18th Sarasaviya Awards
18th Sarasaviya Awards | |
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Date | August 25, 1989 |
Site | Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka |
Directed by | A. D. Ranjith Kumara |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Siri Medura |
Most awards | Siri Medura (8) |
Most nominations | Siri Medura |
Television coverage | |
Network | Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited |
The 18th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 18වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1988 Sinhala cinema on August 25, 1989, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. His Excellency The President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.[1]
The film Siri Medura won the most awards with eight including Best Film.
Awards[]
Category | Film | Recipient |
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Best Film | Siri Medura | Bandula Gunawardena |
Best Director | Siri Medura | Parakrama Niriella |
Best Actor | Siri Medura | Ravindra Randeniya |
Best Actress | Siri Medura | Anoja Weerasinghe |
Best Supporting Actor | Kedapathaka Chaya | Sanath Gunathilake |
Best Supporting Actress | Kedapathaka Chaya | Sunethra Sarathchandra |
People's vote | Lucky Dias | |
People's vote | Sanoja Bibile | |
Kedapathaka Chaya | Wasantha Obesekere | |
Best Cinematographer (color film) | Siri Medura | Andrew Jayamanne |
Kedapathaka Chaya | Stanley de Alwis | |
Randenigala Sinhaya | Lionel Silva | |
Kedapathaka Chaya | Ranjith Manthagaweera | |
Kedapathaka Chaya | George Manatunga | |
Best Music Direction | Siri Medura | Premasiri Khemadasa |
Best Lyricist | Siri Medura | Lucien Bulathsinhala |
Best Male Playback Singer | Siri Medura | Amarasiri Peiris |
Best Female Playback Singer | Sinasenna Raththaran | Chandrika Siriwardena |
Nommara 17 | Preethiraj Weeraratne | |
Most Popular Actor | People's vote | Jeevan Kumaratunga |
Most Popular Actress | People's vote | Sabeetha Perera |
contribution to Sinhala cinema | D. B. Nihalsinghe | |
Swarna Mallawarachchi | ||
Merit Awards | Sinasenna Raththaran | Aruna Shanthi |
Randenigala Sinhaya | Lionel Deraniyagala | |
Film song recording | Mervyn Bens |
Category | Film |
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Popular films included in the festival | |
Nommara 17 | |
Mamai Raja | |
Kedapathaka Chaya | |
Sinasenna Raththaran | |
Siri Medura | |
Okkoma Rajawaru | |
Randenigala Sinhaya |
References[]
- ^ "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
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