6th Sarasaviya Awards


The 6th Sarasaviya Awards festival, presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1968 Sinhala cinema on March 26, 1969, at the Women's school premises, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Golu Hadawatha won the most awards with four including Best Film.

Awards

CategoryFilmRecipient
Best FilmGolu HadawathaCeylon Studio
Best DirectorDahasak SithuviliG. D. L. Perera
Best ActorBicycle HoraD. R. Nanayakkara
Best ActressGolu HadawathaAnula Karunathilaka
Best Supporting ActorIndunilaAsoka Ponnamperuma
Best Supporting ActressBicycle HoraJessica Wickrmasinghe
Best Script WriterVanasaraS. A. Somaratne
Best CinematographerVanasaraNoel Perera
Best EditorDahasak SithuviliS. M. Nissar
Best Sound EffectsIndunilaNimal Weerakkody
C. Somasekaran
Best Music DirectionGolu HadawathaPremasiri Khemadasa
Best LyricistSingithi SurathalKarunaratne Abeysekera
Best Male Playback SingerAadarawanthayoVictor Rathnayake
Best Female Playback SingerAadarawanthayoNanda Malini
Most Popular ActorPeople's voteGamini Fonseka
Most Popular ActressPeople's voteAnula Karunathilaka
Merit AwardsAbuddassa KaleRukmani Devi
Merit AwardsPunchi BabaDommie Jayawardena
Merit AwardsGolu HadawathaWijeratne Warakagoda
Merit AwardsVahal DupathaChandrakala
Merit AwardsDahasak SithuviliG. D. L. Perera

CategoryFilm
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