Beddegama | Digital Identity of Sinhala Cinema

Summary

NameBeddegama / බද්දේගම

Film No461

Released Date20 Feb 1981

ColorimeterColour

Video Format35 mm

Movie GroupSinhala

CategoryDrama

Main Actor: Vijaya Kumaranatunga Main Actress: Malani Fonseka Producer: Wilfred Perera Director: Dr. Lester James Peries

National Awards

For The Film

1	Best Film 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982
2	Famous Film [4th] 10th Sarasaviya Awards - 1982 - 1982

For Artists

1	Best Actor 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Joe Abeywickrama
2	Best Editor 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Gladvin Fernando
3	Best Make-Up Artist 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Ebert Wijesinghe
4	Best Supporting Actor 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Henry Jayasena
5	Best Supporting Actress 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Nadeeka Gunasekara
6	Best Actor 10th Sarasaviya Awards - 1982 - 1982	Joe Abeywickrama
7	Best Sound Management 10th Sarasaviya Awards - 1982 - 1982	Micheal Sathyanadan
8	Best Actress 9th OCIC Award Ceremony 1982 - 1982	Malani Fonseka
9	Best Script Writer 9th OCIC Award Ceremony 1982 - 1982	A.J. Gunawardana
10	Merit Award 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	William Blakes
11	Merit Award 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982	Tony Ranasinghe

Description

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. Sir Arthur C. Clarke also has a minor role in the film as Leonard Woolf.