20th Sarasaviya Awards


The 20th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1991 Sinhala cinema on April 11, 1992, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Kelimadala won the most awards with thirteen including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmKelimadalaAnoja Weerasinghe
Gamini Nanayakkara
Best DirectorKelimadalaD. B. Nihalsinghe
Best ActorGolu Muhude KunatuwaJoe Abeywickrama
Best ActressKelimadalaAnoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting ActorKelimadalaJeevan Kumaratunga
Best Supporting ActressKelimadalaVeena Jayakody
Best Emerging ActorWeda Barinam Wadak NaLal Weerasinghe
Best Emerging ActressKelimadalaNilmini Tennakoon
Best Script WriterKelimadalaD. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Cinematographer MadhusamayaK. A. Wijeratne
Best Cinematographer KelimadalaM. V. Hemapala
Best EditorKelimadalaM. S. Aliman
Best Art DirectionKelimadalaK. A. Milton Perera
Best Makeup ArtistKelimadalaEbert Wijesinghe
Best Sound EffectsKelimadalaLionel Gunaratne
Best Music DirectionDolosmahe PahanaPremasiri Khemadasa
Best LyricistMadhusamayaBandara K. Wijethunga
Best Male Playback SingerDolosmahe PahanaVijaya Kumaratunga
Best Female Playback SingerDolosmahe PahanaNeela Wickramasinghe
Most Popular FilmWada Barinam Wadak NaChristy Fernando
Mathew Fernando
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteShashi Wijendra
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteDilhani Ekanayake
Most Popular Emerging ActorPeople's voteLal Weerasinghe
Most Popular Emerging ActressPeople's votedid not awarded
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaHugo Fernando
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaLatha Walpola
Merit AwardsKelimadalaSumithra Rahubadde
Merit AwardsMa Obe HithawathaRuwan Srilal Dalpadadu
Merit AwardsIt's Matter of TimeRoy de Silva

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festivalWada Barinam Wadak Na
Popular films included in the festivalSalambak Handai
Popular films included in the festivalKelimadala
Popular films included in the festivalCheriyo Doctor
Popular films included in the festivalMadhusamaya
Popular films included in the festivalUthura Dakuna