Malee

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 three more seasons - Aththamma (Malee 2),^[5] Sidu (Malee 3) and Shakthi (Sidu 2).

Malee
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මලී
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
Distributor	TV Derana
Release
Original network	TV Derana
Picture format	HDTV
Original release	24 January 2011 (2011-01-24) – 14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)
Chronology
Followed by	Aththamma (Malee 2) Sidu (Malee 3) Shakthi (Sidu 2)

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.

Seasons

Season	Title	No. Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	Malee	476	24 January 2011	14 December 2012
2	Aththamma	440	18 March 2013	28 November 2014
3	Sidu	1402	8 August 2016	7 January 2022
4	Shakti	35	10 January 2022	Present

Plot

Malee, who has wizarding powers which cures people practices Ayurvedic from her mother, Dingiri who is a Ayurvedic doctor in a rural village , Mudunagala. Nirmal, the divisional secretary in Mudunagala, is bitten by a snake. Malee removes poisons in Nirmal's leg and brings him to her home for treatment. Dingiri cures him and Malee befriends with Nirmal. She receives a marriage proposal from Kusumsiri.

Dingiri's cousin, Ukkuwa is a witchcraft practiced man. He uses his wizarding powers for bad things. Unable to defeat Dingiri, Ukkuwa hates her and 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. To stop Malee's marriage, Ukkuwa kills Kusumsiri.

Eventually, Nirmal and Malee fall for each other and get married. Ukkuwa's son, Nandipala comes to Mudunagala and starts learning palmistry. Soon, Malee gets pregnant and suffers from an excessive abdominal pain. Nirmal informs it to Dingiri, who checks Malee and realizes that Ukkuwa is trying to kill their unborn child. To save child's life, Dingiri decides to separate the baby from Malee and Nirmal for 21 years after birth. Nirmal and Malee are shocked on learning that and Dingiri advices them to keep away from village. Dingiri informs this to her close friend Yasa and her daughter Muthu, who is Malee's friend. Then, Muthu pretends as pregnant infornt of villagers on Dingiri's guidance.

However, Malee delivers a baby girl and Dingiri informs them to come to Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi 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 bid an emotional farewell to them and move to England.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Duleeka Marapana as Dingiri Mudunagala – An ayurvedic doctor; Malee and Shakti's mother ^[6]
• Samadhi Arunachaya as Malee Bandara – Dingiri's daughter, Shakti's sister, Nirmal's wife ^[7]
• Sanketh Wickramage as Nirmal Bandara – Navaratne and Geeta'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

• Sarath Karunarathne as Kusumsiri – Malee's former fiancé (Dead)
• Ananda Wickramage as Rajaratne
• Shashika Peiris as Muthu – Malee's friend, Suranga's wife
• Kokila Pawan as Shakti Mudunagala – Dingiri's son; Malee's brother
• Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Nandipala – Ukkuwa's son
• Hashinika Karaliyadde as Nandipala's wife
• Princy Fernando as Siri – Ukkuwa's helper
• Ajith Lokuge as Village councilor
• Nimal Yatiwella as Councilor's friend
• Sathyajith Wedisinghe as Minister
• Niluka Rekhani as Vajira – Minister's wife
• Janaka Kumbukage as Saliya – Madhrangi's father
• Sandhani Sulakna as Madhurangi – Nirmal's friend who worked as a journalist
• Rohani Weerainghe as Chitrangani – Madhurangi's mother
• Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi as Piyaratne ^[8]
• Malkanthi Jayasinghe
• Shan Bandu Weerasinghe

References

1. "Malee teledrama". Derana. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
2. "Malee finished". Sarasaviya. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
3. "Malee: Tale on wonder of Ayurvedic medicine". Sunday Times. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
4. "Teleplay on traditional medicine". Sunday Times. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
5. "Aththamma". Sunday Times. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
6. "Duleeka's best roles". Sarasaviya. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
7. "Samadhi as Malee". Lankadeepa. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
8. "Every actor has a hope to win the most popular title - Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi". saaravita. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

External links

• Malee episodes