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Padadaya (1999)

Padadaya poster
Directed by
Linton Semage
Country
Sri Lanka
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with being rejected by society and his own family. The film follows his difficult journey as an outcast.

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What happens

Padadaya (The Outcast) (Sinhala: පාදඩයා) is a 1999 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed and produced by Linton Semage for Hiru Films. It stars Linton Semage and Shyamali Warusavitana in lead roles along with Saumya Liyanage and Trilicia Gunawardena. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 911th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film won a Special Jury Award Dhaka International Film Festival held on 28 January 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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