Village in the Jungle (1980)

★ 5.8 2h 10m IMDb
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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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Joe Abeywickrama
Joe Abeywickrama as Silindu Died 2011 · Rathnapura, Sri Lanka Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama, populalry as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television..
Malini Fonseka
Malini Fonseka as Punchi Menika Died 2025 · Colombo, Sri Lanka Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is a Sri Lankan film actress and former member of Sri Lanka Parliame...
Vijaya Kumaratunga
Vijaya Kumaratunga as Babun Died 1988 · Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (Sinhala: කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග Tamil: விஜய_குமாரணதுங்க); (9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988), popularly known as Vijaya Kumaratunga, was a Sri Lankan film...
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke as Leonard Sidney Woolf Died 2008 · Minehead, Somerset, England, UK Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-w...
Henry Jayasena
Henry Jayasena as Village Headsman Died 2008 · Gampaha, Sri Lanka Kala Keerthi Dr. Bastian Koralage Henry Rudrigo Jayasena, popularly known as Henry Jayasena, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. With a career spanning more than four decades, J...
Tony Ranasinghe
Tony Ranasinghe as Fernando Died 2015 · Colombo, Sri Lanka Deshabandu Ranasinghe Hettiarachchilage Ignatius Anthony Silva, popularly as Tony Ranasinghe, was an award-winning actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. He is known as the Lover of the 7...
Director Lester James Peries
Cast Joe Abeywickrama, Malini Fonseka, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Jayasena, Tony Ranasinghe, Nadika Gunasekera, David Dharmakithri, Trelicia Gunawardena, D.R. Nanayakkara

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