''Daskon'' ( si, දස්කොන් හෙවත් කන්ද උඩ ගින්දර; lit. ''Daskon, the Fire of Kandy''; also known as ) is a Sri Lankan drama starring

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as the titular character ''Daskon'',

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and Akila Dhanuddhara. Directed and written by

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, this historical drama depicts the legendary romance between Queen Pramila, the queen consort of king Vira Parackrama Narendrasinghe and Minister Daskon. It aired on

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every Saturday and Sunday at 20:30 ( SLST) from September 6, 2014 to July 5, 2015.

Synopsis

About the tragic love story between real life Daskon (Pedro de Gascoyn), the chief minister of king Vira Parackrama Narendrasinghe and the king’s queen consort Sumitra (Pramila Devi). Vira Parackrama Narendrasinghe was the last king of

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with

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origin. The story flows through various power struggles and conspiracies in the court.

Cast

as Daskon *

as Queen Pramila *Akila Dhanuddhara as King Vira Parackrama Narendrasinghe *Menaka Pieris as Monaravila Kumarihami *

Gihan Fernando Gihan Adrian Camil Fernando (born 30 August 1967: si, ගිහාන් ප්‍රනාන්දු), popularly as Gihan Fernando, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a playwright and singer. Highly vers ...

as Pattiya Bandara *Dinusha Rajapathirana as Kiribakini *Avanti Aponsu as dowager queen mother *

Kusum Renu Dabare Kusum Renuka Liyanage (born January 30, 1961 as කුසුම් රේණු) inhala, popularly as Kusum Renu, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. She is best known for the role ''Madhuri'' in television sitcom ...

as Abhirami Devi *Ruwan Perera as Suragune *Srimal Wedisinghe as Pitti Nayakkar *

Roshan Pilapitiya Roshan Pilapitiya Abhayasinghe (born 21 March 1975: si, රොෂාන් පිලපිටිය), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a singer. Largely active in television serials, Pilapitiya was awarded th ...

Sathischandra Edirisinghe Patikirige Sathischandra Edirisinghe (born 11 February 1941 as Patikirige Sathischandra Edirisinghe, සතිස්චන්ද්‍ර එදිරිසිංහ) inhalais an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Considere ...

Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi (born 30 June 1947 as බුද්ධදාස විතානාරච්චි) inhala is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is also a former member of the political party National Freedom ...

Chandika Nanayakkara Chandika Nanayakkara ( චන්දික නානායක්කාර) inhala, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Nanayakkara won the award for the most popular actor in Sumathi Awards in two consecutive years, 2009 and 2010. He ...

Lucien Bulathsinhala Kala Suri Raigama Bulathsinhalage Lucien Perera (born 25 December 1942, si, :si:ලූෂන් බුලත්සිංහල, ලූෂන් බුලත්සිංහල), popularly as Lucien Bulathsinhala, is an actor and Television direct ...

*Hyacinth Wijeratne *Kumari Munasinghe * Richard Abeywardena as Kiriwavule Rala

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

''Daskon'' Official Swarnavahini website
Sinhala-language television 2014 Sri Lankan television series debuts 2015 Sri Lankan television series endings 2010s Sri Lankan television series Swarnavahini original programming Sri Lankan historical television series Television shows set in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan television shows Sri Lankan drama television series Television series about the history of Sri Lanka