Sena  is a young boy in the village of Siriyala. Anula is his friend who always plays with him. One day a tilt walker comes to the village and he is attacked by two thieves. Sena fights with them and prevents the tilt walker. Tilt walker is also a palm reader and he predicts one day Sena will become a famous healer and bring dignity to the village.

Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film based on the book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf. Silindu(Joe Abeywickrama), an uneducated rustic. Punchi Menika(Malani Fonseka), daughter of Silindu. Babun(Vijaya Kumarathunga) husband of Punchi Menika. All are the victims of their faith….

Kusum Liyanage , a girl from a lower class family who falls in love with Nimal, a member of a family she works for and had known since she was a kid. She's extremely obedient not willing to go against the wishes of her parents and other elders. She gains a friend in Podmini who admires Kusum's innocence and and tries to protect it from corruption. Kusum and Nimal fall in love though Kusum starts to feel guilty due to her lower class status. Eventhough Kusum breaks off all contact with Nimal, Nimal becomes a teacher at Kusum's school causing them to come in contact again.

A frustrated wife….lonely with her little daughter…one day they were murdered….The secrete tragedy……. re-birth…..finally everything was revealed……..

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. 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.

“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 her 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.