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Baddegama

Name: Baddegama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-01
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Cast: Vijaya Kumaratunga, Malini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrama, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Jayasena

1980Directed by Lester James Peries

Drama2h 10m

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Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf. Silindu is a hunter in a small village where he and his family endure a life of hardships. After facing disease and poverty under colonial rule, the final blow comes when Silindu is tried for murder.

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Vijaya KumaratungaBabun

Malini FonsekaPunchi Menika

Joe AbeywickramaSilindu

Arthur C. ClarkeLeonard Sidney Woolf

Henry JayasenaVillage Headsman

Tony RanasingheFernando DDavid DharmakithriMudalithana

Trelicia GunawardenaSilindu's Sister

D.R. NanayakkaraExorcist AAsoka PeirisMr. Perera VVincent VaasPriest

Wijerathna WarakagodaCast

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About Baddegama

How long is Baddegama?: Baddegama runs 2 hours and 10 minutes (130 minutes).
Who directed Baddegama?: Baddegama was directed by Lester James Peries.
Who is in the cast of Baddegama?: Baddegama stars Vijaya Kumaratunga as Babun, Malini Fonseka as Punchi Menika and Joe Abeywickrama as Silindu.
What language is Baddegama in?: Baddegama is in Sinhalese.
When was Baddegama released?: Baddegama was released on January 1, 1980.