Sidu (Malee 3)

Sidu (Malee 3)
Genre Adventure
Created by Thilina Boralessa
Directed by Thilina Boralessa
Starring W. Jayasiri
Roshan Pilapitiya
Maneesha Chanchala
Samadhi Arunachaya
Nethma Aakashmitha
Kaveesh Vihanga
Country of origin Sri Lanka
Original language(s) Sinhala
No. of episodes 550 (September 2018)
Production
Executive producer(s) Janaka Siriwardhana
Production location(s) Sri Lanka
Running time 17 to 20 minutes
Release
Original network TV_Derana
Original release August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)

Malee 3, also known as Sidu [1] is a 2016 Sri Lankan teledrama and is the third installment in the Malee TV series [2]broadcast on TV Derana. It is a sequel to the 2013 teledrama Malee 2 (Aththamma) and follows the story of a 9 year old boy who is abducted by his mother's former foes, and the boy's friendship with a young buddhist monk.[3] Sidu is written by Saman Edirimunee and directed by Thilina Boralessa. [4] Sidu became a popular teledrama in Sri Lanka within a short time.

Plot

9 year old Sidu returns to Sri Lanka from England with his father for a brief visit.[5] While his mother, Malee and sister are in England, Malee's former foe, and witchcraft practicing uncle, Ukkuwa, uses this opportunity to steal Sidu's wizarding powers, which Sidu is unaware that he has. Ukkuwa, with his son, abducts Sidu, wipes out the boy's memory and hides in a rural village. Ukkuwa's son Nandipala finds a job as an estate worker in a rich gem business of the village and pretends the boy is his deceased brother's child. Unaware of what happened to him, Sidu befriends the 6 year old little buddhist monk of the village temple, Sorataha saamanera and the two eventually become best friends.

Malee and her daughter return to Sri Lanka and along with her husband search for Sidu. Meanwhile, a politician and the gem businessman try to locate an ancient treasure hiding beneath the village. The gem businessman's 11 year old daughter suffers from a rare type of skin disease so that her skin burns when exposed to sunlight. Living her whole life indoors, she finds Sidu a good friend and with Sidu's wizarding powers she is able to go out in sunlight. Sidu draws an image related to the ancient treasure and the gem businessman sees it and tries to use Sidu to find it.

Cast and characters

  • Nethma Aakaashmitha as Sidu, a 9 year old boy with wizarding powers
  • Kaveesh Vihanga[6] as Soratha saamanera, a 6 year old buddhist monk
  • W. Jayasiri as the Head monk
  • Sena Gunawardena as Heen baba seeya
  • Samadhi Arunachaya as Malee
  • Maneesha Chanchala as the Sidu's Sister Theruni
  • Patty as Sarana, a household cat is the pet of Soratha saamanera [7]
  • Roshan Pilapitiya as the Gem businessman (Manchanayaka)
  • Roshana Ondatji as the Gem businessman's wife
  • Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Nandipala
  • Harshi Anjumala as Gayani
  • Laal Sarath Kumara as school principal
  • Sanketh Wickramage as Nirmal, father of Sidu
  • Michelle Dilhara in Cameo Appearance as a daylight fairy Angel

Critical Response

Sidu teledrama became popular within a short time and the creator TV Derana claims that Sidu has become the top rated teledrama in Sri Lanka in 2016[8] But critics have criticized the teledrama for excessively lengthy storylines and the use of buddhist monastery in drama.[9] [10]However the catchphrases from the drama have been found very popular among the young people in Sri Lanka.

See also

References

  1. ↑ deranaTV, "Sidu", DeranaTV, 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  2. ↑ නිදුක් මධුෂික, "'මලී' හා 'අත්තම්මාට' පසුව එන මලී 03 'සිඳු'", Lankadeepa, 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. ↑ Sunday times, "tale of struggle to power", sundsy times, 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  4. ↑ author, "සරණ සමඟ‍ පොඩි හාමුදුරුවන් හමුවෙමු", Silumina, 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  5. ↑ TV derana, "Sidu Episode 1", TV derana, 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  6. ↑ දිනේෂ් විතන, "article_name", publisher, publication_date. Retrieved retrieved_date.
  7. ↑ Biyanka, , "Rivira", 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2017-01-17
  8. ↑ derana, , "sidu no.1", "Derana", .2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  9. ↑ උපාලි සමරසිංහ, "රෝමය ගිනි ගනී: වීණා වයමුද?", Silumina, 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  10. ↑ Lakbima, , "Sidu is a dishonour", 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
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