15th Sarasaviya Awards


The 15th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1986 Sinhala cinema on July 25, 1987, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of Lands and Land Development Gamini Dissanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.
Even though the film Maldeniye Simieon won seven awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, most number of awards were received to the film Koti Waligaya which included eleven awards.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmMaldeniye SimieonVijaya Ramanayake
Best DirectorMaldeniye SimieonD. B. Nihalsinghe
Best ActorMaldeniye SimieonJoe Abeywickrama
Best ActressMaldeniye SimieonAnoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting ActorPoojaAmarasiri Kalansuriya
Best Supporting ActressKoti WaligayaAnjela Seneviratne
Best Emerging ActressPoojaGeetha Kanthi Jayakody
Best Script WriterKoti WaligayaTony Ranasinghe
Best Cinematographer Koti WaligayaK. D. Dayananda
Best Cinematographer Maldeniye SimieonD. B. Nihalsinghe
Best EditorKoti WaligayaM. S. Aliman
Best Art DirectionMaldeniye SimieonLionel Silva
Best Makeup ArtistMaldeniye SimieonRanjith Manthagaweera
Best Sound EffectsKoti WaligayaGeorge Manatunga
Best Music DirectionAdara HasunaRohana Weerasinghe
Best LyricistPoojaDharmasiri Gamage
Best Male Playback SingerPoojaSunil Edirisinghe
Best Female Playback SingerYali HamuwennaiChandralekha Perera
Most Popular FilmKoti WaligayaPeter Perera
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteSabeetha Perera
Most Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteDamayanthi Fonseka
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaLester James Peries
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaAnoja Weerasinghe
Merit AwardsKoti WaligayaTony Ranasinghe
Merit AwardsKoti WaligayaRex Kodippili
Merit AwardsKoti WaligayaSenaka Perera
Merit AwardsKoti WaligayaSathischandra Edirisinghe

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festival-
Popular films included in the festivalKoti Waligaya
Popular films included in the festivalMaldeniye Simieon
Popular films included in the festivalPeralikarayo
Popular films included in the festivalJaya Apatai
Popular films included in the festivalMal Warusa
Popular films included in the festivalDinuma
Popular films included in the festivalYali Hamuwennai