15th Sarasaviya Awards

The 15th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 15වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1986 Sinhala cinema on July 25, 1987, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of Lands and Land Development Gamini Dissanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.[1]

15th Sarasaviya Awards
DateJuly 25, 1987
SiteBandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed byGranville Silva
Highlights
Best PictureMaldeniye Simieon
Most awardsKoti Waligaya (10)
Most nominationsKoti Waligaya
Television coverage
NetworkAssociated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

Even though the film Maldeniye Simieon won seven awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, most number of awards were received to the film Koti Waligaya which included eleven awards.

Awards

Category Film Recipient
Best Film Maldeniye Simieon Vijaya Ramanayake
Best Director Maldeniye Simieon D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Actor Maldeniye Simieon Joe Abeywickrama
Best Actress Maldeniye Simieon Anoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting Actor Pooja Amarasiri Kalansuriya
Best Supporting Actress Koti Waligaya Anjela Seneviratne
Best Emerging Actress Pooja Geetha Kanthi Jayakody
Best Script Writer Koti Waligaya Tony Ranasinghe
Best Cinematographer (black n' white film) Koti Waligaya K. D. Dayananda
Best Cinematographer (color film) Maldeniye Simieon D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Editor Koti Waligaya M. S. Aliman
Best Art Direction Maldeniye Simieon Lionel Silva
Best Makeup Artist Maldeniye Simieon Ranjith Manthagaweera
Best Sound Effects Koti Waligaya George Manatunga
Best Music Direction Adara Hasuna Rohana Weerasinghe
Best Lyricist Pooja Dharmasiri Gamage
Best Male Playback Singer Pooja Sunil Edirisinghe
Best Female Playback Singer Yali Hamuwennai Chandralekha Perera
Most Popular Film Koti Waligaya Peter Perera
Most Popular Actor People's vote Vijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular Actress People's vote Sabeetha Perera
Most Popular Emerging Actress People's vote Damayanthi Fonseka
Rana Thisara Award contribution to Sinhala cinema Lester James Peries
Anoja Weerasinghe
Merit Awards Koti Waligaya Tony Ranasinghe
Koti Waligaya Rex Kodippili
Koti Waligaya Senaka Perera
Koti Waligaya Sathischandra Edirisinghe
Category Film
Popular films included in the festival
Koti Waligaya
Maldeniye Simieon
Peralikarayo
Jaya Apatai
Mal Warusa
Dinuma
Yali Hamuwennai

References

  1. "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
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