Malith Dunusingha – Character sketch Wassane Premaya

Hello guys. I am back with one of my character sketches so to make it easy for you guys to understand WP. One of my friends who is watching WP these days didn’t quite get Malith’s connections and his role in the drama itself and I noticed that even some others have doubts on who exactly he is. So this post is done just for you guys. There might be some spoilers ahead as to what this character’s role will be in the future so just BEWARE. So let us get to the sketch that I promised to put up quite some time ago. I am sorry about the delay again but I am running on night data so sometimes I fall asleep before midnight thus making it impossible to post articles faster.

The first impression many of us get from Malith’s character is that he is a ruthless and a goal oriented man. This can be seen by his thirst for revenge against the Danthanarayanas and his aim to put them down somehow. This revenge aim is quite similar to the ones held by Aditya when he wanted to take revenge on Astha and that of Akila’s against Sonali. So in a way Malith is no different from the main protagonist/lead in the drama. If you think of it Aditya might have found a friend in Malith had they met in different circumstances.

Malith himself is a family man as he has two cute kids (Chris Gayle and Tharu) and has a good relationship with his mother and aunt. His wife had died and my guess is that she died giving birth to the kids. Malith of course must have loved her dearly as he has her hair pin in his office alongside an “ugly” picture of her. So this does show us that Malith does have a heart and is kind of a sweet guy. However when it does come to business he becomes a heartless beast which is not very surprising. So in all likeness he is similar to Prince Zuko from Avatar who was heartless in war but loving and sweet when with his friends. I have to say it is a cute combination – Yep I am a sucker when it comes to that deadly combination.

I quite liked Malith’s fatherly love towards his kids. He adores them and to some extent spoils them with sweets and toys. He is simply a lonely man with only his business and his kids (Background music: I am so lonely ...I have nobody for my own –AkonJ). Maybe it is due to this loneliness that he is drawn towards Astha who is a mother like figure to his kids. I have to say that the longing he has for Astha is a dangerous one when it comes to the future of our A&A couple. If Malith stopped at nothing to get the D family business then it is very much likely that he will stop at nothing to get Astha. Our A&A couple are playing around with fire as far as I am concerned.

Now let’s get to who exactly Malith is besides his emotional set up. Well WP history says that Malith’s aunt in her younger days was romantically attached to Shakya Danthanarayana. However the rich and powerful Shakya dumped the aunt and chose his business over her. This must have badly affected the aunt’s life as she decided never to get married. She spent the rest of her young life in temples and doing all good deeds so as to get a better life in her next birth. Even though the aunt was content with this set up her older sister was not. Due to this Malith and his mother decided that the best way yo get back on Shakya was to get everything he gave up the aunt for aka the business. This is exactly what they did when they made a fool of Viraj.

So this is why we meet Malith in the middle of WP. His main role is to take revenge and destroy the D family in the same way Shakya destroyed his aunt’s life. Even though this is Malith’s view on the decision the aunt in concern has her own views. She has forgiven Shakya and accepted the situation; moreover she is still in love with Shakya much to the disgust of Malith’s mother.

The reason Malith’s character was put into WP is something we all know. He is the villain and the second lead. He is a pretty alright guy and when he loses against Aditya we are suppose to both feel happy for Aditya while feeling sorry for Malith. We all know from our experience with KDramas and Wuxia/ Chinese dramas that the second lead usually looses and we end up swooning over him. At the moment I have to say that I am personally not feeling anything towards Malith’s character than anger and resent. How about you guys? The actor who does Malith’s role is doing a fabulous job as he gets the arrogance of Malith’s character come out well while at the same time showing his human side. I just have to say just keep up the good actingJ.

So this is who I believe Malith is and what his role in WP is. He is there to separate the A&A couple as Akila is not doing a good job. I have to hint that he almost does get the job done but hey! I don’t want to spoil the drama for you guysJ. Beware however Malith is not exactly what he seems. He stops at nothing when he wants something. From the way he laughs and smiles at Astha’s playfulness to the sweet concern he shows her we can only say that he had fallen for her head over heels and Aditya better be careful. If Aditya doesn’t watch his steps he might as well loose the one person who gives him a reason to live and that is Astha.