34th Sarasaviya Awards

34th Sarasaviya Awards
34th Sarasaviya Awards
	34rd Sarasaviya Awards
Date	August 03, 2018
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Hosted by
Highlights
Best Picture	2017 28 ; 2016 Motor Bicycle
Most awards	28
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
	← 33rd; Sarasaviya Awards; 35th →;

The 34rd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 34වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 2016 and 2017 Sinhala cinema on August 3, 2018, at the BMICH, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony was hosted by Saman Atahdudahetti. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe was the chief guest.

28 won the most awards, including Best Picture, for 2017 and Motor Bicycle won Best Picture for 2016.

The Sarasaviya Awards ceremony is one of the oldest film events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 1964 and are often referred to as the Sinhala Cinema industry's equivalent to The Oscars.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

The nominees were announced August 3, 2018, on the night of the awards immediately prior to the naming of the winners.

Awards for films released in 2016[]

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Motor Bicycle
Best Director
Best Actor	Motor Bicycle	Dasun Pathirana
Best Actress	Sarigama	Pooja Umashankar
Best Supporting Actor		Bimal Jayakody
Best Supporting Actress	Sarigama	Gayani Gisanthika
	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka
Best Cinematographer	Sarigama	Wishwa Balasooriya
	Motor Bicycle	Shamira Rangana
Lester James Peries Award	Dekala Prudu Kenek and Bahuchithawadiya	Malith Hegoda and Malaka Dewapriya
		Laxshman Wickramasinghe
		Suwaneetha Weerasinghe
Rana Thisara Award		Robin Fernando
Best Music Direction		Ajith Kumarasiri
	Maharaja Gemunu	Rohan Samara Divakara
	Sarigama	Vidura Abeydeera
	Sarigama	Aruna Priyashantha Kalu Arachchi
Best Lyricist	Motor Bicycle	Shamira Rangana
Best Male Playback Singer	Song Ammage Male for Motor Bicycle	Ajith Kumarasiri
Best Female Playback Singer	Song Sithuvili Pura for Adaraniya Kathawak	Kushani Sadareka
Best Emerging Actor	Sath Pethi Kusuma	Jehan Appuhami
Best Emerging Actress	Sath Pethi Kusuma	Yasoda Rasaduni
Merit Awards	Age Asa Ada
Merit Awards	Suhada Koka	Lal Kularatne
Merit Awards	Zoom	Sheshadri Priyasad
Merit Awards		Boomi Harendra
Merit Awards		Udara Samaraweera
		Paththini

Awards for films released in 2017[]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().^[2]

Best Picture 28 Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Alone in a Valley Dark in the White Light	Best Director Prasanna Jayakody – 28 Vimukthi Jayasundara – Dark in the White Light Boodee Keerthisena – Alone in a Valley
Best Actor Saumya Liyanage – Alone in a Valley Jackson Anthony – Dharmayuddhaya Mahendra Perera – 28	Best Actress Samanalee Fonseka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Dilhani Ekanayake – Dharmayuddhaya Semini Iddamalgoda – 28
Best Supporting Actor Roshan Ravindra – Alone in a Valley Dilhani Ekanayake – Dharmayuddhaya Kumara Thirimadura – 28	Best Supporting Actress Yureni Noshika – Nino Live Menaka Peiris – Aloko Udapadi Umali Thilakarathna – A-Level
Best Original Score Rohana Weerasinghe – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Lakshman Joseph De Saram – Alone in a Valley Deshaka Bamunumulla – 28	Best Song Lyricist Rajeev Wasantha Welgama – Kaala Sunil Ariyaratne – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Rohan Perera – A-Level
Best Male Singer Dumal Warnakulasuriya – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Nadeemal Perera – A-Level Amarasiri Peiris – Aloko Udapadi	Best Female Singer Vidusha Nethranjali – Ali Kathawa Uresha Ravihari – Heena Hoyana Samanallu Sachini Ranawaka – Kaala
Best Cinematography Chandana Jayasinghe – 28 Prabath Roshan – Aloko Udapadi Jaan Shenberger – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Channa Deshapriya & Dhanushka Gunathilake – Dark in the White Light	Best Editing Rangana Sinharage – 28 Shan Alwis – Aloko Udapadi Chandana Prasanna, Udara Weeraratne – Alone in a Valley
Best Production Design Sunil Wijeratne, Asanka Nilavathura – Sarigama Upul Chamila – Let Her Cry Bimal Dushmantha – Paththini	Best Sound Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe – Aloko Udapadi Aruna Priyantha Kaluarachchi – Dark in the White Light Pravin Jayaratne – Bandhanaya
Best Makeup Jayantha Ranawaka – Aloko Udapadi Kumara Galahitiyawa – Alone in a Valley Narada Thotagamuwa – 28	Best Emerging Actor Dineth de Silva – Aloko Udapadi Nino Live – Nino Jayakodi Thusitha Laknath – Metamophorsis
Best Emerging Actress Thisuri Yuwanika – Dharmayuddhaya Suranga Ranawaka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Ruwangi Rathnayake – Dr. Nawariyan	Special Jury Award Rithika Kodithuwakku – Let Her Cry
Lester James Pieris Award Not Awarded	Ranapala Bodhinagoda Memorial Literary Award Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Rana Thisara Award Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Shriyani Amarasinghe	Merit Award Senali Satharasinghe – Bandanaya
Merit Award Keshali Rajapaksha – A-Level	Merit Award Thisara Imbulana – Nino Live
Merit Award Iroshan Madusanka – Ali Kathawak	Merit Award Amiru Koralage – Paha Samath
Merit Award Ranga S. Bandara – Dedunu Akase	Best Popular Picture Aloko Udapadi

References[]

^ "Sarasaviya Awards : Sinhala cinema's equivalent to The Oscars". 9 December 2016.
^ "2016 වසරේ හොඳම චිත්‍රපටය". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

[1] "Sarasaviya Awards : Sinhala cinema's equivalent to The Oscars". 9 December 2016.

[2] "2016 වසරේ හොඳම චිත්‍රපටය". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

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