Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series
| Kopi Kade |
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| Directed by | Janaka Mahalpath |
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| Opening theme | Chandana Welikala |
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| Country of origin | Sri Lanka |
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| Original language | Sinhala |
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| No. of episodes | 2,020 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | ITN |
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| Release | 1 April 1987 (1987-04-01)[1] –
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Kopi Kade (Coffee Shop) (Sinhala:කෝපි කඩේ) is a Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series broadcast on the Independent Television Network.[2] Kopi Kade is the most popular program at its time-slot, according to Survey Research Lanka.[3][4][5] The 1,500th uninterrupted weekly episode was broadcast on January 17, 2017.[6]
Plot
ITN director Thevis Guruge developed the program as a platform to discuss social issues and convey them to the general public. The series would revolve around a village "kopi kade," because small shops that serve coffee, food and groceries generally serve as the center of town life. Women frequent such establishments to obtain the groceries they need, and men join to play games like draughts while discussing matters of interest.[3]
Cast and characters
Current
- Rathna Sumanapala as Kopi Kade Hamine
- dimuthu chinthaka as amathi
- rathna lalani jayakodi as Sunimal wife
- K.D. Siripala as Dingi Mahaththaya
- Geetha Bulathsinghala as Geetha Naga
- Upasena Subasinghe as Pala
- Jayarathna Rupasinghe as Sirisena[7]
- Saman Gunawardena as Banda
- Sena Gunawardana as Kiri Hoda
- Upali Silva as Sugathan
- Wasantha Kumarasiri as Sunimal
- Kapila Sigera as Shelton Mahattaya
- Ariyasena Handuwela as Village Officer
- Niluka Rekhani as Kamala
- roopa Gomes as Gramasevaka hamine
- shamadara ariyawansha as doti
- Boniface Jayasantha as Poottuwa
- Eddie Amarasinghe as Piyum Mahathaya[8]
- Awantha Somasiri as Jason
- Udaya Kumari Ranasingha as piyawathi
- Geetha Kanthi Jayakody as amathi wife
- milinda perera as Senarath
- preshanna fonseka as weda Mahaththaya
- Lahiru Dilshan Dharmasena as manthri
Retired
- Udeni Chandrasiri as kapu Mahaththaya
- Wickrama Seneviratne as Aron goiya
- Kumara Siriwardena as Nimal
- Rodney Fraser as Gajan lamaya
- Susila Kottage as Dayawathi
- Nanda Wilegoda as Alis
- Damayantha Perera as Suwanda
- Rahal Bulathsinghala as Podi Mahaththaya
- Ganga Nadee Withana as Tikiri Naga
- Saranapala Jayasuriya as Kade Mudalali
- Kumari Perera as Kade Hamine's daughter
- Dilip Rohana ("Sudhaa" of "La Hiru Dahasak" teledrama) as Kade Hamine's son
- Victor Fernando as Loku Hamuduruvo Chief Monk at the Village Temple
- Pathma Perera as Kopi Kade Polee Siriya
- Jerad Moraes as Kopi Kade Suda
- K A Piyakaru as Kurun gurun
Thilak kumara rathnayaka (somadasa)
- princy fernando ( violet)
Deceased
Production
Andrew Jayamanna was the first director of the program. By 2006, the show had seen six directors, including the Saman Fernando. Sudam Dayarathne and Janaka Mahalpath joined the directing crew after the death of Andrew Jayamanna. Sumith Dias directed the program from 1992 to 1996. Chandika Wijesena and Prabath Dushyantha are now the directors.[14]
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