Malee
| Malee මලී | |
|---|---|
 title card | |
| Genre | Mystery Thriller Romantic |
| Created by | Sunanda de Silva |
| Directed by | Nimal Ratnayake |
| Starring | Duleeka Marapana Samadhi Arunachaya Sanketh Wickramage Sarath Chandrasiri Ananda Wickramage |
| Voices of | Nanda Malini |
| Theme music composer | Aruna Gunawardena |
| Opening theme | Sanda Malee Mage |
| Composer | Janaka Fonseka |
| Country of origin | Sri Lanka |
| Original language | Sinhala |
| No. of episodes | 476 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Janaka Siriwardena |
| Editor | Jagath Weeratunga |
| Camera setup | Suranjith Kumara |
| Running time | 17 to 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Derana |
| Release | 24 January 2010 – 14 December 2012 |
Malee (Sinhala: මලී) is a 2011 Sri Lankan mystery thriller teledrama broadcast on TV Derana.[1] The series is produced by Janaka Siriwardena[2] and directed by Nimal Ratnayake.[3] It initially aired from every Monday to Thursday from 7.30 pm to 8 pm onwards but later changed to air on every weekday at 9 pm to 9.30 pm.[4] The series was followed by two more seasons - Aththamma [5] and Sidu.
It stars Duleeka Marapana in lead role along with newcomer actors Samadhi Arunachaya and Sanketh Wickremage in supportive roles. The show becomes highly popular and was nominated for Sumathi Awards and Raigam Tele'es in many award categories.
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Duleeka Marapana as Dingiri Amma, Malee's mother [6]
- Samadhi Arunachaya as Malee Bandara, Dingiri's daughter, Nirmal's wife [7]
- Sanketh Wickramage as Nirmal Bandara, Navaratne's son, Malee's husband
- Sarath Chandrasiri as Ukkuwa, Dingiri and Malee's foe
- Gamini Hettiarachchi as Navaratne Bandara, Nirmal's father
Supportive cast
- Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Nandipala, Ukkuwa's son
- Ananda Wickramage as Rajaratne
- Shashika Peiris as Muthu
- Ajith Lokuge as Village councilor
- Nimal Yatiwella as Councilor's friend
- Sathyajith Wedisinghe as Minister
- Sandhani Sulakna as Madhurangi, Nirmal's friend who worked as a journalist
- Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi as Piyaratne [8]
- Rohani Weerainghe as Madhurangi's mother
- Shan Bandu Weerasinghe
References
- ^ "Malee teledrama". Derana. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Malee finished". Sarasaviya. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Malee: Tale on wonder of Ayurvedic medicine". Sunday Times. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Teleplay on traditional medicine". Sunday Times. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Aththamma". Sunday Times. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "Duleeka's best roles". Sarasaviya. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Samadhi as Malee". Lankadeepa. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Every actor has a hope to win the most popular title - Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi". saaravita. Retrieved October 22, 2019.