Nadagamkarayo
{{Short description|Sri Lankan comedy-drama TV series}}
{{Infobox television
| native_name = ෴නාඩගම්කාරයෝ෴
| image = Nadagamkarayo title card.png
| caption = Title card (opening intro of the nadagamkarayo)
| alt_name =
| genre = Comedy drama
Thriller Romantic
| creator = Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara
| director = Jayaprakash Shivagurunathan
| creative_director =
| developer = Maathraa Productions
| starring = Sajitha Anuththara
Prasannajith Abeysuriya
Giriraj Kaushalya
Senali Fonseka
Kokila Pawan Jayasooriya
Rahal Bulathsinhala
Sangeeth Prabhu
| voices = Sajitha Anuththara
| narrated = Athula Mahawalage
| theme_music_composer = Bandara Eheliyagoda
| opentheme = "Meka Nadagm Maduwak" by Sajitha Anuththara
| endtheme =
| composer = Dinesh Dissanayake
| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 400
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Chamara Samarawickrama
| editor = Thivanka Udagedara
| location = Kirindiwela as Karanduthanna Village (location in Teledrama)
| cinematography = Prabath Darshana
| camera =
| runtime = 20 minutes
| network = Swarnavahini
| first_aired = {{Start date|2021|01|18|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2022|08|02|df=yes}}
| related = Kolam Kuttama (spin-off)
}}
Nadagamkarayo ({{Langx|si|නාඩගම්කාරයෝ}}) is a 2021 Sri Lankan comedy thriller romantic television series broadcast on Swarnavahini TV. It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, produced by Chamara Samarawickrama and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara.{{Cite web |title=Those three boys are a nuisance to the village .. |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news-teledramas/2021/01/14/19678/ඒ-කොල්ලො-තුන්දෙනා-ගමට-කරදරයක් |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}{{Cite web |title='Nadagamkarayo' is my father's story |url=http://www.aruna.lk/නාඩගම්කාරයෝ-මගේ-අප්පච්/ |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Aruna}} It aired every weekday from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm onwards.{{Cite web |title="Nadagamkarayo" on location |url=https://www.saaravita.lk/on-location/e0b6b1e0b78fe0b6a9e0b69ce0b6b8e0b78ae0b69ae0b78fe0b6bbe0b6bae0b79d/106-709527 |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Saaravita}}{{Cite news|last=Nadagamkarayo: A Farce in its Truest Sense|title=Nadagamkarayo: A Farce in its Truest Sense|work=|url=https://ceylontoday.lk/news/nadagamkarayo-a-farce-in-its-truest-sense|access-date=23 June 2021}} It was broadcast from 18 January 2021 to 2 August 2022. It has received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the screenplay and performances, and rated as one of the most popular teledramas in Sri Lanka.{{Cite web |title=On Location: Nadagamkarayo |url=https://www.saaravita.lk/recommend/e0b6b1e0b78fe0b6a9e0b69ce0b6b8e0b78ae0b69ae0b78fe0b6bbe0b6bae0b79d/116-709527 |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=saaravita}} A spin-off series Kolam Kuttama directed by Sivagurunathan and written by Sooriyabandara was started on 3 August 2022.{{Cite web |title=What happens at the end of "Nadagamkarayo"? |url=https://divaina.lk/නාඩගමක-අවසානයට-කුමක්-සිද/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=divaina.lk}}
Summary
Saraa and his rowdy gang join the village drama team despite their arrogant attitudes, and the rest of the villagers get annoyed especially Kukula Merchant and Mr. Secretary when the headmaster and Loku Hamuduruwo start to defend their unacceptable behavior. Despite all these, Saraa falls in love with Patali aka Sudu Chuti (master's elder daughter.){{Cite news|last=Sumathi Awards Most Popular Actor of the year|title=Sumathi Awards|work=25th.sumathiawards.lk/|url=http://25th.sumathiawards.lk/%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b8-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%85%e0%b7%94%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-25-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%b3/}}
Cast and characters
= Main cast =
- Sajitha Anuththara as Saraa{{Cite web |title=Character is successful because of my father: Sajitha Anutthara |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/02/25/19903/මගේ-විසේ-අප්පච්චි-නිසා |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Prasannajith Abeysuriya as Ariyapala Rooparathna Master{{Cite web |title=The children who called me Sir now call me Master -Prasannajith Abeysuriya- |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/05/20/20495/මට-සර්-කියපු-ළමයිනුත්-දැන්-මාස්ටර්-කියලා-කතා-කරන්නේ |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Giriraj Kaushalya as Kusumsiri Cabral aka Kukula Lakuna Mudalali
