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 (Malee 2) [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.
Plot
Malee is a young girl who has wizarding powers which cures people. Her mother who named Dingiri is a Ayurvedic doctor in village named Mudunagala. One Day, Nirmal who worked as a divisional secretary in Mudunagala is bitten by a snake while he was in his duties. Malee sees it and removes poisons in Nirmal's leg. Then, She brings him to her home for treatment. Dingiri cures him and Malee befriends with Nirmal. She receives a proposal from Kusumsiri who lives in Malee's village.
Ukkuwa who is a Dingiri's cousin is a witchcraft practised man. He also has wizarding powers and uses it for bad things. But, He never could defeat Dingiri. Because of that, He hates her. His son, Nandipala is also practising witchcraft from his father. However, Ukkuwa tries to stop the birth of grandson to Dingiri's family because he knew that, if Dingiri had a grandson he must be powerful beyond all. Because of that, Ukkuwa kills Kusumsiri using his power to stop Malee's marriage.
Meanwhile, Nirmal helps Malee at many times. Soon, They falls each other and gets married. They move into another house and live happily. Soon, Malee gets pregnant and suffers from an abdominal pain. Nirmal informs it to Dingiri. Dingiri checks Malee and realises that Ukkuwa is trying to kill their child before birth. To save the child's life, Dingiri decides to separate the baby from Malee and Nirmal for 21 years after birth. Both Nirmal and Malee gets shocked after hearing that. Dingiri advices them to keep away from village for some time. Nirmal lives in town with Malee. After that, Dingiri informs this to her trustworth friend Yasa and her daughter Muthu who is Malee's friend. Then, Muthu acts like she is pregnant under the Dingiri's advice.
However, Malee delivers a baby girl and Dingiri realises that the baby is a resource. Then, She informs them to come to Sri Maha Bodhiya with baby. Next Day, They come with baby while Muthu is also come with Dingiri. Dingiri takes the baby from Malee and gives Muthu to take care. Malee and Nirmal leave from there with teary eyes and visit to England. Muthu names the girl as Saradi and adopts her.
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, Nandipala's father
- 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 – Malee's friend, Suranga's wife
- 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]
- Malkanthi Jayasinghe as Ukkuwa's wife
- 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.