Released in – 1972

“Nirudaka” is an ugly man who is living with his mother in a rural village. He is taunted by all other villagers. Finally he falls in love with blind Sundari and they get married. Later Nirudaka’s mother wants to cure Sundari’s blindness and they go to meet a hermit. Finally Sundari gets het eye sight. She laughs at Nirudaka and tries to leave but captures by the hermit. Then Nirudaka begs to hermit to let her go. This makes hermit to realize his fault and lets Sundari to go. She again comes to Nirudaka and takes his hands.

Cast
Nirudaka – Joe Abeywickrama
Sundari – Sriyani Amarasena
Mother – Denawaka Hamine
Hermit – Ravindra Randeniya

Director – Lester James Peiris
Producer – Lester James Peiris
Script – Gunasena Galappatthi
Editor – Gladwin Fernando
Music – Premasiri Khemadasa

Cast
Nanda – Punya Heendeniya
Piyal – Henri Jayasena
Kaisaruwatte Mudliar – David Dharmakeerthi
Matara Hamine – Shanthi Lekha
Jinadasa – Gamini Fonseka
Anula – Trilicia Gunawardane

Director – Lester James Peiris
Producer – Anton Wickramasinghe
Script – Regi Siriwardana
Editor – Sumithra Gunawardana
Music – W. D. Amaradewa
Released in – 1964

Kaisaruwatte Mudliar and Matara Hamine represent the decaying social order of the village. Nanda is their second daughter. Piyal is a young man and attractive teacher who teach English to Nanda. Piyal belongs to an inferior social class but Nanda is attracted to Piyal. The gap of the social class does not allow them to go ahead. Later Nanda marries Jinadasa who represents the same social class but their married life undergoes hardships and problems. Finally Jinadasa leaves home and search for better livelihood but finally he didn’t return. By the passing of time Piyal and Nanda get married but they do not experience their early feelings like in those days when Piyal teaches her.

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.

Cast:

Malini Fonseka
Joe Abeywickrama
Vijaya Kumaratunga
Tony Ranasinghe

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