6th Sarasaviya Awards

6th Sarasaviya Awards
6th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	March 26, 1969
Site	Women's school premises, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Granville Silva
Highlights
Best Picture	Golu Hadawatha
Most awards	Golu Hadawatha (4)
Most nominations	Golu Hadawatha
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
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The 6th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 6වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1968 Sinhala cinema on March 26, 1969, at the Women's school premises, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night.^[1]

The film Golu Hadawatha won the most awards with four including Best Film.

Awards[]

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Golu Hadawatha	Ceylon Studio
Best Director	Dahasak Sithuvili	G. D. L. Perera
Best Actor	Bicycle Hora	D. R. Nanayakkara
Best Actress	Golu Hadawatha	Anula Karunathilaka
Best Supporting Actor	Indunila	Asoka Ponnamperuma
Best Supporting Actress	Bicycle Hora	Jessica Wickrmasinghe
	Vanasara	S. A. Somaratne
Best Cinematographer	Vanasara	Noel Perera
	Dahasak Sithuvili	S. M. Nissar
	Indunila	Nimal Weerakkody C. Somasekaran
Best Music Direction	Golu Hadawatha	Premasiri Khemadasa
Best Lyricist	Singithi Surathal	Karunaratne Abeysekera
Best Male Playback Singer	Aadarawanthayo	Victor Rathnayake
Best Female Playback Singer	Aadarawanthayo	Nanda Malini
Most Popular Actor	People's vote	Gamini Fonseka
Most Popular Actress	People's vote	Anula Karunathilaka
Merit Awards	Abuddassa Kale	Rukmani Devi
	Punchi Baba	Dommie Jayawardena
	Golu Hadawatha	Wijeratne Warakagoda
	Vahal Dupatha	Chandrakala
	Dahasak Sithuvili	G. D. L. Perera

Category	Film
Popular Awards from Reader Vote
	Dahasak Sithuvili
	Bicycle Hora
	Golu Hadawatha
	Indunila
	Vanasara

References[]

^ "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-09.

[1] "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-09.

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