
Village in the Jungle
1980 • Drama
5.8 (5)
Lester James Peries
Director
A.J. Gunawarda
Writer
Lester James Peries
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1980
Duration
130 Min
Language
si
Popularity
2.6766
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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

Joe Abeywickrama

Malini Fonseka

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Arthur C. Clarke

Henry Jayasena

Tony Ranasinghe

D.R. Nanayakkara

Nawanandana Wijesinghe

















