Sidadiye Samanaliyo

Sidadiye Samanaliyo is a 2023 Sri Lankan drama thriller teledrama broadcast on Swarnavahini. The series is directed by popular actor Dhananjaya Siriwardena in his directorial debut and written by Aruna Jayawardena. It is produced by Panduka Weerasekara and music directed is by Thilina Ruhunuge. The serial stars an ensemble cast of Yashoda Wimaladharma,Michelle Dilhara, Akila Dhanuddara, Tharindi Fernando, Manoja Fernando, Sajini Roy, and Woshika Perera in lead roles.
The media introduction of the teledrama was held at Nawala Grand Solis Restaurant on 22 April 2023. The telecasting started on Swarnavahini from Mondays to Fridays at 7.30 pm from 10 May 2023. The serial became very popular after telecasting first few episodes where first episode reached more than 800,000 views in YouTube.

Plot

The teledrama portrays the life story of five different young girls: Malki, Disni, Anuradha, Revathi and Umali- who arrives to Colombo from five different areas just to find a decent career and earn a living. They are boarded in Mangalika's boarding house. The five young girls consider Mangalika as their sister, mother and friend. No matter what problems they face, all of them finally remains as one family facing all the life challenges together. Malki who is a nurse in profession, works at Bernards house, taking care of Bernard who is in a wheelchair, and faces many challenges in an unfriendly environment. Disni is a taxi driver. She meets a challenging customer, Wishwa, who is CIA agent and involves in trapping arms dealers and gradually faces life threats. Anurada is a salon employee where she meets Migara, a cricketer, and tends to start a relationship with him unknowingly. Revathi is a chef and Umali is a Singer.

Cast and characters

Yashoda Wimaladharma as Mangalika
Michelle Dilhara as Malki
Dhananjaya Siriwardena as CID agent
Akila Danuddara as Wishwa
Tharindi Fernando as Disni
Manoja Fernando as Anurada
Sajini Roy as Revathi
Woshika Perera as Umali
Ashen Siriwardena as Migara
Anjana Premarathna as Sirimevan
Menaka Rajapakse as Lawyer Sagara
Vishwajith Gunasekara as Bernard
Sidney Perera as Sidney, salon owner
Hansamala Janaki as Malki's mother
Roshan Ranawana in cameo appearance
Sachithra Senanayake in cameo appearance
Shyam Fernando in cameo appearance

Minor cast

Dushyanthi Sewickrama as Gothami, Bernard's wife
Sanjeeva Seneviratne as Revathi's Hotel manager
Sewwandi Nadeeshani as Sewwandi, Anuradha's salon friend
Heshan Malinga as Migara's friend
Anil K. Wijesinghe as Bernard's worker
Sameera Kekulandara
Sumedha Mihiraj
Isuru Rajapakse

Production

The television serial made a directorial debut for popular award-winning actor Dhananjaya Siriwardena. The story is written by Aruna Jayawardena and Panduka Weerasekera is the producer. Kapila Sugath Wijeratne is the cinematographer, whereas Malinda Madhusankha contributed with production management and assistant direction and Nalinda Danaranjan as the still photography. Sampath Vanniarachchi is the art director and is assisted by Gihan Balarachchi. Nuwan Wijeratne and Chamara Hettiarachchi handled the costume department, whereas Samira Madu Kindelpitiya and Asanka Colambage are the make-up artists assisted by Hashan Thidelpitiya and Damith Hasalanka. Hair styling is done by Thushara Vidanagamage, production management by Malinda Panamura, and transportation was handled by Nishantha Warnasiri. Nirmala Weerasinghe and Roshan Weerasinghe are the technicians, whereas Wishwa de Silva and Saman Thilakasiri contributed with sound recording.