- Senali Fonseka as Patali aka Sudu Chooti, Master's elder daughter{{Cite web |title=2021 will be my best year -Senali Fonseka- |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/03/18/20051/2021-මගේ-හොඳම-අවුරුද්ද-වේවි |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Kokila Pawan Jayasooriya as Nuwan Madushanka aka Marlon de Silva {{Cite web |title=Sirimal in 'Siri Rajasiri' is a grown man now |url=http://www.aruna.lk/සිරි-රජසිරි-සිරිමල්-ගජ/ |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Aruna}}
- Rahal Bulathsinhala as Loku Hamuduruwo {{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=I folded the robes and handed them over after worshiping three times |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/02/10/22417/මම-සිවුරු-පොරවන්නෙත්-බාරදෙන්නෙත්-තුන්වරක්-වැඳලා |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=සරසවිය}}
- Sangeeth Prabhu as Sudath Sanjeewa aka Kawadiya, Saraa's right-hand-man and best friend{{Cite web |title=I am my mother's Prabhu Deva: Sangeeth Prabhu |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/03/25/20092/අම්මාගේ-ප්%E2%80%8Dරභූ-දේවා-මං-තමයි |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
=Supporting cast=
- Dharmapriya Dias as Bindusiri Cabral, Kukula lakuna's brother
- Madushany Perera as Janaki Ameesha Cabral aka Jaanu{{Cite web |title=I got a name because of Nadagamkarayo: Janu in tele serial - Madushani Perera |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/02/11/19838/නාඩගම්කාරයෝ-නිසා-මට-නමකුත්-පටබැඳුණා |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Ravishka Dilshan Muthukumarana as police officer at episode 397
- Pasindu Vithanage as Kiri Putha, Saraa's friend
- viraj as sudda, Sarah's friend
- Kasuni Kavindi Fernando as Rasika Gunaratne, Saraa's elder sister {{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=I'm someone who came to earth from the stage |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews-teledramas/2022/01/13/22252/මම-වේදිකාවෙන්-මහපොළොවට-ආ-කෙනෙක් |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Hashinika Karaliyadda as Sōma, Kukula Lakuna Mudalali's Wife
- Meena Kumari as Kusumalatha, Master's Wife {{Cite web |title=I am the "mother" of all popular actresses -Meena Kumari- |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/08/12/20879/ජනප්%E2%80%8Dරිය-නිළියෝ-හැමෝගෙම-“අම්මා”මම |access-date=2021-08-13 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Nimmy Manohari as Anjali "Poddi", Master's younger daughter
- Ruwan Perera as Kekulandara{{Cite web |title=Ruwan to help the Kukula Lakuna |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2021/06/03/20544/කුකුළා-ලකුණ-උදව්වට-රුවන් |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Dayasiri Hettiarachchi as Mudalali
- Upatissa Balasuriya as S. K. Sirisena {{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=This SK Sirisena, but I am Upatissa Balasuriya |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2021/09/02/20965/එස්-කේ-සිරිසේන-වුණාට-මම-උපතිස්ස-බාලසූරිය |access-date=2021-09-03 |website=Sarasaviya}}{{Cite web |title=Nadagamkarayo:, S.K. Sirisena and Uncle Chandrasena |url=https://www.lankanewsweb.net/sinhala/94-featured-news/83640-විත-අස-පත-20---නාඩගම්කාරයෝ--එස්-කේ--සිරිසේන-සහ-චන්ද්%E2%80%8Dරසේන-මාමා |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=lankanewsweb}}
- Praveena Dissanayake as Geethika, Kawadiya's love interest{{Cite web |title=Geethika in Nadagamkarayo |url=https://satharadesa.com/nadagamkarayo-actress-geethika-praveena-dissanayake/ |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Satharadesa}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-25 |title=I came to the Nadagamakarayo from Eppawala |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews-teledramas/2021/08/26/20935/නාඩගම්කාරයෝට-මම-ආවේ-එප්පාවල-ඉඳලා |access-date=2021-08-27 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Sharad Chanduma as Rathne{{Cite web |title=It was easy to be an actor because of my father - Rathne in Nadagamkarayo |url=https://www.lakdivapuwath.com/archives/5685 |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Lakdiva Puwath}}
=Minor cast=
