12th Sarasaviya Awards

The 12th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 12වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1983 Sinhala cinema on July 21, 1984, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Honorable Speaker of the Parliament E. L. Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.[1]

12th Sarasaviya Awards
DateJuly 21, 1984
SiteBandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed byGranville Silva
Highlights
Best PictureDadayama
Most awardsDadayama (7)
Most nominationsDadayama
Television coverage
NetworkAssociated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The film Dadayama won the most awards with seven including Best Film.

Awards

Category Film Recipient
Best Film Dadayama Rabin Chandrasiri
Best Director Dadayama Wasantha Obesekere
Best Actor Dadayama' Ravindra Randeniya
Best Actress Dadayama' Swarna Mallawarachchi
Best Supporting Actor Dadayama Somy Rathnayake
Best Supporting Actress Kaliyugaya Trilicia Gunawardena
Best Emerging Actress Loku Thaththa Sureni Senarath
Best Script Writer Thunweni Yamaya Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Best Cinematographer (black n' white film) Thunweni Yamaya Andrew Jayamanne
Best Cinematographer (color film) Dadayama Donald Karunaratne
Best Editor Kaliyugaya Gladwin Fernando
Best Art Direction Kaliyugaya Eral Kelly
Best Makeup Artist Kaliyugaya Ebert Wijesinghe
Best Sound Effects Dadayama K. P. K. Balasingham
Best Music Direction Thunweni Yamaya Premasiri Khemadasa
Best Lyricist Athin Athata Ajantha Ranasinghe
Best Male Playback Singer Athin Athata Milton Mallawarachchi
Best Female Playback Singer Athin Athata Neela Wickramasinghe
Most Popular Actor People's vote Vijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular Actress People's vote Malani Fonseka
Most Popular Emerging Actress People's vote Sabeetha Perera
Merit Awards Loku Thaththa Upali Aththanayake
Thunweni Yamaya Wasantha Kotuwella
Athin Athata Rasadari Fonseka
Athin Athata Sarath Dassanayake
Category Film
Popular films included in the festival
Dadayama
Athin Athata
Loku Thaththa
Thunweni Yamaya
Kaliyugaya
Samuganimi Ma Samiyani
Chandira

References

  1. "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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