Dadayama

Dadayama (The Hunt) (Sinhala: දඩයම) is a 1983 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Vasantha Obeysekera and co-produced by Rabbin Chandrasiri, Sunil Jayasiri and P.A Somadasa for Canfo Films.^[1] It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Swarna Mallawarachchi in lead roles along with Somy Rathnayake and Iranganie Serasinghe. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.^[2] It is the 558th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[3]

Dadayama දඩයම
Torana DVD cover
Directed by	Vasantha Obeysekera
Written by	Vasantha Obeysekera
Produced by	Canfo Films
Starring	Ravindra Randeniya Swarna Mallawarachchi Somy Rathnayake
Cinematography	Donald Karunaratne
Edited by	Stanley de Alwis
Music by	Premasiri Khemadasa
Release date	20 May 1984 (1984-05-20)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

The film screened on 11 fifth circuit cinemas.

Cast

• Ravindra Randeniya as Jayanath
• Swarna Mallawarachchi as Rathmali
• Somy Rathnayake as Jacolis
• Iranganie Serasinghe as Brothel owner
• Rathnawali Kekunawela as Rathmali's mother
• Shirani Kaushalya as Renuka
• Nanda Withana as Duplicate registrar
• Malaka Chathurath as Rathmali's son
• Daya Alwis as Minister
• Granville Rodrigo as Peter's companion
• J.H. Jayawardana as Peter
• Avanthi Aponso as Rathmali's friend
• Rathmali Gunasekara as Rathmali's elder sister
• Anushi Wijegunawardena as Prostitute

References

1. "Dadayama: The hunt that was a hunt". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
2. "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
3. . National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

• Sri Lanka Cinema Database
• Dadayama at IMDb