Paata Kurullo

Paata Kurullo (Sinhala: පාට කුරුල්ලෝ) is a 2024 Sri Lankan comedy thriller teledrama broadcast on Hiru TV. The series is directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan and written by Buddhika Semasinghe.^[2] It is produced by Chamara Samarawickrama^[4] and music direction is by Dinesh Dissanayake.^[5] The serial stars Sajitha Anthony, Kusal Maduranga and Piyumali Edirisinghe in lead roles along with Dewmini Thathsarani, Palitha Silva, Nithya Devindi and Devinda Wickramasinghe in supporting roles.^[6][7][8]

Paata Kurullo
title card
පාට කුරුල්ලෝ
Genre	Thriller comedy
Created by	Buddhika Semasinghe[1]
Developed by	Hiru TV
Directed by	Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan
Starring	Sajitha Anthony Kusal Maduranga Piyumali Edirisinghe Dewmini Thathsarani Palitha Silva Nithya Devindi Devinda Wickramasinghe
Voices of	Sanjeew Lonliyes
Theme music composer	Dilshan Pathirathna
Opening theme	Kauru Kohoma Kiwwath
Composer	Dinesh Dissanayake
Country of origin	Sri Lanka
Original language	Sinhala
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	142
Production
Producer	Chamara Samarawickrama
Production locations	Habarakada[2] and Athurugiriya[3]
Cinematography	Niranga Sanjeewa
Editor	Thiwanka Udagedara
Running time	20 to 23 minutes
Original release
Network	Hiru TV
Release	10 May 2024 (2024-05-10)

Plot

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Sajitha Anthony as Kevin de Fonseka^[9][10][11]
• Kusal Maduranga as Manjitha^[12]
• Piyumali Edirisinghe as Nimnavi, Kevin's love interest^{[13][14][4][15]}
• Dewmini Thathsarani as Ganguli, Manjitha's girlfriend^[16][17]

Supportive cast

• Palitha Silva as Glenn de Fonseka, Kevin's father
• Prasannajith Abeysooriya as Jayanāth, Nimnavi's father
• Maureen Charuni as Manoja, Kevin's mother
• Rathna Lalani Jayakody as Viśhākā, Nimnavi's mother
• Deshani Nehara as Bhavana, Kevin's proposed girlfriend^[18]
• Nithya Devindi as Kelsi, Kevin's sister^[19]
• Viraj Perera as Nuran, Kelsi's boyfriend^[20]
• Devinda Wickramasinghe as Anjana, Manjitha's brother^[21]
• Viraj Dhanusha as Shaggy
• Rumal Dhananjana as Mevan^[22]
• Erdley Wedamuni as Muthu, Bhawana's father
• Rupa Pathirana as Kamala, Manjitha's mother^[23]
• Ayesha Dissanayake as Nalika, Ganguli's mother
• Roshan Pilapitiya as Jeevan, Ganguli's father

Minor cast

• Sena Gunawardena as Senarath
• Dinithi Aroksha as Dhananji^[24]
• Kapila Kumara Samarakoon as Sarath, Office tea maker
• Mahesh Randeniya as Hamuduruwo
• Upathissa Balasuriya as Piyathissa, Monk servant
• Ashoke Priyadarshana as Doctor Randula
• Sanjeewa Weerakoon
• Tharanga Dissanayake
• Ranjan Sooriyakumara as Thushara
• Anil Chandralal

Production

The tele serial is directed by award-winning director Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan, who previously directed several popular tele serials such as Kalu Araliya, Kalu Kurulla, Haara Kotiya, Kotipathiyo, Sillara Samanallu, Nadagamkarayo and Paara Dige.^[12] The series is written by Buddhika Semasinghe and produced by Chamara Samarawickrama with support of Saman Kumara and production management by Chinthaka Srimal.^[25] Tharanga Niriella is the assistant director and second assistant director is Shehan Pehesara.^[3] Thiwanka Udagedara for Helin Media is the editor, whereas cinematography and lighting handled by Niranga Sanjeewa with the camera support by Ranjan Kothalawala.^[2]

Art direction by Vajira Priyashantha with the support of Lakshitha Madushan. Lighting support given by Bandula Priyantha with Damith Manawadu. Wasana Bandara is the make-up artist and Kushan Pathirana gave the support. Still photography by Pramuditha Dissanayake and transport support by Janaka Chaminda and Athula Mahanama. Audio visual recording done by Sujeewa Sampath.

Popularity

The telecasting starts on Hiru TV from Mondays to Thursdays at 8 pm from 10 May 2024.^[5] The serial became very popular from the beginning and became YouTube trending.^{[9][26][10][27][28]} At the Popular Awards 2024, the drama won the award for the Most popular teledrama of the year and lead actor Sajitha Anthony won the most popular actor award and lead actress Piyumali Edirisinghe won the Best upcoming actress award.^[29]