Malee

Malee
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මලී
GenreMystery
Thriller Romantic
Created bySunanda de Silva
Directed byNimal Ratnayake
StarringDuleeka Marapana
Samadhi Arunachaya
Sanketh Wickramage
Sarath Chandrasiri
Ananda Wickramage
Voices ofNanda Malini
Theme music composerAruna Gunawardena
Opening themeSanda Malee Mage
ComposerJanaka Fonseka
Country of originSri Lanka
Original languageSinhala
No. of episodes476
Production
Executive producerJanaka Siriwardena
EditorJagath Weeratunga
Camera setupSuranjith Kumara
Running time17 to 20 minutes
Original release
NetworkTV Derana
Release24 January 2011 (2011-01-24) –
14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)
Related
  • Aththamma (Malee 2)
  • Sidu (Malee 3)
  • Shakthi (Sidu 2)
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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).

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.

  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.