18th Sarasaviya Awards


The 18th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1988 Sinhala cinema on August 25, 1989, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Siri Medura won the most awards with eight including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmSiri MeduraBandula Gunawardena
Best DirectorSiri MeduraParakrama Niriella
Best ActorSiri MeduraRavindra Randeniya
Best ActressSiri MeduraAnoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting ActorKedapathaka ChayaSanath Gunathilake
Best Supporting ActressKedapathaka ChayaSunethra Sarathchandra
Best Emerging ActorPeople's voteLucky Dias
Best Emerging ActressPeople's voteSanoja Bibile
Best Script WriterKedapathaka ChayaWasantha Obesekere
Best Cinematographer Siri MeduraAndrew Jayamanne
Best EditorKedapathaka ChayaStanley de Alwis
Best Art DirectionRandenigala SinhayaLionel Silva
Best Makeup ArtistKedapathaka ChayaRanjith Manthagaweera
Best Sound EffectsKedapathaka ChayaGeorge Manatunga
Best Music DirectionSiri MeduraPremasiri Khemadasa
Best LyricistSiri MeduraLucien Bulathsinhala
Best Male Playback SingerSiri MeduraAmarasiri Peiris
Best Female Playback SingerSinasenna RaththaranChandrika Siriwardena
Most Popular FilmNommara 17Preethiraj Weeraratne
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteJeevan Kumaratunga
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteSabeetha Perera
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaD. B. Nihalsinghe
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaSwarna Mallawarachchi
Merit AwardsSinasenna RaththaranAruna Shanthi
Merit AwardsRandenigala SinhayaLionel Deraniyagala
Merit AwardsFilm song recordingMervyn Bens

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festival-
Popular films included in the festivalNommara 17
Popular films included in the festivalMamai Raja
Popular films included in the festivalKedapathaka Chaya
Popular films included in the festivalSinasenna Raththaran
Popular films included in the festivalSiri Medura
Popular films included in the festivalOkkoma Rajawaru
Popular films included in the festivalRandenigala Sinhaya