Baddegama
1980, Sinhalese. Directed by Lester James Peries.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Sinhalese
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Cast & crew
- Lester James PeriesDirector
- Vijaya KumaratungaBabun
- Malini FonsekaPunchi Menika
- Joe AbeywickramaSilindu
- Arthur C. ClarkeLeonard Sidney Woolf
- Henry JayasenaVillage Headsman
- Tony RanasingheFernando
- David DharmakithriMudalithana
- Trelicia GunawardenaSilindu's Sister
- D.R. NanayakkaraExorcist
- Asoka PeirisMr. Perera
- Vincent VaasPriest
- Wijerathna WarakagodaCast
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1980
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Written by
- Lester James Peries, A.J. Gunawarda
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Baddegama runs 130 minutes (2h 10m).
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Which OTT platform is Baddegama on?
Baddegama isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1980. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
What movies are like Baddegama?
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Who directed Baddegama?
Baddegama (1980) was directed by Lester James Peries and stars Vijaya Kumaratunga, Malini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrama.