Nettukkariyo, A play on downfall of a business
Award winning teledreama director Susiran de Silva’s latest teleserial ‘Nettukkariyo’, a story about a business family that is destroyed due to drunkenness and greed for power telecast every Saturday at 8.35 pm on the Rupavahini channel.
Commencing on Saturday March 19, the play stars Jayalal Rohana, Kumara Thirimadura, Madani Malwatte, Nirosha Thalagala, Roshan Pilapitiya, Wasantha Kumarasiri, Hyacinth Wijeratne, Ruwanthi Mangala, Dilin Lakmali, Ananda Athukorala, Ajith Sandaruwan, Umayangana Wickremesinghe and Niluka Rekhani.
The director of award winning plays like Manokaya, Ekata Getuma,, ‘Isuru Yogaya’ and ‘Nirsaththayo’, Susiran has won the Best Director and Best Screenplay writer awards.
Screen play written by Susiran himself, the story revolves around Veenitha Ranadewa, a shareholder of a group of companies. She had got married when she was young and her husband had died when they had a 3 year old daughter. Later she gets married to the owner of her business David Ranadewa and Veenitha gives birth to a son named Jayadewa from that marriage. With dedication and hard work the couple develops their business.
The story starts with the death of David, the father and the mother face with a problem of to whom the business should be handed over. Her daughter from the first marriage Indrani is serious and she is not married. On the other hand son, Jayadeva who is now a father to a son is a playboy and spendthrift. His main concerns in life are drinking and dancing. He takes life easy and is not serious about the family business. After discussing with the son and daughter,the mother decides to handover the business to the daughter. She tries to further develop the business and finds out one manager in the business is behind many losses. When she tries to deal with him he gets closer to Jayadeva, Indrani’s stepbrother and influences him to take over the business.
This creates a family feud creating many dramatic twists and turns.
Behind the screen, Ranjith Jayantha handles the camera, editing is done by Priyantha Wijesuriiya, music by Ananda Gamage, lighting by Somaratne Perera, and Dimuthupriyajanaka does the art direction.
