Sidu (TV series)

Malee 3 also known as Sidu [1] is a 2016 Sri Lankan long-running teledrama and is the third installment in the Malee TV series which aires in 2011-2012 [2]broadcast on TV Derana. It is a sequel to the 2013 teledrama Aththamma and follows the story of Malee's son, Sidu 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] This drama began airing from 8 August 2016.

Sidu (Malee 3)
GenreAdventure
Created byThilina Boralessa
Based on
Directed byThilina Boralessa
StarringNethma Aakashmita
Kaveesh Vihanga
Maneesha Chanchala
Samadhi Arunachaya
W. Jayasiri
Roshan Pilapitiya
Janak Premalal
Voices ofYashodha Priyadarshini
Kaveesh Induwara
Umali Thilakarathne
Opening themeRanduwak Kale Ne
Country of originSri Lanka
Original language(s)Sinhala
No. of episodes1034
Production
Executive producer(s)Janaka Siriwardhana
Running time16 to 20 minutes
Release
Original networkTV_Derana
Original release8 August 2016 –
Present

Plot

9 year old Sidu returns to Sri Lanka from England with his father, Nirmal for a brief visit,[5] While his mother, Malee and elder sister, Theruni 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 who is a ghost now abducts Sidu with his son, Nandipala and wipes out the boy's memory and hides in a rural village. Nandipala changes his identity as Sumanasiri and finds a job as an estate worker in a rich gem business of the village under the Ukkuwa's advice. Then, Nandipala pretends the boy is his deceased brother's child named Malitha. 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, Hiruni 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.One day, Sidu draws an image related to the ancient treasure while playing with Hiruni. The gem businessman sees it and tries to use Sidu to find it.

However, Sidu's parents find out Sidu in the rural village. But, Sidu spends time sadly remembering his friends. Then, Sidu's parents decide to live in the village. Meanwhile, Nandipala tries to find the treasure to use Sidu. However, Sidu learns that the treasure is belongs to him and finds the treasure using his wizarding powers. Later, Sidu began to use his wizarding power to help to people in his village. Meanwhile, Rohita tries to take away his son Subodha Samaneera from temple to save his property. He seeks help from Nandipala fot it. Meanwhile, Subodha Samaneera's sister Tharumini and her mother, Sumitra visit Rohita's father's home as servants. Rohita's father, Dissanayaka doesn't know about them and keeps them as servants. Sumitra hides the real relation with the Dissanayaka family. However, Dissanayaka learns that Subodha Samaneera is his grandson. In this time, Theruni and Dilum engaged secretly and Dilum's mother learns about it. After that, she gets paralysed and Sidu cures her using his powers.

Meanwhile, A woman named Deepa Maniyo comes to Sidu's village. She is practised withcraft power and learns about Sidu's wizarding powers. Then, She tries to destroy Sidu's powers. But, Head Monk and Rahula Monk save Sidu's powers. Deepa fails and gets angry. After that, She truns Rahula Monk's life in danger using her power. But, Head Monk learns about Deepa's power and destroy her plan. After that, Deepa fails again and lost her powers. Then, Rahula Thero recovers and returns to temple.

One Day, Soratha Thero hears a conversation between Dara Pan and Rohitha which about Subodha Thero. Soratha Thero hears that Subodha Thero is Rohitha's son and asks from Rohita about it. Rohitha tells that it's true. After that, Soratha Thero gets shocked and runs to jungle remembering it. Everyone get shocked about the disaperance of Soratha Thero and search everywhere. Meanwhile, A guest hunter named Sisira founds unconscious Soratha Thero in jungle. He remembers his died son who had exactly alike Soratha Thero. He keeps thero in his cave. Sidu and his friends comes to village to find thero. They meet Sisira and ask about Soratha Thero. Sisira tells that he isn't know about Thero.

Cast

Main Cast
  • Nethma Aakashmitha as Sidu Bandara / Malitha – A young boy with wizarding powers, Soratha Saamanera's best friend, Theruni's younger brother, Nirmal and Malee's son
  • Kaveesh Vihanga as Soratha Saamanera – A young Buddhist monk, Sidu's best friend, Subodha Saamanera's friend [6]
  • Abhiman Praveen as Subhodha Saamanera – A friend of Soratha Saamanera, Sumitra and Rohita's son
  • W. Jayasiri as Head monk – Rahula Monk, Soratha Saamanera, Subodha Saamanera and Sidu's teacher
  • Indika Madurage as Rahula Monk – Head Monk's senior student, Soratha Saamanera, Subodha Saamanera and Sidu's teacher

