1st Sarasaviya Awards


The 1st Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1961, 1962 and 1963 in Sinhala cinema on May 9, 1964, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Senate President Thomas Amarasuriya was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Gamperaliya won the most awards with nine including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmGamperaliyaAnton Wickremasinghe
Best DirectorGamperaliyaLester James Peries
Best ActorSikuru TharuwaD. R. Nanayakkara
Best ActressGamperaliyaPunya Heendeniya
Best Script WriterGamperaliyaRegi Siriwardena
Best CinematographerGamperaliyaWilliam Blake
Best EditorGamperaliyaSumitra Peries
Best Music DirectionGamperaliyaW. D. Amaradeva
Best LyricistRanmuthu DuwaChandraratne Manawasinghe
Best Male Playback SingerRanmuthu DuwaNarada Disasekara
Best Female Playback SingerRanmuthu DuwaNanda Malini
Honorary AwardsGamperaliyaGamini Fonseka
Honorary AwardsGamperaliyaPunya Heendeniya
Honorary AwardsSikuru TharuwaJohn Amaratunga

CategoryFilmNo. of votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteGamperaliya35,374 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSikuru Tharuwa34,921 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteRanmuthu Duwa32,843 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSuhada Sohoyuro27,014 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSuvineetha Lalani24,712 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSandesaya24,689 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteKurulu Bedda24,576 votes