18th Sarasaviya Awards

The 18th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 18වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1988 Sinhala cinema on August 25, 1989, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.[1]

18th Sarasaviya Awards
DateAugust 25, 1989
SiteBandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed byA. D. Ranjith Kumara
Highlights
Best PictureSiri Medura
Most awardsSiri Medura (8)
Most nominationsSiri Medura
Television coverage
NetworkAssociated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The film Siri Medura won the most awards with eight including Best Film.

Awards

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Category Film Recipient
Best Film Siri Medura Bandula Gunawardena
Best Director Siri Medura Parakrama Niriella
Best Actor Siri Medura Ravindra Randeniya
Best Actress Siri Medura Anoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting Actor Kedapathaka Chaya Sanath Gunathilake
Best Supporting Actress Kedapathaka Chaya Sunethra Sarathchandra
Best Emerging Actor People's vote Lucky Dias
Best Emerging Actress People's vote Sanoja Bibile
Best Script Writer Kedapathaka Chaya Wasantha Obesekere
Best Cinematographer (color film) Siri Medura Andrew Jayamanne
Best Editor Kedapathaka Chaya Stanley de Alwis
Best Art Direction Randenigala Sinhaya Lionel Silva
Best Makeup Artist Kedapathaka Chaya Ranjith Manthagaweera
Best Sound Effects Kedapathaka Chaya George Manatunga
Best Music Direction Siri Medura Premasiri Khemadasa
Best Lyricist Siri Medura Lucien Bulathsinhala
Best Male Playback Singer Siri Medura Amarasiri Peiris
Best Female Playback Singer Sinasenna Raththaran Chandrika Siriwardena
Most Popular Film Nommara 17 Preethiraj Weeraratne
Most Popular Actor People's vote Jeevan Kumaratunga
Most Popular Actress People's vote Sabeetha Perera
Rana Thisara Award contribution to Sinhala cinema D. B. Nihalsinghe
Swarna Mallawarachchi
Merit Awards Sinasenna Raththaran Aruna Shanthi
Randenigala Sinhaya Lionel Deraniyagala
Film song recording Mervyn Bens
Category Film
Popular films included in the festival
Nommara 17
Mamai Raja
Kedapathaka Chaya
Sinasenna Raththaran
Siri Medura
Okkoma Rajawaru
Randenigala Sinhaya

References

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  1. ^ "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-07.