Dadayama

{{Infobox film

| name = Dadayama
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 =

| gross =

}}

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.{{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}} It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Swarna Mallawarachchi in lead roles along with Somy Rathnayake and Iranganie Serasinghe. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2013/07/25/?fn=sa13072516|title=Sinhala screened films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=1 November 2017}} It is the 558th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.{{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 }}

==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