3rd Sarasaviya Awards


The 3rd Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1965 Sinhala cinema on August 20, 1966, at the Colombo Race Course, Sri Lanka. For the first time in Sri Lankan award history, Bollywood celebrities Hindi actresses Nutan and Shashikala, then editors of Filmfare magazine B. J. K. Karanjia and Hindi actor Sunil Dutt were invited to participate as the chief guests at the awards night.
The film Saaravita won the most awards with nine including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmSaaravitaShesha Palihakkara
Best DirectorSaaravitaTissa Liyanasuriya
Best ActorSaaravitaJoe Abeywickrama
Best ActressNot Awarded
Best Script WriterSaaravitaK. A. W. Perera
Best CinematographerSaaravitaW. A. Ratnayake
Best EditorSaaravitaTitus Thotawatte
Best Music DirectionHandapanaSisira Senaratne
Best LyricistSaaravitaMahagama Sekara
Best Male Playback SingerAllapu GedaraMohideen Baig
Best Female Playback SingerSaaravitaNanda Malini
Merit AwardsSaamaG. D. L. Perera

CategoryFilmRecipient
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteGamini Fonseka
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteJeevarani Kurukulasuriya
Most Popular Supportive ActorPeople's voteDommie Jayawardena
Most Popular Supportive ActressPeople's voteSandhya Kumari
Favorite actor characterSaaravitaJoe Abeywickrama
Favorite actress characterHandapanaVijitha Mallika
Favorite film storyHandapanaW. A. Silva
Favorite music directorPeople's voteW. D. Amaradeva
Favorite lyricistPeople's voteKarunaratne Abeysekera
Favorite singerPeople's voteMilton Perera
Favorite songstressPeople's voteRukmani Devi

CategoryFilm
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Popular Films from Reader VoteSadol Kandulu
Popular Films from Reader VoteSaaravita
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