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| Sujatha Diyani |
Have you ever thought why Rupavahini’s dramas are so special?
Ever thought why every week day at 6.30 people flock around Rupavahini? Well let’s
take a look as to why Rupavahini’s dramas continue to be so special.
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| Dong Yi |
Rupavahini’s KDrama history started with Dae Jang Guem aka
Sujatha Diyani. Sujatha Diyani at the beginning did not of course interest
many. However I watched it simply because I got used to watching Rupavahini at
that time because of Oshine. It was from this KDrama that a whole KDrama wave
went through Sri Lanka. Even before this Rupavahini brought to us Oshine and Sazuran
(both which became instant hits)
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| Sazuran |
Ever thought why so
many people love these dramas? Or why parents who were against children
watching TV happily watching Rupavahini 6.30 dramas with them?
Well it seems quite simple when you think about it.
Rupavahini never ever showed children anything which was bad. Rupavahini always
showed us cartoons which had a great meaning and added something new to our
lives. I am sure all of you all watched Dosthara Hodahitha or Kubichchi as
children. It was this same ideology that Rupavahini brought into their 6.30
dramas. They always choose the best, meaningful dramas for the Sri Lankan
audience to watch.
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| oh I loved this drama - Horse Doctor/ Isiwera Wedaduru |
Even thought these dramas they brought in were foreign, they
never seemed so to us. This was simply because Rupavahini made them Sri Lankan
by the dubbing, language use and censuring of scenes. Take Dong Yi aka Abeetha
Diyani for example. This was a drama which had adult content but Rupavahini so easily
censured them without us even feeling anything a miss. Rupavahini made this
drama and its characters more Sri Lankan than Korean in the same way they made
Oshine Sri Lankan.
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| One of my favorites - Yi San/ Yahapath Maharaja |
Rupavahini had he magical ability to add our culture to a foreign
drama. Moreover these dramas promoted formal Sinhalese which wasn’t used
normally. This made us learn new words and made it easy for us to understand
formal Sinhalese and even use it when necessary. J
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| Jung Yi |
Moreover the dubbing by Rupavahini is just superb. They have
taken the most complex dramas and made them just beautiful. I mean just imagine
Dong Yi without the dubbing or Sujatha Diyani with only subtitles. Then it would
just be so horrible. This is one of the main reasons why Rupavahini 6.30 dramas
to become so famous. We never once felt that some character’s voice was out of
place. Also unlike other television channels Rupavahini chose the longer dramas
and this needs such a lot of hard work. They even went up to the extent of
doing the background music which was as beautiful and meaningful as the theme
songs. The theme songs of these dramas also became instant hits. Sujatha Diyani’s
theme song was pretty much memorized by all the kids. I am sure all of us can
remember every single 6.30 drama song on Rupavahini. Presently Janahithakami Rajiniya’s
theme song by Sahan Ranwala (hope the spelling’s right) is quite a sensation
among children (including meJ )
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| Queen Seondeok/ Janahithakami Rajiniya |
The dramas themselves were ones with so much meaning in them.
They had very feminist and strong headed women who inspired many women out
there. There were dramas which spoke of great kingdoms, love, great kings,
friends and great doctors. All these inspired us and this was a main reason why
we want these dramas to continue. They gave us daily inspiration to be
something more than we ever thought we could be.
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| The Moon Embraces the Sun/ Hiru Sandu Adarei |
All these dramas had romance and love as main themes but Rupavahini
never over emphasized them. The best example for this was The Moon Embraces the
Sun aka Hiru Sandu Adarei. This drama’s main theme was love with a lot of
sexual innuendo but Rupavahini easily gave more emphasis on King Lee Hwon’s and
Yung Myung’s brotherly love. It is this trick which tricked all our parents to give
in and let us watch it.
So what Rupavahini has done is to carry on the great work
that Titus Thotawatha sir or Tie Mama did. Athula Ranasirilal sir is doing such
a good job. They have also chosen the best Korean historical dramas shown on
MBC to be shown in Sri Lanka. This is really great for me as Historical KDramas
are usually long and watching them online meant killing my Wi-FiJ. Anyhow these are few
of the many reasons why Rupavahini 6.30 dramas are so special. These are only a
few reasons but if you have any of your own please feel free to drop a comment J J J J J J
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