Bawa Duka

Bawa Duka (Sinhala: භව දුක) is a 1997 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake and co-produced by Ven. Vijayapura Pagngnananna Thero and Jayaratne Wadduwage for Samadhi Films. It stars Swarna Mallawarachchi, W. Jayasiri and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Ravindra Randeniya and Hemasiri Liyanage. Music composed by Gunadasa Kapuge.^[1][2] It is the 877th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[3] This film has a sequel, Bawa Karma.

Bawa Duka භව දුක
Directed by	Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Written by	Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Produced by	Samadhi Films
Starring	Swarna Mallawarachchi Jackson Anthony Somy Rathnayake
Cinematography	Lal Wickramaarchchi
Edited by	J. Suranimala
Music by	Gunadasa Kapuge
Release date	30 May 1997
Running time	180 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Plot

The film is set in 1905 during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka. Nona Hami is raped by Muhandiram. Peduru Appu marries her without knowing that she is pregnant with Muhandiram's child. The whole village learns about it but Peduru accepts her as his wife irrespective of her state. Many years pass and they have more kids. Nona Hami and Peduru always fight over the eldest child, Giran, who is Muhandiram's child. Giran is forced to jump into the river to escape his father's beatings.

Cast

• Swarna Mallawarachchi as Nona Hami
• Jackson Anthony as Peduru
• W. Jayasiri as Officer
• Hemasiri Liyanage as Nona Hami's father
• Ravindra Randeniya as Muhandiram
• Somy Rathnayake as Arachchi
• Lalitha Sarachchandra as Nona Hami's mother
• Suvineetha Weerasinghe as Arachchi hamine
• Ravindra Yasas as Puramipiya
• Nilmini Buwaneka
• Miyuri Samarasinghe as Peduru's mother

References

1. . Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
2. "Bawa Duka - භව දුක". films.lk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
3. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

• Bawa Duka at IMDb