- Sashmitha Dilshan as Gajaman{{Cite web |title=Gajaman is the innocent who shapes Nadagamkarayo |url=https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/mee/33-atambula-9/16961-2021-03-18-14-24-31 |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Divaina}}{{Cite web |title=Sasmita, who needed the loaf of bread and seven bananas in one scene. |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2021/04/29/20344/එක-දර්ශනයකට-පාන්-ගෙඩියයි-තුන්-කාලයි-ආනමාලු-හතයි-ගජමෑන්-වූ-සස්මිත |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Ananda Athukorale as Police officer
- Ranjan Suriyakumara as Police officer
- Ravishka Dilshan Muthukumarana as police officer at episode 397
- Piyal Sylvester as Lekam {{Cite web |title=How ? Mr. Secretary |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/features-teledramas/2021/08/05/20832/කොහොමද-ලේකම්-මහත්තයා |access-date=2021-08-05 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Dulanja Dilshan as Nanda Sirimalwatta, the Provincial Councilor {{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=Appearance is important, but acting is not |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2022/06/30/23482/පෙනුම-වැදගත්-ඒත්-ඒ-රංගනය-නෙවෙයි |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=සරසවිය}}
- Sachintha Randeepa as Podi Hamuduruwo
- Nipuni Poojitha as Geethani miss, the development officer {{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Riding a bike is a challenge for me |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/04/21/23182/බයික්-පැදපු-එකනම්-මට-අභියෝගයක් |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=සරසවිය}}
- Manuja Jayakody as Thiyogabadu
- Wasana Bandara as Suranga {{Cite web |title=Feels a little scared when acting: Playwrights and Composer Wasana Bandara |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/features-teledramas/2021/12/23/21799/රඟපාන-විට-පොඩි-බයක්-දැනෙනවා |access-date=2021-12-25 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Rupa Pathirana as Saraa's mother {{Cite web |date=2021-09-15 |title=My first and only boyfriend in acting was Jackson Anthony |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews-teledramas/2021/09/16/21005/රංගනයේදී-මගේ-පළමු-සහ-එකම-පෙම්වතා-ජැක්සන්-ඇන්තනී |access-date=2021-09-24 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Geethal Perera as Gunaratne, Sara's father
- Amandya Uthpali as Kalpana
- Buddhika Namal
- Sujeeva Wijetunga
- Salika Rukshan
- Raveen Ranmalith as Chutte
- Cheruka Weerakoon as Himself
- Pasindu Sampath as Layya
- Dulan Hettiarachchi as Podi Mudiyanse {{Cite web |title=I climbed the Kitul tree as well: Dulan Hettiarachchi |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2022/07/14/23539/පොඩි-මුදියන්සේ-නිසා-කිතුල්-ගහටත්-නැග්ගා |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Sarasaviya}}
- Devinda Wickramasinghe as Jayantha, Rasika's disabled husband {{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=I prefer the villain than to the hero |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/stage-dramas/2022/09/22/23968/මම-වීරයාට-වඩා-දුෂ්ටයාට-කැමැතියි |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=සරසවිය}}
- Vihanga Malsara
- Subodha Buddhipriya
- Swaranjana Dissanayake
- Supun Thathsara
- Shayani Bhagya
- Asiri Edirisinghe as Nadagam student
- Madara Sewwandi as Hansi
- Rehan Senadheera as Ananda
- Rishshan Pathirana
- Madushan Nanayakkara as Minister Suren Rajanayake
- Sampath Dadallage as Minister's MSD security
Reception
The series stars Sajitha Anuththara Anthony and Senali Fonseka in lead roles with an ensemble cast of Sangeeth Prabhu, Kokila Pawan, Prasannajith Abesuriya, Rahal Bulathsinhala, and Giriraj Kaushalya.{{Cite web |title=Sivagurunathan begins Nadakamkarayo : Senali to the main character |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2020/12/24/19555/සිවගුරුනාදන්-නාඩගම්කාරයෝ-අරඹයි |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}} The series has received acclaim from critics and audiences alike, and all the telecast episodes were trending on YouTube, setting a record in Sri Lankan teledrama history.{{Cite web |title=The Nadagamkarayo, who rocked YouTube |url=https://www.divaina.com/sunday/index.php/mee/33-atambula-9/16578-2021-02-12-09-45-59 |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Divaina}} At the 2021 Sumathi Awards, the teledrama received awards for Popular Actor (Sajitha) and Popular Actress (Senali).{{Cite news|last=නාඩගම් කාරයෝ සජිත සහ සෙනාලි|first=නාඩගම් කාරයෝ සජිත සහ සෙනාලි|title=Sumathi Awards නාඩගම් කාරයෝ සජිත සහ සෙනාලි|language=si|url=https://www.gossiplankanews.com/2021/03/sumathi-tele-awards-2020_26.html}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=About|url=https://nadagamkarayo.com/about/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Nadagamkarayo|language=en-US}}
