The 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
beddegama, film, beddegama, village, jungle, 1980, sinhala, drama, film, directed, lester, james, peries, that, follows, lives, village, people, british, colonial, lanka, film, based, 1913, book, village, jungle, leonard, woolf, arthur, clarke, also, minor, ro. 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 BeddegamaDirected byLester James PeriesWritten byA P GunarathneLester James PeriesStory byLeonard WoolfBased onThe Village in the JungleProduced byP Wilfred PereraStarringMalini FonsekaJoe AbeywickramaVijaya KumaratungaCinematographyWillie BlakeDonald KarunaratnaEdited byGladwin FernandoMusic byNimal MendisRelease dateFebruary 20 1981 1981 02 20 Sri Lanka Running time130 minutesCountrySri LankaLanguageSinhala Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot 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 murderCast editMalini 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 VaasSee also editList of Sri Lankan filmsReferences 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 Retrieved 22 February 2020 External links editBeddegama at IMDb National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka Official Website Sri Lankan Lagest Sinhala Films Online Online Watch Official website of Lester James Peries in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs Sri Lanka San Francisco International Film Festival nbsp This article related to Sri Lankan film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beddegama film amp oldid 1180232015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
