24th Sarasaviya Awards

24th Sarasaviya Awards
24th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	September 1, 1996
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Tilakaratne Kuruwita Bandara
Highlights
Best Picture	Seilama
Most awards	Seilama (10)
Most nominations	Seilama
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
	← 23rd; Sarasaviya Awards; 25th →;

The 24th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 24වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1995 Sinhala cinema on September 1, 1996, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister Dharmasiri Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.^[1]

The film Seilama won the ten prestigious awards including Best Film.

Awards[]

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Seilama	Soma Edirisinghe
Best Director	Seilama	H. D. Premaratne
	Seilama	Simon Navagattegama
Best Actor	Seilama	Ravindra Randeniya
Best Actress	Awaragira	Iranganie Serasinghe
Best Supporting Actor	Seilama	Cyril Wickramage
Best Supporting Actress	Awaragira	Vasanthi Chathurani
Best Cinematographer (color film)	Maruthaya	Suminda Weerasinghe
	Seilama	Elmo Halliday
Best Music Direction	Seilama	Rohana Weerasinghe
	Seilama	K. A. Milton Perera
	Awaragira	Lionel Gunaratne
	Seilama	Ranjith Manthagaweera
Best Lyricist	Seilama	Sunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback Singer	Chitti	Rookantha Gunathilake
Best Female Playback Singer	Chitti	Latha Walpola
	Aege Vairaya	Karu Dissanayake
	Demodara Palama	Lakshman Mendis
	Chandiyage Putha	Ruwanthi Mangala
	contribution to Sinhala cinema	Herby Seneviratne
	contribution to Sinhala cinema	G. S. B. Rani
Merit Awards	Ayoma	Jackson Anthony
	Maruthaya	Sangeetha Weeraratne
	Chitti	Cletus Mendis
	Chitti	Carlo Wijesiri
	Demodara Palama	Dinesh Priyasad
	Demodara Palama	Nimalasiri Rosa

Category	Film
Popular films included in the festival
	Aege Vairaya
	Cheriyo Captain
	Demodara Palama
	Awaragira
	Maruthaya
	Ayoma
	Seilama