Supporting Cast
  • Sena Gunawardena as Heen Baba Seeya – Acolyte of temple, Dingiri and Malee's former helper
  • Maneesha Chanchala as Theruni Bandara – Sidu's Elder Sister, Nirmal and Malee's daughter, Dilum's fiancèe
  • Yash Mihiran as Dilum Kulatunga – Theruni's fiance, Principal Kulatunga and Lalanis' son
  • Shashika Peiris as Muthu – Malee's sisterly friend, Sidu and Theruni's adoptive aunt
  • Shyran Silva as Sumangala Thero - Soratha Saamanera and Subodha Saamanera's piriven teacher
  • Dhanushka Iroshini as Deepa Maniyo – A woman with witchcraft power who tried to kill Rahula Monk
  • Sanyumi Nimnadi as Tharumini Dissanayaka aka Gungi – Subhodha Saamanera's sister, Sumitra and Rohita's daughter, Himali and Jayampati's adopted daughter
  • Virajini Lenora as Sumitra Dissanayaka – Anoja's sister, Rohita's estranged wife, Subodha Saamanera and Tharumini's mother
  • Nadeesha Alahapperuma as Himali – Tharumini's adoptive mother, Jayampati's wife
  • Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Nandipala / Sumanasiri – Ukkuwa's son who abducted Sidu
  • Sudarshana Bandara as Rohitha Dissanayaka – Sumitra's estranged husband, Subodha Samaneera and Tharumini's father
  • Harshi Anjumala as Gayani – Ranga's girlfriend who loved Dilum earlier
  • Jehan Srikanath as Ranga – Gayani's boyfriend who loved Theruni earlier, Dilum's friend since childhood
  • Laal Sarath Kumara as Principal Kulatunga – Dilum's father who helped Theruni
  • Pavithra Wicramasinghe as Lalani Kulatunga – Principal Kulatunga's wife, Dilum's mother who hated Theruni earlier
  • Tashin Maduka as a Chutte – Dara Pan and Anoja's son, Subodha Samaneera and Tharumini' cousin brother
  • Pradeep Manawadu as Dara Pan – Chutte's father, Anoja's husband
  • Buddhi Randeniya as Anoja – Chutte's mother, Sumitra's sister, Subodha Saamanera and Tharumini's maternal aunt
  • Jeewanthi Perera as Kanthi - Suduputha's mother, Dara Pan's tenant, Sumitra's neighbor
  • Wasanthi Ranwala as Kumari – Dissanayaka's sister who helped Rohita
  • Janak Premalal as Mr.Dissanayaka – Rohita's father who cared Tharumini
  • Anoma Pathirana as Mrs. Dissanayaka - Dissanayaka's wife who cared Tharumini
  • Kumara Thirimadura as Sisira Bandara - A Hunter who saved Soratha Thero's life in jungle

Former Cast
  • Samadhi Arunachaya as Malee Bandara – Sidu and Theruni's mother, Nirmal's wife
  • Sanketh Wickramage as Nirmal Bandara – Sidu and Theruni's father, Malee's husband
  • Gamini Hettiarachchi as Navaratne Bandara – Nirmal's father
  • Milinda Madugalle as Asanga – A CID officer who helped Nirmal to find Sidu, Heshan's father
  • Imeshan Nelligahawatta as Heshan – Theruni's friend who helped her to find Sidu, Asanga's son
  • Nirukshan Ekanayaka as Pasan – Heshan's friend
  • Sarath Chandrasiri as Ukkuwa – Nandipala's father, Malee's former foe
  • Vijaya Kangara as Muthugala – An archaeologist who tried to find treasure using Sidu
  • Nadeeshani Peliarachchi as IP Dulani Wijerathna / Nilanthi / Rupika – A police officer who hidden her identity for save Sidu and Soratha Saamanera
  • Roshan Pilapitiya as Thilak Manchanayaka – A jewellery businessman, Hiruni's father
  • Roshana Ondatji as Thamali Manchanayaka – Manchanayaka's wife, Hiruni's mother
  • Elisha Muzayana as Hiruni Manchanayaka – Manchanayaka and Thamali's daughter who suffered from a skin disease
  • Kavindiya Dulshani as Anjana – Dilum's friend in University
  • Samantha Kumara Gamage as Reggie – Navaratne's driver who supported Nandipala to abduct Sidu
  • Princy Fernando as Siri Achchi - Nandipala's former helper who later supported Theruni to find Malee
  • Michelle Dilhara as Daylight fairy angel who send by Dingiri (Cameo)

Critical Response

Sidu teledrama became popular within a short time and the creator TV Derana claims that Sidu became the top rated teledrama in Sri Lanka in 2016.[7] But critics have criticized the teledrama for excessively lengthy storylines and the use of Buddhist monastery in drama.[8] [9]

Soundtrack
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Randuwak Une Ne"Yashodha Priyadarshani, Kaveesh Induwara03:04
2."Handata Yanna"Sithija Theekshana, Niwani Dedunusri, Rusiru Induwara, Sithumini Sulakkana03:05
3."Hithata Aswesillak"Umali Thilakarathne04:05
Total length:10:14

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", Sunday 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. derana, , "sidu no.1", "Derana", .2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  8. උපාලි සමරසිංහ, "රෝමය ගිනි ගනී: වීණා වයමුද?", Silumina, 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  9. Lakbima, , "Sidu is a dishonour", 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
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