# Dadayama

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Dadayama <br> දඩයම
| image          = DVD_Cover_of_the_film_Dadayama.jpg
| caption        = Torana DVD cover
| director       = [Vasantha Obeysekera](/source/Vasantha_Obeysekera)
| producer       = Canfo Films
| writer         = Vasantha Obeysekera
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Ravindra Randeniya](/source/Ravindra_Randeniya)|[Swarna Mallawarachchi](/source/Swarna_Mallawarachchi)|[Somy Rathnayake](/source/Somy_Rathnayake)}}
| music          = [Premasiri Khemadasa](/source/Premasiri_Khemadasa)
| cinematography = Donald Karunaratne
| editing        = Stanley de Alwis
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1984|05|20|df=y}}
| runtime        = 105 minutes
| country        = [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
| language       = [Sinhala](/source/Sinhalese_language)
| budget         = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.-->
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}}

'''''Dadayama (The Hunt)''''' ({{langx|si|දඩයම}}) is a 1983 [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)n Sinhala drama thriller film directed by [Vasantha Obeysekera](/source/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](/source/Ravindra_Randeniya) and [Swarna Mallawarachchi](/source/Swarna_Mallawarachchi) in lead roles along with [Somy Rathnayake](/source/Somy_Rathnayake) and [Iranganie Serasinghe](/source/Iranganie_Serasinghe). Music composed by [Premasiri Khemadasa](/source/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](/source/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka).<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](/source/Ravindra_Randeniya) as Jayanath 
* [Swarna Mallawarachchi](/source/Swarna_Mallawarachchi) as Rathmali Kekulawala
* [Somy Rathnayake](/source/Somy_Rathnayake) as Jacolis
* [Iranganie Serasinghe](/source/Iranganie_Serasinghe) as Brothel owner
* [Rathnawali Kekunawela](/source/Rathnawali_Kekunawela) as Rathmali's mother
* Shirani Kaushalya as Renuka
* Nanda Withana as Duplicate registrar
* Malaka Chathurath as Rathmali's son
* [Daya Alwis](/source/Daya_Alwis) as Minister
* Granville Rodrigo as Peter's companion
* J.H. Jayawardana as Peter
* [Awanthi Aponsu](/source/Awanthi_Aponsu) as Rathmali's friend
* Rathmali Gunasekara as Rathmali's elder sister
* Anushi Wijegunawardena as Prostitute

==References==
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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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