Kolam Kuttama (Sinhala: කෝලම් කුට්ටම), is a 2022 Sri Lankan mystery-drama thriller television series broadcast on Swarnavahini TV. It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, co-produced by Chethani Wijetunga, Sri Lal Wickramage and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara.[1] It aired every weekday from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm onwards. It is broadcast from 3 August 2022 as the spin-off series of popular television serial Nadagamkarayo.[2][3]
| Kolam Kuttama | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| ෴කෝලම් කුට්ටම෴ | |
| Genre | Mystery Thriller Romantic |
| Created by | Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara |
| Developed by | IMPAS Productions |
| Directed by | Jayaprakash Shivagurunathan |
| Starring | Nalin Pradeep Udawela Sampath Jayaweera Chameera Liyanage Kavindya Dulshani Nirosha Thalagala Anuradha Edirisinghe Nino Araliya |
| Theme music composer | Induwara Sooriyabandara |
| Opening theme | Athula Mahawalage |
| Composer | Induwara Sooriyabandara |
| Country of origin | Sri Lanka |
| Original language | Sinhala |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 400 (as of 16 February 2024) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Chethani Wijetunga Sri Lal Wickramage |
| Production location | Villages around Madu Ganga |
| Cinematography | Prabath Darshana |
| Editor | Thivanka Udagedara |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Swarnavahini |
| Release | 3 August 2022 – present |
| Related | |
| Nadagamkarayo | |
Plot edit
The series based on the traditional masks and puppetry in Ambalangoda area, and was created based on a master puppeteer and a mask-cutting artist and two mysterious outsiders.[4] The serials started with the end credits of Nadagamkarayo where the Kolam Kuttama dance troupe wins in the doubtful manner against Ruparathna master's Nadagamkarayo troupe.[5]
Cast and characters edit
Main cast edit
- Nalin Pradeep Udawela as Sumanapala Gurunnanse
- Sampath Jayaweera as Dolapihilla 'Dole' mahaththaya
- Chameera Liyanage as Senal
- Kavindya Dulshani as Minimuthu aka Suddi (retired)[6]
- Anuradha Edirisinghe as Hiruni
Supporting cast edit
- Rahal Bulathsinhala as Loku Hamuduruwo
- Theekshana Sri Wijesinghe as Jina
- Mali Jayaweerage as Hichchi nona
- Mauli Ferdinando as Chuta
- Sarath Kulanga as Sirimanne, music master [7]
- Nirosha Thalagala as Sabeetha
- Nino Araliya as Ranmuthu, Bhagya's love interest, Suddi's brother
- Sujani Maduwanthi as Bhagya
- Nilmini Kottegoda as Latha, Master's wife
- Sisira Thadikara as Gunapala Gurunnanse
Minor cast edit
- Anton Cooray as School teacher
- Chaminda Batukotuwa as Hokandara
- Mayura Kanchana as Sena, Sabeetha's husband
- Nimal Jayasinghe
- Thilan Warnajith
- Manoj Yalegama as Eethipala, the boatman
- Madushan Hathlahawaththa
- Duminda Sandaruwan
- Gandara Thurya Sanka as Hinni mahaththaya
- Viraj Perera as Prasanjana
- Wathsala Diyalagoda as Prasanjana's fiancee
- Maleesha Dakshina
- Bhanuka Senadeera
- Adithya Anuradanayake
- Viraj Silva
- Mithun Thilakaratne
- Sajith Siyambalagoda
- Thilini Kaushalya
- Varushani Rajathewa
- Genisha Dilrukshi
- Sanduni Kaushalya
- Devindi Kanchana
- Dilini Weerasinghe
- Sayuri Dissanayake
- Raneesha Pathirana
- Hiruni Dayaratne
- Yashara Bandara
- Keshi Rajapaksa
- Anjali Jayasinghe
- Sithara Kulatunga
- Chathura Sooriyabandara as Jayathilaka
- Mesandu Sooriyabandara as Mesandu
References edit
- ^ ""Kolam Kuttama" coming after 'Nadagamkarayo' on 3rd August". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "How to dance with 'Kolam Kuttama'?". mirrorarts. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "'නාඩගම්කාරයෝ' ට පසුව එන "කෝලම් කුට්ටම". srilankanlife. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "After 'Nadagamkarayo' comes 'Kolam Kuttama'". divaina.lk. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "What happens at the end of "Nadagamkarayo"?". divaina.lk. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Here is Kolam Kuttame's Minimutu..." lankahitgossip. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "සිරිමාන්න මහත්තයාගෙන් කියැවෙන්නේ රජයේ සේවකයන්ගේ කාර්යභාරයයි". sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 October 2023.