Village in the Jungle
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.
Cast
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Joe Abeywickrama
Played Silindu
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Malini Fonseka
Played Punchi Menika
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Nadika Gunasekera
Played Hinnihamy
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David Dharmakithri
Played Mudalithana
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Trelicia Gunawardena
Played Silindu's Sister
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Henry Jayasena
Played Village Headsman
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Vijaya Kumaratunga
Played Babun
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D.R. Nanayakkara
Played Exorcist
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Asoka Peiris
Played Mr. Perera
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Tony Ranasinghe
Played Fernando
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Vincent Vaas
Played Priest
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Wijerathna Warakagod…
Played
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Nawanandana Wijesing…
Played Lawyer
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