anuththara Anthony () (born 11 November 1991), popularly known as Sajitha Anthony, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He started his career as a child actor in the film '' Sooriya Arana''. Sajitha became known with his role as Saraa in the television serial ''Nadagamkarayo''. He is also known as a singer, dancer, model and television host. Personal life He was born on 11 November 1991 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the youngest child in an artistic family. His father Jackson Anthony is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. Regarded as a versatile actor, Jackson has appeared before the public as a director, producer, singer, screenwriter, television host, novelist, columnist, lyricist, historian, and traveler. His mother, Kumari Sandalatha Munasinghe, is a songstress and actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. Sajitha has an older sister, Madhavee Wathsala and an older brother, Akila Dhanuddara. Akila is an acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolam Kuttama
''Kolam Kuttama'' (), is a 2022 Sri Lankan mystery-drama thriller television series broadcast on Swarnavahini TV. It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, co-produced by Chethani Wijetunga, Sri Lal Wickramage and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara. It aired every weekday from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm onwards. It is broadcast from 3 August 2022 as the spin-off series of popular television serial ''Nadagamkarayo''. Plot The series based on the traditional masks and puppetry in Ambalangoda area, and was created based on a master puppeteer and a mask-cutting artist and two mysterious outsiders. The serials started with the end credits of ''Nadagamkarayo'' where the ''Kolam Kuttama'' dance troupe wins in the doubtful manner against Ruparathna master's ''Nadagamkarayo'' troupe. Cast and characters Main cast * Nalin Pradeep Udawela Udawela Lekumlage Nalin Pradeep Udawela (born March 20, 1969 si, නලීන් ප්රදීප් උඩවෙල), popularly as Nal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senali Fonseka
Wanniarachchige Senali Koshila Fonseka () (born 18 September 1992), popularly known as Senali Fonseka, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. Her first appeared film was ''Siri Parakum'' as ''Sirimal Ethana.'' Senali became more popular with her role as ''Paatali'' "Sudu Chooti" in Sri Lankan television series ''Nadagamkarayo.'' Personal life Senali Koshila Fonseka was born on 18 September 1992 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her father Upali Fonseka was one of the brothers of Sri Lankan famous actress Malini Fonseka, who known as Queen of Sinhalese cinema. She attended with Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, Sri Lanka and then her family moved to England and she got her higher education from University of Cambridge in Biomedical Sciences. In 2020 Senali's father died due to the effect of COVID-19 in England. Career In 2013 Senali began her acting career in '' Sri Parakum'' as the role of ''Sirimal Ethana,'' directed by Somaratne Dissanayake. The film became the highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokila Jayasuriya
Kokila Pawan Jayasuriya (born 1 November 1994) (), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He is very popular as a child artist for the role "''Sirimal''" in the film ''Siri Raja Siri'' and role "''Manamaalan''" in the television serial '' Nadgamkarayo''. Personal life Kokila was born on 1 November in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, the eldest in a family of two, a younger brother Dilshan Sathsara. He studied at Piliyandala Central College. In 2020, he married his long time partner, Nimali Dilshani Fernando. Career He approached the stage through Sri Shobitha Dhampasela and school, his drama teacher, ' ''Kokilani'' ' recognised his skills and encouraged him to take part in the children's program ''Hapan Padura''. He applied, got through the interview and was a member of the team. He started his career as a stage actor in stage dramas conducted by Jayalath Manoratne at the age of twelve, where he was selected for the role of Sethu in the stage drama ''Thala Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giriraj Kaushalya
Silmesthri Giriraj Kaushalya (born November 13, 1964) (), popularly known as Giriraj Kaushalya, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya also has worked as an assistant director, producer, script writer and a filmmaker. Personal life Kaushalya was born on 13 November 1964 in Kolonnawa, Colombo as the youngest of the family with four siblings. He has three elder brothers and one elder sister. He entered village school in Kolonnawa and then attended to Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya. His father was an active trade unionist in Ceylon Electricity Board and a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party represented the Left Movement. He worked in Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka before entering to acting. His elder brother Lalith Janakantha is also a renowned actor in stage, television and cinema. He met his wife Mangalika Fernando during the work in Mahaweli Authority in Lihinyagama, Mahaweli C zone i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarnavahini
Swarnavahini ( si, ස්වර්ණවාහිනී; literally Golden Channel) is a Sinhala language general entertainment and news television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of EAP Holdings. Launched in 1994 as ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision), it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Its sister channel ETV 2 was launched in 1995 when ETV was re-branded ETV 1. The channel's owner Extra Terrestrial Vision (Private) Limited, who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992, changed its name to EAP Network (Private) Limited on 30 April 1996 following the acquisition by EAP. At that time ETV 1 was re-broadcasting BBC. ETV 1 was re-launched as Swarnavahini, a mass market Sinhala language channel, on 16 March 1997. EAP Network (Private) Limited changed its name to EAP Broadcasting Company (Private) Limited on 16 May 2012, EAP Network (Private) Limited on 31 October 2012, EAP Network Limited on 28 August 2013 and EAP Broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmapriya Dias
Dharmapriya Dias ( si, ධර්මප්රිය ඩයස්) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. And a professional dubbing artist since 1995. Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and has a master's degree in theatre and drama. He is the performing arts and sculpture art teacher in Shasthrananda Vidyalaya, Dehiwela. Personal life He studied at Sir Jhon Kothalawala College from grade 1 to O-Levels. He completed his education from Piliyandala Central College, where he started drama under Premakumara Karunaratne. He is married to Anoja Milanthi and the couple has two sons - Swarna Rawana and Prawara Bhashana. Theatre career Just after advanced level, he started to act in stage dramas. He acted in a stage play together with his fellow school leavers and the drama was selected for the final stage of Stage Drama Festival as well. His talents were polished under the direction of Sri Lanka's renowned ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teledrama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent (mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Television Shows
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sinhala, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as ''Sri'', ''Sree'', ''Shri'', Shiri, Shree, ''Si'', or ''Seri'' based on the local convention for transliteration. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, but also as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for local rulers. Shri is also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, while a ''yantra'' or a mystical diagram popularly used to worship her is called Shri Yantra. Etymology Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the meaning of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raigam Tele'es
''Raigam Tele'es'' ( si, රයිගම් ටෙලි සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's television screen, each year by the Kingdom of Raigam, Sri Lanka in recognition of the various contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan teledrama industry, television programs and media sector in the preceding year. The Raigam Tele'es is one of the most popular television program events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 2005 and continuously undertaken with one interruption in 2021. History Established exclusively for the recognition and appreciation of the efforts and achievements of artists, technicians and everyone associated with the teledrama industry, Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony this time promises to be the biggest and the best awards ceremony held in Sri Lanka. Awards given In 2005, the award ceremony commenced with 19 awards which were increased up to 55 awards in 2022. The awards are categorized in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
