16th Sarasaviya Awards

The 16th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 16වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1987 Sinhala cinema on July 23, 1988, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of National Defense, Trade and Shipping Lalith Athulathmudali was the chief guest at the awards night.[1]

16th Sarasaviya Awards
DateJuly 23, 1988
SiteBandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed byGranville Silva
Highlights
Best PictureViragaya
Most awardsViragaya (12)
Most nominationsViragaya
Television coverage
NetworkAssociated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The film Viragaya won most number of awards with twelve awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.

Awards

Category Film Recipient
Best Film Viragaya Chandra Mallawarachchi
Best Director Viragaya Tissa Abeysekara
Best Actor Viragaya Sanath Gunathilake
Best Actress Podi Vijay Sabeetha Perera
Best Supporting Actor Mangala Thegga Jayalath Manoratne
Best Supporting Actress Viragaya Sunethra Sarathchandra
Best Emerging Actress Sanoja Bibile
Best Script Writer Viragaya Tissa Abeysekara
Best Cinematographer (black n' white film) Mangala Thegga Andrew Jayamanne
Best Cinematographer (color film) Janelaya Darren Okada
Best Editor Viragaya Lal Piyasena
Best Art Direction Viragaya K. A. Milton Perera
Best Makeup Artist Viragaya Shesha Palihakkara
Best Sound Effects Janelaya George Manatunga
Best Music Direction Viragaya Sarath Fernando
Best Lyricist Viragaya Sunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback Singer Viragaya Sanath Nandasiri
Best Female Playback Singer Not awarded
Most Popular Film Kavuluwa A. S. P. Liyanage
Most Popular Actor People's vote Vijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular Actress People's vote Geetha Kumarasinghe
Most Popular Emerging Actress People's vote Maureen Charuni
Rana Thisara Award contribution to Sinhala cinema Vijaya Kumaratunga
Malani Fonseka
Merit Awards Viragaya Asoka Peiris
Ahinsa Nadeeka Gunasekara
Janelaya Razi Anwar
Janelaya Ruby de Mel
Category Film
Popular films selected by readers
Kawuluwa
Viragaya
Ahinsa
Janelaya
Hitha Honda Chandiya
Raja Wedakarayo
Obatai Priye Adare

References

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