12th Sarasaviya Awards


The 12th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1983 Sinhala cinema on July 21, 1984, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Honorable Speaker of the Parliament E. L. Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Dadayama won the most awards with seven including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmDadayamaRabin Chandrasiri
Best DirectorDadayamaWasantha Obesekere
Best ActorDadayamaRavindra Randeniya
Best ActressDadayamaSwarna Mallawarachchi
Best Supporting ActorDadayamaSomy Rathnayake
Best Supporting ActressKaliyugayaTrilicia Gunawardena
Best Emerging ActressLoku ThaththaSureni Senarath
Best Script WriterThunweni YamayaDharmasiri Bandaranayake
Best Cinematographer Thunweni YamayaAndrew Jayamanne
Best Cinematographer DadayamaDonald Karunaratne
Best EditorKaliyugayaGladwin Fernando
Best Art DirectionKaliyugayaEral Kelly
Best Makeup ArtistKaliyugayaEbert Wijesinghe
Best Sound EffectsDadayamaK. P. K. Balasingham
Best Music DirectionThunweni YamayaPremasiri Khemadasa
Best LyricistAthin AthataAjantha Ranasinghe
Best Male Playback SingerAthin AthataMilton Mallawarachchi
Best Female Playback SingerAthin AthataNeela Wickramasinghe
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteMalani Fonseka
Most Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteSabeetha Perera
Merit AwardsLoku ThaththaUpali Aththanayake
Merit AwardsThunweni YamayaWasantha Kotuwella
Merit AwardsAthin AthataRasadari Fonseka
Merit AwardsAthin AthataSarath Dassanayake

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festival-
Popular films included in the festivalDadayama
Popular films included in the festivalAthin Athata
Popular films included in the festivalLoku Thaththa
Popular films included in the festivalThunweni Yamaya
Popular films included in the festivalKaliyugaya
Popular films included in the festivalSamuganimi Ma Samiyani
Popular films included in the festivalChandira