24th Sarasaviya Awards


The 24th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1995 Sinhala cinema on September 1, 1996, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister Dharmasiri Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Seilama won the ten prestigious awards including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmSeilamaSoma Edirisinghe
Best DirectorSeilamaH. D. Premaratne
Best Script WriterSeilamaSimon Navagattegama
Best ActorSeilamaRavindra Randeniya
Best ActressAwaragiraIranganie Serasinghe
Best Supporting ActorSeilamaCyril Wickramage
Best Supporting ActressAwaragiraVasanthi Chathurani
Best Cinematographer MaruthayaSuminda Weerasinghe
Best EditorSeilamaElmo Halliday
Best Music DirectionSeilamaRohana Weerasinghe
Best Art DirectionSeilamaK. A. Milton Perera
Best Sound EffectsAwaragiraLionel Gunaratne
Best MakeupSeilamaRanjith Manthagaweera
Best LyricistSeilamaSunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback SingerChittiRookantha Gunathilake
Best Female Playback SingerChittiLatha Walpola
Most Popular FilmAege VairayaKaru Dissanayake
Best Upcoming ActorDemodara PalamaLakshman Mendis
Best Upcoming ActressChandiyage PuthaRuwanthi Mangala
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaHerby Seneviratne
Rana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaG. S. B. Rani
Merit AwardsAyomaJackson Anthony
Merit AwardsMaruthayaSangeetha Weeraratne
Merit AwardsChittiCletus Mendis
Merit AwardsChittiCarlo Wijesiri
Merit AwardsDemodara PalamaDinesh Priyasad
Merit AwardsDemodara PalamaNimalasiri Rosa

CategoryFilm
Popular films included in the festivalAege Vairaya
Popular films included in the festivalCheriyo Captain
Popular films included in the festivalDemodara Palama
Popular films included in the festivalAwaragira
Popular films included in the festivalMaruthaya
Popular films included in the festivalAyoma
Popular films included in the festivalSeilama