Padadaya

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.[2][3][4] It is the 911th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[5] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.[6][7]

Padadaya
පාදඩයා
Directed byLinton Semage[1]
Produced byHiru Films
Written byLinton Semage
StarringLinton Semage
Shyamali Warusavitana
Saumya Liyanage
Music byRohana Weerasinghe
CinematographyJayanath Gunawardena
Edited byElmo Halliday
Release date
12 March 1999
Running time
67 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The film won a Special Jury Award Dhaka International Film Festival held on 28 January 2000. It also shared the NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Film with fellow Sri Lankan film Saroja directed by Somaratne Dissanayake. The film represented Sri Lanka in competitive sections of Kerala, Mumbai, Oslo, Pusan and New Delhi International Film Festivals screened at the competitive section of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival in Argentina as well.[8]

Cast

Soundtrack
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Nethin Netha Hamuwee"Mohan Wickramasooriya 
2."Me Sihine"Mohan Wickramasooriya 

References
  1. "'Vel Vidane' misuses official powers". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Sinhala Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Padadaya (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Screening of 2 new films". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. "The Outcast (Padadaya)". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. "The Outcast (Padadaya) review". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. "Cinematic acclaim for Semage, Dissanayake". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.


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