16th Sarasaviya Awards


The 16th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1987 Sinhala cinema on July 23, 1988, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of National Defense, Trade and Shipping Lalith Athulathmudali was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Viragaya won most number of awards with twelve awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmViragayaChandra Mallawarachchi
Best DirectorViragayaTissa Abeysekara
Best ActorViragayaSanath Gunathilake
Best ActressPodi VijaySabeetha Perera
Best Supporting ActorMangala TheggaJayalath Manoratne
Best Supporting ActressViragayaSunethra Sarathchandra
Best Emerging ActressSanoja Bibile
Best Script WriterViragayaTissa Abeysekara
Best Cinematographer Mangala TheggaAndrew Jayamanne
Best Cinematographer JanelayaDarren Okada
Best EditorViragayaLal Piyasena
Best Art DirectionViragayaK. A. Milton Perera
Best Makeup ArtistViragayaShesha Palihakkara
Best Sound EffectsJanelayaGeorge Manatunga
Best Music DirectionViragayaSarath Fernando
Best LyricistViragayaSunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback SingerViragayaSanath Nandasiri
Best Female Playback SingerNot awarded
Most Popular FilmKavuluwaA. S. P. Liyanage
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya Kumaratunga
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteGeetha Kumarasinghe
Most Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteMaureen Charuni
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaVijaya Kumaratunga
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinema
Merit AwardsViragayaAsoka Peiris
Merit AwardsAhinsaNadeeka Gunasekara
Merit AwardsJanelayaRazi Anwar
Merit AwardsJanelayaRuby de Mel

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