Village in the Jungle
1980Baddegama 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.
Acted in
Joe Abeywickrama
as Silindu
Malini Fonseka
as Punchi Menika
Nadika Gunasekera
as Hinnihamy
David Dharmakithri
as Mudalithana
Trelicia Gunawardena
as Silindu's Sister
Henry Jayasena
as Village Headsman
Vijaya Kumaratunga
as Babun
D.R. Nanayakkara
as Exorcist
Asoka Peiris
as Mr. Perera
Tony Ranasinghe
as Fernando
Vincent Vaas
as Priest
Wijerathna Warakagoda
Nawanandana Wijesinghe
as Lawyer