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Mohan Niyaz has a dream in Colour
-“Sihinayak Paata Paatin” is a teledrama based on a cartoon story that appeared in the 1970s. It will be telecast every Friday from 21 at 9.00 pm on Swarnavahini.

Film and teledrama director Mohan Niyaz has made this 18-episode miniplay based on the popular cartoon story titled “Paata Paata Heenayak” written and published by popular artist Janaka Rathnayake in “Sathuta” nearly 25 years ago.

The pathetic love tangle with a background of university life star Anarkalee Jayathilake, Manjula Kumari, Dinidu Jagoda, Suraj Mapa, Sarath Namalagama, Maneesha Shayamali, Amila Abeysekara, Indika Ginige, Ajith Lokuge, Ashoka Peiris and Sanoja Bibile.

Coming from a rural background and gaining entry to the university through sheer hard work, Sumedha Alahakoon is a second year student at the university. Palitha and Jayasinghe are his two best friends at the campus and his circle friend is enlarged with the addition of with two freshers Nimali and Inoka who have joined the university recently. The two girls represent completely different backgrounds; while Inoka hails from an affluent family from Colombo, Nimali comes from a distant village in Anuradhapura.

The entire financial burden of Sumedha’s education rests on his younger brother who works as a sand miner. His elder brother, Sirisena Alahakoon is imprisoned on a false murder charge.

Sumedha who has boxed for his school and continues with it as a hobby after joining a sports club in Kandy. One day Sumedha invites his two new girlfriends to witness a boxing match in which he takes part but is upsets when he sees lnoka in the company of Yohan, a young man from her boarding house.

This was because Sumedha preferred Inoka who was free and easy-going and independent to Nimali who showed a more serious attitude towards life. At times he disliked Nimali for her approach to certain problems in life.

At the end of university education the friends go in their different ways. But Sumedha realises soon that he could not forget Nimali and he is more attracted to Nimali and he goes in search of the girl to Anuradhapura.

What would be the result of Sumedha’s love? Would he be late? What is Nimali’s decision? All these questions find answers at the end of “Sihinayak Paata Paatin”.

In the technical crew music direction is by Jananath Warakagoda and the director of photography is Chandralal Manamendra. Mohan Niyas directed and Sarath Namalgama was producer for SNT Productions.

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