Padadaya

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| name = Padadaya
පාදඩයා

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| director = Linton Semage{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/981122/mirror5.html |title='Vel Vidane' misuses official powers |publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=11 March 2017}}

| producer = Hiru Films

| writer = Linton Semage

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| starring = Linton Semage
Shyamali Warusavitana
Saumya Liyanage

| music = Rohana Weerasinghe

| cinematography = Jayanath Gunawardena

| editing = Elmo Halliday

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| released = {{Film date|1999|03|12|df=yes}}

| runtime = 67 minutes

| country = Sri Lanka

| language = Sinhala

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Padadaya (The Outcast) ({{langx|si|පාදඩයා|italic=yes}}) 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/07/02/?fn=sa15070242 |title=Sinhala Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281025/ |title=Padadaya (1998) |publisher=IMDb|accessdate=11 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990221/mirror5.html |title=Screening of 2 new films |publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=11 March 2017}} It is the 911th 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-date=23 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | url-status=dead }} The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.{{cite web | url=https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-outcast-padadaya/Film?oid=1433901 | title=The Outcast (Padadaya) | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/the-outcast-padadaya/Film?oid=2703396 | title=The Outcast (Padadaya) review | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016}}

The film won a Special Jury Award Dhaka International Film Festival held on 28 January 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000206/tv.html |title=Cinematic acclaim for Semage, Dissanayake |publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=11 March 2017}}