1st Sarasaviya Awards

The 1st Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 1වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1961, 1962 and 1963 in Sinhala cinema on May 9, 1964, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Senate President Thomas Amarasuriya was the chief guest at the awards night.

1st Sarasaviya Awards
Date	May 9, 1964
Site	Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Granville Silva
Highlights
Best Picture	Gamperaliya
Most awards	Gamperaliya (9)
Most nominations	Gamperaliya
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The film Gamperaliya won the most awards with nine including Best Film.

Awards

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Gamperaliya	Anton Wickremasinghe
Best Director	Gamperaliya	Lester James Peries
Best Actor	Sikuru Tharuwa	D. R. Nanayakkara
Best Actress	Gamperaliya	Punya Heendeniya
Best Script Writer	Gamperaliya	Regi Siriwardena
Best Cinematographer	Gamperaliya	William Blake
Best Editor	Gamperaliya	Sumitra Peries
Best Music Direction	Gamperaliya	W. D. Amaradeva
Best Lyricist	Ranmuthu Duwa	Chandraratne Manawasinghe
Best Male Playback Singer	Ranmuthu Duwa	Narada Disasekara
Best Female Playback Singer	Ranmuthu Duwa	Nanda Malini
Honorary Awards	Gamperaliya	Gamini Fonseka
	Gamperaliya	Punya Heendeniya
	Sikuru Tharuwa	John Amaratunga

Category	Film	No. of votes
Popular Awards from Reader Vote	Gamperaliya	35,374 votes
	Sikuru Tharuwa	34,921 votes
	Ranmuthu Duwa	32,843 votes
	Suhada Sohoyuro	27,014 votes
	Suvineetha Lalani	24,712 votes
	Sandesaya	24,689 votes
	Kurulu Bedda	24,576 votes