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Mapitigama makes a musical move
'Thalaya Soyana Geethaya' (The Song that searches for rhythm) is another teledrama from record breaking teledrama director Chandraratne Mapitigama who has had a half century of directing to his credit. The sixteen episode teledrama is now on Rupavahini Channel at 8.35 pm every Thursday .
The minplay revolving round the issues of love, betrayal and jealousy that comes with intimate relationships comprises a creamy cast including Mahendra Perera , Duleeka Marapana, Sanath Wimalasiri, Dilani Abeywardena, Palitha Silva, Edward Gunawardena, Manike Attanayake, Ruhani Weerasinghe, Swineetha Fernando, Ajith Weerasinghe, Thushari Perera, Melani Ashoka, Saman Almeida and Anuradha Udayangani.

‘Thalaya Soyana Geethaya’ is woven around Aruna, the only son of Sirimewan and Sunethra, wealthy upper-class parents. Studying music in India, Aruna suddenly returns to Sri Lanka. This was to find Poornima, his girlfriend whom he met while he was in India. Poornima returns to Sri Lankan following her father's death. With her father's death, Poornima and her mother become destitute as her uncle (father's brother) forces them to leave their home. The miserable mother and the daughter leave and nobody is aware where they had gone. Aruna's return was to find them but he fails in all his attempts to find Poornima's whereabouts.

Down and depressed there is only one way that Aruna can soothe his troubled heart, listening to Sepali's singing. Sepali is the domestic aide, who is blessed with a beautiful voice. Aruna who gets attracted to Sepali's voice soon gets attracted to the young maiden as well. Punyasiri the driver in the mansion too has an idea about Sepali.

Nishani, Aruna's elder sister who studied in the town now works as a beautician. She has an affair with a rich businessman Nalin, who lives with his ailing father. This affair results in Nishani becoming pregnant and he promises to marry her. But Nalin's father's condition becomes critical and the marriage does not take place as they expected. Meanwhile Maduri, wife of Nalin's business partner Pradeep, has an interest in Nalin. When his father gets ill she gets close to him and this was with an ulterior motive.

Meanwhile at Aruna's home, Sunethra, Aruna's mother suspects the booming relationship between her son and the maid Sepali. Intending to put a stop to this she arranges a marriage to Aruna from a wealthy family. At this point Aruna receives some information about Poornima and her mother. Having no one to help, the two were undergoing a difficult time. Aruna comes forward to help them but this not with the same spirit he had earlier. His interest is more on Sepali than on his old love.

In the meantime the relationship between Nalin and Madhuri develops and Nalin leaves the country with her. Nishani who gives birth to Nalin's child becomes helpless and she returns to her parents has she as no other place to go. As Nishani returns home with a fatherless child, Sunethra her mother makes a plan to hide the truth from the villagers. She makes arrangements to settle Sepali and Punyasiri in a house belonging to them and Nishani's child grows up with them. Sepali becomes helpless and Aruna fails to go against his mother's wishes. Disgruntled with everything Aruna leaves home.

Months and years pass and one day Nalin returns to Sri Lanka and he starts searching for his child. This was following his father direction who had come to know about Nishani's sad plight because of his son. He refuses to give any property belonging to him unless he finds the child he had fathered. Will he be able to find the child? What would be the future of Aruna? What happens to Sepali and Punyasiri?

Director Mapitigama speaking about the play said that this was teledrama he did sometime back but was held up due to various reasons. "I am happy at last it had come out at most appropriate time," the director said with contentment.
Thalaya Soyana Geethaya is edited by Asela Maddumarachchi, camera directed by Sisira Jayadeva and art director is Anura Mapitigama. Musical score is handled by Navaratne Gamage.
The teledrama is produced by Kingsley Mohan scripted and directed by Chandraratne Mapitigama. The play was shot at locations in and around Divulapitiya and Negombo. (SRF)

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