Kolam Kuttama

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
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 (2022-08-03) – present
Related
Nadagamkarayo

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]

Plot

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

Main cast

• 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

• 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 [8]
• Nilmini Kottegoda as Latha, Master's wife
• Sisira Thadikara as Gunapala Gurunnanse

Minor cast

• 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

1. ""Kolam Kuttama" coming after 'Nadagamkarayo' on 3rd August". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
2. "How to dance with 'Kolam Kuttama'?". mirrorarts. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
3. "'නාඩගම්කාරයෝ' ට පසුව එන "කෝලම් කුට්ටම". srilankanlife. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
4. "After 'Nadagamkarayo' comes 'Kolam Kuttama'". divaina.lk. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
5. "What happens at the end of "Nadagamkarayo"?". divaina.lk. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
6. "Here is Kolam Kuttame's Minimutu..." lankahitgossip. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
7. "සිරිමාන්න මහත්තයාගෙන් කියැවෙන්නේ රජයේ සේවකයන්ගේ කාර්යභාරයයි". sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
8. "අහම්බෙන් ලැබුණු මේ අවස්ථාවට දැන් මම හරිම ලෝබයි ඒ වගේම ආදරෙයි". lankadeepa. Retrieved 9 January 2025.