2nd Sarasaviya Awards


The 2nd Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1964 in Sinhala cinema on July 1, 1965, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night.
It is noteworthy that this year's awards will be replaced by special merit awards and no awards will be given in the categories of screenwriting, editing, music direction and art direction. The film Getawarayo won the most awards with eight including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmGetawarayoShesha Palihakkara
Best DirectorGetawarayoMike Wilson
Tissa Liyanasuriya
Best ActorDheewarayoGamini Fonseka
Best ActressGetawarayoSobani Amarasinghe
Best CinematographerGetawarayoW. A. Rathnayake
Best LyricistGetawarayoMadawala S. Rathnayake
Best Male Playback SingerGetawarayoW. D. Amaradeva
Best Female Playback SingerGetawarayoLatha Walpola
Special Merit GiftsDheewarayoSandhya Kumari
Special Merit GiftsGetawarayoJoe Abeywickrama
Special Merit GiftsSithaka MahimaRita Ratnayake
Special Merit GiftsDheewarayoRuby de Mel
Special Merit GiftsSasaraka HatiJeevarani Kurukulasuriya
Special Merit GiftsSasaraka HatiAnthony C. Perera
Special Merit GiftsChandaliS. D. S. Somaratne

CategoryFilmNo. of votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteGetawarayo25,572 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteChandali12,246 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteDheewarayo11,621 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSithaka Mahima8,240 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSasaraka Hati6,374 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VotePatachara2,996 votes
Popular Awards from Reader VoteSamiya Birindage Deviyaya2,412 votes