2nd Sarasaviya Awards

The 2nd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 2වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), 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.

2nd Sarasaviya Awards
Date	July 1, 1965
Site	Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Granville Silva
Highlights
Best Picture	Getawarayo
Most awards	Getawarayo (8)
Most nominations	Getawarayo
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

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

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Getawarayo	Shesha Palihakkara
Best Director	Getawarayo	Mike Wilson Tissa Liyanasuriya
Best Actor	Dheewarayo	Gamini Fonseka
Best Actress	Getawarayo	Sobani Amarasinghe
Best Cinematographer	Getawarayo	W. A. Rathnayake
Best Lyricist	Getawarayo	Madawala S. Rathnayake
Best Male Playback Singer	Getawarayo	W. D. Amaradeva
Best Female Playback Singer	Getawarayo	Latha Walpola
Special Merit Gifts	Dheewarayo	Sandhya Kumari
	Getawarayo	Joe Abeywickrama
	Sithaka Mahima	Rita Ratnayake
	Dheewarayo	Ruby de Mel
	Sasaraka Hati	Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya
	Sasaraka Hati	Anthony C. Perera
	Chandali	S. D. S. Somaratne

Category	Film	No. of votes
Popular Awards from Reader Vote	Getawarayo	25,572 votes
	Chandali	12,246 votes
	Dheewarayo	11,621 votes
	Sithaka Mahima	8,240 votes
	Sasaraka Hati	6,374 votes
	Patachara	2,996 votes
	Samiya Birindage Deviyaya	2,412 votes