{{Infobox film | name = Dadayama <br> දඩයම | image = DVD_Cover_of_the_film_Dadayama.jpg | caption = Torana DVD cover | director = Vasantha Obeysekera | producer = Canfo Films | writer = Vasantha Obeysekera | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Ravindra Randeniya|Swarna Mallawarachchi|Somy Rathnayake}} | music = Premasiri Khemadasa | cinematography = Donald Karunaratne | editing = Stanley de Alwis | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1984|05|20|df=y}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Sri Lanka | language = Sinhala | budget = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--> | gross = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--> }}
'''''Dadayama (The Hunt)''''' ({{langx|si|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dadayama: The hunt that was a hunt |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/films/2018/12/06/1299/දඩයමක්-වූ-දඩයම |access-date=2021-01-12 |website=Sarasaviya}}</ref> It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Swarna Mallawarachchi in lead roles along with Somy Rathnayake and Iranganie Serasinghe. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2013/07/25/?fn=sa13072516|title=Sinhala screened films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref> It is the 558th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | archive-date=23 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Cast== * Ravindra Randeniya as Jayanath * Swarna Mallawarachchi as Rathmali Kekulawala * 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 * Awanthi Aponsu as Rathmali's friend * Rathmali Gunasekara as Rathmali's elder sister * Anushi Wijegunawardena as Prostitute
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==External links== *[http://www.films.lk/FilmDetails.php?id=1313 Sri Lanka Cinema Database] * {{IMDb title|id=0964506|title=Dadayama}}
Category:1984 films Category:1980s Sinhala-language films Category:1984 thriller films Category:Sri Lankan thriller films Category:1984 drama films Category:Sinhala-language thriller films
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