Bawa Duka

Bawa Duka (Sinhala: භව දුක) is a 1997 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake and co-produced by Ven. Vijayapura Pagngnananna Thero and Jayaratne Wadduwage for Samadhi Films. It stars Swarna Mallawarachchi, W. Jayasiri and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Ravindra Randeniya and Hemasiri Liyanage. Music composed by Gunadasa Kapuge.[1][2] It is the 877th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3] This film has a sequel, Bawa Karma.

Bawa Duka
භව දුක
Directed byDharmasiri Bandaranayake
Produced bySamadhi Films
Written byDharmasiri Bandaranayake
StarringSwarna Mallawarachchi
Jackson Anthony
Somy Rathnayake
Music byGunadasa Kapuge
CinematographyLal Wickramaarchchi
Edited byJ. Suranimala
Release date
30 May 1997
Running time
180 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Plot

The film is set in 1905 during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka. Nona Hami is raped by Muhandiram. Peduru Appu marries her without knowing that she is pregnant with Muhandiram's child. The whole village learns about it but Peduru accepts her as his wife irrespective of her state. Many years pass and they have more kids. Nona Hami and Peduru always fight over the eldest child, Giran, who is Muhandiram's child. Giran is forced to jump into the river to escape his father's beatings.

Cast

References
  1. "Sinhala screened films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Bawa Duka - භව දුක". films.lk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.


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