Beddegama (The Village in the Jungle) is a 1980 Sinhala drama film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka.[1][2] The film is based on the 1913 book The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf. Sir Arthur C. Clarke also has a minor role in the film as an English Judge.[3]
| Beddegama | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lester James Peries |
| Written by | A.P. Gunarathne Lester James Peries |
| Story by | Leonard Woolf |
| Based on | The Village in the Jungle |
| Produced by | P. Wilfred Perera |
| Starring | Malini Fonseka Joe Abeywickrama Vijaya Kumaratunga |
| Cinematography | Willie Blake Donald Karunaratna |
| Edited by | Gladwin Fernando |
| Music by | Nimal Mendis |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
Plot
editThe lives of a poor family in a small village called Beddegama (literally, "The village in the jungle") as they struggle to survive the challenges presented by poverty, disease, superstition, the unsympathetic colonial system, and the jungle itself. The head of the family is a hunter named Silindu, who has two daughters named Punchi Menika and Hinnihami. After being manipulated by the village authorities and a debt collector, Silindu is put on trial for murder
Cast
edit- Malini Fonseka as Punchi Menika
- Joe Abeywickrama as Silindu
- Vijaya Kumaratunga as Babun
- Tony Ranasinghe as Fernando mudalali
- Nadeeka Gunasekara as Hinni hami
- Trilishya Abeykoon as Karlina hami
- D. R. Nanayakkara as Exorcist and traditional physician
- Henry Jayasena as Village head Babehami Arachchi
- Arthur C. Clarke as Leonard Woolf
- Trilicia Gunawardena as Karalina, Silindu's sister
- David Dharmakeerthi as Mudali
- Indira Abeydheera as Nanchohami
- Vincent Vaas
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Village in the Jungle (Beddegama)" Lanka Newspapers. Retrieved 15 June 2014
- ^ "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "All about Beddegama". Sarasaviya. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
External links
edit- Beddegama at IMDb
- National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka - Official Website
- Official website of Lester James Peries in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka
- San Francisco International Film Festival
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