21st Sarasaviya Awards


The 21st Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1992 Sinhala cinema on March 20, 1993, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. Prime Minister D. B. Wijetunga was the chief guest at the awards nights.
The film Kulageya won the most awards with five including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmKulageyaA. A. Paige
Best DirectorKulageyaH. D. Premaratne
Best ActorUmayanganaJoe Abeywickrama
Best ActressKulageyaSriyani Amarasena
Best Supporting ActorMe Waare MageSomy Rathnayake
Best Supporting ActressKulageyaVeena Jayakody
Best Emerging ActorSakkara SuththaraBandula Dissanayake
Best Emerging ActressRajek Wage PuthekSamantha Epasinghe
Best Script WriterKulageyaTissa Abeysekara
Best Cinematographer Sinhayangeth SinhayaM. A. Gafoor
Best Cinematographer Sisila GiniganeeSuminda Weerasinghe
Best EditorKulageyaElmo Halliday
Best Art DirectionMuwan Palesse KadiraLionel Silva
Best Makeup ArtistAhimi DadayamEbert Wijesinghe
Best Sound EffectsSisila GiniganeeLionel Gunaratne
Best Music DirectionMuwan Palesse KadiraSarath Dassanayake
Best LyricistUmayanganaSunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback SingerRaja DaruwoGratien Ananda
Best Female Playback SingerOkkoma KanapitaLatha Walpola
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaIranganie Serasinghe
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaSumitra Peries
Merit AwardsSayanaye SihinayaJeevan Kumaratunga
Merit AwardsSayanaye SihinayaDilani Abeywardana
Merit AwardsUmayanganaDamayanthi Fonseka
Merit AwardsRaja DaruwoSomapala Rathnayake
Merit AwardsViyaru MinisaSugath Samarakoon

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festival-
Popular films included in the festivalRaja Daruwo
Popular films included in the festivalUmayangana
Popular films included in the festivalSinhayanth Sinhaya
Popular films included in the festivalMalsara Doni
Popular films included in the festivalChandi Rejina
Popular films included in the festivalOkkoma Kanapita
Popular films included in the festivalKulageya