13th Sarasaviya Awards


The 13th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1984 Sinhala cinema on July 20, 1985, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. First Lady of Sri Lanka Hema Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Sasara Chethana won the most awards with seven.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmMayaLester James Peries
Best DirectorMayaSumitra Peries
Best ActorMayaRavindra Randeniya
Best ActressDeveni Gamana'Sabeetha Perera
Best Supporting ActorHithawathiyaMervyn Jayathunga
Best Supporting ActressHithawathiyaAnoja Weerasinghe
Best Emerging ActressSasara ChethanaVishaka Siriwardana
Best Script WriterDeveni GamanaH.D. Premaratne
Best CinematographerSasara ChethanaSumitta Amarasinghe
Best EditorDeveni GamanaJayatissa Dillimuni
Best Art DirectionSasara ChethanaHemapala Dharmasena
Best Sound EffectsMayaShesha Palihakkara
Best Music DirectionSasara ChethanaSarath Dassanayake
Best LyricistSasara ChethanaSunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback SingerSasara ChethanaShelton Perera
Best Female Playback SingerHithawathiyaChandrika Siriwardena
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteMalani Fonseka
Most Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteShirani Nugera
Merit AwardsMayaSanath Gunathilake
Merit AwardsBattiNadeeka Gunasekara
Merit AwardsBattiRathnawali Kekunawela
Merit AwardsSasara ChethanaWilson Karu
Merit AwardsMayaDimuthu Chandani Kuruppu
Merit AwardsSasara ChethanaMalani Fonseka

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festival-
Popular films included in the festivalHithawathiya
Popular films included in the festivalSasara Chethana
Popular films included in the festivalLoku Thaththa
Popular films included in the festivalRana Derana
Popular films included in the festivalDeveni Gamana
Popular films included in the festivalPodi Ralahamy
Popular films included in the festivalMaya
Popular films included in the festivalBatti