Paata Kurullo
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| Paata Kurullo | |
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| පාට කුරුල්ලෝ | |
| Genre | Thriller comedy |
| Created by | Buddhika Semasinghe[1] |
| Developed by | Hiru TV |
| Directed by | Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan |
| Starring | Sajitha Anthony Kusal Maduranga Piyumali Edirisinghe Dewmini Thathsarani Palitha Silva Nithya Devindi Devinda Wickramasinghe |
| Voices of | Sanjeew Lonliyes |
| Theme music composer | Dilshan Pathirathna |
| Opening theme | Kauru Kohoma Kiwwath |
| Composer | Dinesh Dissanayake |
| Country of origin | Sri Lanka |
| Original language | Sinhala |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 511 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Chamara Samarawickrama |
| Production locations | Habarakada[2] and Athurugiriya[3] |
| Cinematography | Niranga Sanjeewa |
| Editor | Thiwanka Udagedara |
| Running time | 20 to 23 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hiru TV |
| Release | 10 May 2024 |
Paata Kurullo (Sinhala: පාට කුරුල්ලෝ) is a 2024 Sri Lankan comedy thriller teledrama broadcast on Hiru TV. The series is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan and written by Buddhika Semasinghe.[2] It is produced by Chamara Samarawickrama[4] and music direction is by Dinesh Dissanayake.[5] The serial stars Sajitha Anthony, Kusal Maduranga and Piyumali Edirisinghe in lead roles along with Dewmini Thathsarani, Palitha Silva, Nithya Devindi and Devinda Wickramasinghe in supporting roles.[6][7][8]
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Sajitha Anthony as Kevin de Fonseka[9][10][11]
- Kusal Maduranga as Manjitha[12]
- Piyumali Edirisinghe as Nimnavi, Kevin's love interest[13][14][4][15]
- Dewmini Thathsarani as Ganguli, Manjitha's girlfriend[16][17]
Supportive cast
- Palitha Silva as Glenn de Fonseka, Kevin's father
- Prasannajith Abeysooriya as Jayanāth, Nimnavi's father
- Maureen Charuni as Manoja, Kevin's mother
- Rathna Lalani Jayakody as Viśhākā, Nimnavi's mother
- Viraj Perera as Nuran, Kelsi's boyfriend and main antagonist[18]
- Nithya Devindi as Kelsi, Kevin's sister[19]
- Devinda Wickramasinghe as Anjana, Manjitha's brother[20]
- Viraj Dhanusha as Shaggy
- Rumal Dhananjana as Mevan[21]
- Ranga Jayawickrama as Udara, Glenn's manager
- Rupa Pathirana as Kamala, Manjitha's mother[22]
- Ayesha Dissanayake as Nalika, Ganguli's mother
- Roshan Pilapitiya as Jeevan, Ganguli's father
- Ranjan Sooriyakumara as Thushara
- Sena Gunawardena as Senarath
- Kapila Kumara Samarakoon as Sarath, Office tea maker
- Deshani Nehara as Bhavana, Kevin's proposed girlfriend[23]
Minor cast
- Dinithi Aroksha as Dhananji[24]
- Mahesh Randeniya as Hamuduruwo
- Upathissa Balasuriya as Piyathissa, Monk servant
- Ashoke Priyadarshana as Doctor Randula
- Erdley Wedamuni as Muthu, Bhawana's father
- Sanjeewa Weerakoon
- Tharanga Dissanayake
- Wasana Bandara as Garage baas
- Anil Chandralal
Production
The tele serial is directed by award-winning director Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, who previously directed several popular tele serials such as Kalu Araliya, Kalu Kurulla, Haara Kotiya, Kotipathiyo, Sillara Samanallu, Nadagamkarayo and Paara Dige.[12] The series is written by Buddhika Semasinghe and produced by Chamara Samarawickrama with support of Saman Kumara and production management by Chinthaka Srimal.[25] Tharanga Niriella is the assistant director and second assistant director is Shehan Pehesara.[3] Thiwanka Udagedara for Helin Media is the editor, whereas cinematography and lighting handled by Niranga Sanjeewa with the camera support by Ranjan Kothalawala.[2]
Art direction by Vajira Priyashantha with the support of Lakshitha Madushan. Lighting support given by Bandula Priyantha with Damith Manawadu. Wasana Bandara is the make-up artist and Kushan Pathirana gave the support. Still photography by Pramuditha Dissanayake and transport support by Janaka Chaminda and Athula Mahanama. Audio visual recording done by Sujeewa Sampath.
Popularity
The telecasting starts on Hiru TV from Mondays to Thursdays at 8 pm from 10 May 2024.[5] The serial became very popular from the beginning and became YouTube trending.[9][26][10][27][28] At the Popular Awards 2024, the drama won the award for the Most popular teledrama of the year and lead actor Sajitha Anthony won the most popular actor award and lead actress Piyumali Edirisinghe won the Best upcoming actress award.[29]