Kombi:A suspenseful thriller on TV
Following the 1818 Great Rebellion or Uva Wellassa rebellion, the second line rebel leaders decide not to surrender to the Colonial ‘White’ and end up as slaves, and took refuge in the mountains. Madugalle lead one such rebel group and ‘Kombi’- the latest teleplay to join the TV Derana television- is the story revolving around this particular group.
Having started on October 20, it is now being telecast at 7.30 pm on every weekday.Ambitious to continue his succession Madugalle impatiently waits to have a son but all his dreams are shattered with the birth of a girl child. On the top of this the astrologers predicts many more disasters on the family where Kombi’s life would end with a poison given by the mother on the orders of her father, Madugalle. Due to this she is brought up in a strictly guarded environment.
At the same time, in order to fill the void of a son, Kombi is trained with man’s skill and even trained to be a fighter. Having grown up to be an adult, Kombi is now a beautiful girl. At the same time Bandara, a young man from a high social status gets friendly with Kombi. Knowing the political and ancestral background of Kombi’s family, Bandara’s mother makes secret plans to get the young couple married.
However unknown to everyone, there is a young man Veera, who has links to royal blood is brought up in a low cast, blacksmith family.
Written by Lal Wasantha Nanayakkara the cast is comprised of Nadeeshani Fonseka, Vishvalanka, Wilmon Sirimanna, Manohari Wimalatunga, Ananda Athukorala, Susila Kottage, G. R. Perera, Sanjeewa Wickremasinghe, Prasannajith Abeysuriya, Nayana Hettiarachchi, Sanjual Deevaratne, Dhananji Tharaka, Uthpala Madhushani, Charith Senanayake Lakshman Amerasinghe.
