Paara Dige (Sinhala: පාර දිගේ) is a 2021 Sri Lankan Thriller/Comedy-drama television series broadcast on Swarnavahini.[1] It is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, produced by Chamara Samarawickrama and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara and Buddika Semasinghe. It aired every weekday from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm.[2] The series started on 19 May 2021 and ended on 5 July 2023 which spanned for 550 episodes. The series stars Uddika Premarathna, Dusheni Miurangi, Kusal Maduranga, Gayan Gunawardana, Roshan Pilapitiya and Sachin Chathuranga and Induwara Sooriyabandara.[3][4]

Paara Dige
Paara Dige title card
Sinhalaපාර දිගේ
GenreThriller Romantic
Created bySaddha Mangala Sooriyabandara
Developed byMaathra Productions
Screenplay bySaddhamangala Sooriyabandara
Buddika Semasinghe
Directed byJayaprakash Shivagurunathan
Starring
ComposerInduwara sooriyabandara.
Country of originSri Lanka
Original languageSinhala
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes550
Production
Executive producerChamara Samarawickrama
EditorSameera Piyarathna
Running time20 minutes
Original release
NetworkSwarnavahini
Release19 May 2021 (2021-05-19) –
5 July 2023 (2023-07-05)

Plot

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Cast and characters

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Main cast

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Supporting cast

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  • Viraj Perera as Rexi
  • Gayathri Dias as Pushpa[11]
  • Kishu Gomes as Adikaree
  • Malkanthi Jayasinghe as Rita, Rehan's mother
  • Nithya Devindi as Ruvini, Rehan's sister
  • Ananda Athukorala as Wilson, Banti's father
  • Sena Gunawardena as Ariyasena, Rehan's servant
  • Kanchanamala Mahawithana as Nayana, Banti's mother
  • Deshani Nehara as Aanya
  • Piyumi Srinayaka as Rukshana, Rehan's ex-wife
  • Chandima Karunadasa as Darling
  • Koralage Saman as Sisira Kumara Ranasinghe aka Sikura
  • Nilu Tanasha as Wathsala, Rukshana's friend

Minor cast

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  • Volga Kalpani as Tutu [12]
  • Ishan Wanniarachchi as Jerrad [13]
  • Swapna Sithara as Manavee
  • Sangeeth Satharasinha as Damien
  • Thathsarani Piyumika as Nisharaa
  • Gayathri Pelpola as Aravindi
  • Jeevantha Dassanayake as Martiya
  • Ishara Athukorale as Sachini, Rukshana's friend
  • Gayathri Dissanayake, Martiya's friend
  • Christopher Zappia as himself
  • Nishantha Amarasinghe as Nanayakkara's henchman
  • Thushan Kothalawala as Nanayakkara's henchman
  • Shashith Induwara
  • Neshmika Nethsara
  • Sanjeewa Maduranga
  • Vihari Jayasundera
  • Imashi Fonseka
  • Mandakini Adithya
  • Madhavi Priyadarshani
  • Ishara Dilini
  • Poornima Sewwandi
  • U.R. Weerasinghe
  • Pubudu Kanishka

Awards

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Awards

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2022 Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Teledrama Paara Dige Won
Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Actor Kusal Maduranga Won
2023 Sumathi Awards Most Popular Teledrama Paara Dige Won
Sumathi Awards Most Popular Actor Uddika Premarathna Won
Sumathi Awards Most Popular Actress Dusheni Miurangi Won
Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Teledrama Paara Dige Won
Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Actor Uddika Premarathna Won
Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Actress Dusheni Miurangi Won
Raigam Tele'es Janagatha Teledrama Award Paara Dige Won
SLIM-Kantar Peoples Awards Most Popular Teledrama Paara Dige Won

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kusal Maduranga played a single character with two or more names.

References

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  1. ^ "Teledrama | PAARA DIGE || පාර දිගේ". swarnavahini.lk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  2. ^ Prasanna (2021-09-30). "'පාර දිගේ' බණඩා මට ලැබණ වරල අවසථාවක... කසල මධරංග". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  3. ^ "ඔසකාර වගේ සමමානයක ලංකාවට අරගෙන එන එක මගේ හනයක". සරසවය. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. ^ "සදදා මංගලගේ පතා පාර දගේ ජඩා ව හැට". www.saaravita.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  5. ^ "පාර දගේ ඇවත රෙහානට වද දෙන සරප තරණය". Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  6. ^ "'මරු පුතේ' කියලමයි තාත්තා කියන්නේ - ගයාන් ගුණවර්ධන". www.deshaya.lk. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. ^ "He left his girlfriend because of the drama: The story of Banda aka Kusal Maduranga who meet 'Paradige'". Sarasaviya (in Sinhala). 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  8. ^ "මම කටකතාවල වරදක දකනනේ නැහැ". සරසවය. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  9. ^ "කකුල් දෙකේ ඉඳන් පපුවට එනකම් කූඩැල්ලෝ". www.deshaya.lk. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  10. ^ "It is my dream to bring an award like the Oscars to Sri Lanka: Saddhamangala's son Induwara Sooriyabandara who is Jude in 'Para Dige'". Sarasaviya (in Sinhala). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  11. ^ "මම ටෙල නාටයයක අධයකෂණයට ලෑසත වෙනවා". සරසවය. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  12. ^ "මම දඬුවම් වින්ඳේම නොකරපු වැරදිවලට - වොල්ගා කල්පනී". www.deshaya.lk. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  13. ^ "I was asked to act but no one took me - Ishan Wanniarachchi". www.deshaya.lk. Retrieved 2022-02-15.