Upon release, It has received acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with particular praise for the screenplay and performances of the cast. It is one of the most-watched and successful teledramas in Sri Lanka.{{Cite news|last=Nadagamkarayo|date=23 June 2021|title=Nadagamkarayo|url=https://varunamultimedia.com/videos/btv/vmtube2/nadagamkarayo.html}}{{Cite news|last=Nadagamkarayo|date=2021|title=Nadagamkarayo|url=https://www.swarnavahini.lk/}}{{Cite web|title=PEOTV Swarnawahini Program Schedules - Sri Lanka Telecom PEOTV|url=https://www.peotv.com/tvguide/channel/swarnawahini/55|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.peotv.com}} However the 400th and final episode of the serial received negative reviews from critics and fans where some people accuse it of leaving the audience confused towards the end. Some viewers who loved the serial said that it drowned out the characters of some of the actors and actresses who acted in the teledrama with a dead end.{{Cite web |title=Broken leg horse |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2022/08/11/23661/කකුල-කැඩුණු-අශ්වයා |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Sarasaviya}}
In February 2021, the drama team announced that that lead cast, Sajitha Anuththara, Sangeeth Prabhu and Kokila Pawan, had been infected with COVID-19. As a result, the serial has suspended shooting for a brief period.{{Cite web |title=Nadagamkarayo will come back |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2021/02/25/19889/නාඩගම්කාරයෝ-ආයෙ-එනවා |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}}{{Cite web |title=Nadagamkarayo Popular Actor Malan: Kokila Pawan infected with Covid |url=https://cia.lk/නාඩගම්කරයෝහී-මාලන්-කෝකි/ |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Colombo Information Agency (CIA)}}
Actor Ruwan Perera received death threats in July 2021 after the show depicted Sara (Sajitha Anthony) being hospitalized after being hit by Kekulandara (Perera) with a machete was broadcast.{{Cite web |title=Ruwan Perera reveals about the death threats made to Kekula due to assaulting Sara |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2021/07/15/20725/සරාට-ගහපු-නිසා-කැකුලාට-ආපු-මරණ-තර්ජන-ගැන-රුවන්-පෙරේරා-හෙළිදරව්-කරයි |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=Sarasaviya}} Sajitha Anthony, who plays Sara, has released a video on social media saying that do not overly sensitive to the serial and its characters in reality.{{Cite web |title=Kekula receives death threats for beating Sara |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/teledramas/2021/07/08/20682/සරාට-ගැහුව-නිසා-කැකුලාට-මරණ-තර්ජන |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=Sarasaviya}}
Awards
=[[Sumathi Awards]]=
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|| 2021 ||| Sajitha Anuththara || Most Popular Teledrama Actor || {{won}}
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|| 2021 ||| Senali Fonseka || Most Popular Teledrama Actress{{Cite news|last=Most Popular Actress of the Year|title=Most Popular Actress of the Year|language=si|url=http://25th.sumathiawards.lk/%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b8-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%85%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-25-%e0%b7%83/}}{{Cite web |title=Best Actress and Most Popular Actress from Queen Malini's Family |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2021/04/01/20144/හොඳම-නිළිය-සහ-ජනප්%E2%80%8Dරියම-නිළිය-නිළි-රැජනගේ-පවුලෙන් |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Sarasaviya}} || {{won}}
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=[[SLIM-Kantar Peoples Awards]]=
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|| 2022 ||| Sajitha Anuththara || Most Popular Teledrama Actor || {{won}}
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|| 2022 ||| Nadagamkarayo || Most Popular Teledrama || {{won}}
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=[[Raigam Tele'es]]=
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|| 2022 ||| Nadagamkarayo || Janagatha Teledrama Award || {{won}}
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Soundtrack
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| Song | Singer | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Meka Nadagam Maduwak" | Sajitha Anuththara | Bandara Eheliyagoda | Dinesh Dissanayake | 2:50 |