Popular Awards

Popular Awards
Popular Awards
Current: 2nd Popular Awards
	Trophy of the award
Awarded for	Excellence in multiple achievements in several fields
Country	Sri Lanka
Presented by	Youth Star Entertainment
First awarded	2023
Last awarded	2024

Popular Awards are awards presented annually by the Youth Star Entertainment in Sri Lanka in recognition of individuals’ excellence in the field of cinema, television, social media, music, and media.^[1] The Popular Awards ceremony is considered to be one of the most prestigious television program events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 2023.^[2]

History

The Popular awards ceremony began in 2023 with the leadership of Geethanjana de Costa. Awards were presented recognizing outstanding individuals across various fields to acknowledge and bring forward their value and efforts.^[1] Apart from De Costa, Sunil Costa, Nithya Devindi, Malkanthi Jayasinghe and Lasantha Gunawardena served as the executive committee for Popular Awards 2024. The award ceremony has been witnessed 2 times consecutively.

Awards Given

In 2023, the award ceremony commenced with awards under 38 categories, which were increased up to 69 categories with 83 awards in 2024. The awards are categorized into nine sections – Teledrama, Film, Television, Business, Social Media, YouTube, Radio, Music and Special category.^[1]

2024 Calin Popular Awards ceremony

Teledrama category

Upcoming Tele Drama Actor - Sanjaya Muramudali
Upcoming Tele Drama Actress - Dasuni Senethma and Piyumali Edirisinghe ^[3]
Youth Tele Drama Actor - Randika Gunathilaka
Youth Tele Drama Actress - Michelle Dilhara^[2]^[4]
Most popular Tele Drama Actor - Sajitha Anthony
Most Popular Tele Drama Actress - Dinakshie Priyasad
Most Popular Weekend Tele Drama - Take Care (ITN)
Most popular teleserial - Pata Kurullo (Hiru TV)
Most popular television channel - ITN

Film category

Youth Film Actor - Hemal Ranasinghe
Youth Film Actress - Dinakshie Priyasad
Most popular film actor - Akhila Dhanuddara
Film actress - Chulakshi Ranathunga
Youth popular film - Visal Adare
Most popular Sinhala movie - Sinhabahu

Radio category

Most popular radio program - DJ Ara & Pasbara (Hiru FM)
Most popular radio drama - Kana madiri rathriya (Shree FM)
Most popular radio news presenter Male - Asanka Shrimal. (Shree FM)
Most popular radio news presenter Female - Nimasha Amararathna (Hiru FM)
Most popular radio program presenter Male - Gayan Gamlath
Most popular radio program presenter Female - Bhashini Samarasinghe
Most popular radio news channel - Hiru TV ^[7]
Most popular upcoming radio channel - Shaa FM
Most popular radio channel - Hiru FM

Business category

Popular event photography - Naveen Gunasekara
Popular wedding photographer - Dhanuka Kumarasinghe Dark Room ^[8]
Most popular upcoming beautician - Udara Malshan
Popular upcoming saloon - Hiruni & Saree salon
Most popular Male Beautician - Chandimal Jayasinghe
Most popular Female Beautician - Dilukshi Narangoda
Most Popular saloon - Salon PR
Popular entrepreneur male - Viraj Wichramanaya
Popular entrepreneur Female - Dr. Pramila Ranasingha

Social Media Category

TikTok Account - Sachini Chathurangi
Instagram Account - Piumi Hansamali
Facebook Profile - Piumi Hansamali
Facebook page - Suraveera Kello
Social media icon - Wild Cook Book

Special category

Dancer male - Basker Prakash
Dancer female - Damithri Subasingha
Dancing group - Chandana Wickramasingha & the dancers guild Sri Lanka
Event Compere male- Moksha Prasad
Event Compere female - Ashinsani Weerasinghe
Newspaper - Lankadeepa^[9]
Youth Teacher - Tissa Jananayaka
Most popular teacher male - Akila Vimanga
Most popular teacher female - Hayeshika Fernando

Music category

Youth Singer male- Shan Putha
Youth Singer female - Hana Shafa
Music Band - Avatar
Most popular Singer (male) - Chamara Weerasinghe
Most popular singer (female) - Sashika Nisansala
Youth Song - Seethala Haduwakin (Yasith Kelambiarachchi)
Youth Music Video - Arabi Kumari (Sadun Perera)
Most popular song - Nopathuwa Mohothaka (Milinda Sadaruwan)
Most popular music video - Labandi Komaliya (Bathiya and Santhush)

Award Ceremonies

Popular Awards 2023

The first British Way Popular Awards ceremony was celebrated on 13 October 2023 at Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, where awards for 38 categories were presented.^[10] In the film category, award for the most popular film actress was won by Udari Warnakulasooriya and the most popular film actor was won by Ranjan Ramanayake.^[11] Sashika Nisansala won the award for the most popular singer under music category. In the teledrama category, award for the most popular teledrama actor was won by Saranga Disasekara and the most popular teledrama actress was won by Tharindi Fernando.^[1]

Popular Awards 2024

The second Calin Popular Awards ceremony was celebrated in 2024 at the Waters Edge, where 83 awards were given at the ceremony under nine main categories. In the film category, award for the most popular film actress was won by Chulakshi Ranathunga and the most popular film actor was won by Akhila Dhanuddara. In the teledrama category, award for the most popular teledrama actor was won by Sajitha Anthony and the most popular teledrama actress was won by Dinakshie Priyasad. Award for the Most Popular Youth Tele Drama Actress was won by Michelle Dilhara and the Most Popular Youth Tele Drama Actor was won by Randika Gunathilaka.^[2]^[12]^[13]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Michelle Dilhara sharp as a tack smart as a whip". www.sundayobserver.lk.
^ "මගේ නම අමතක වෙන තරමටම කට්ටිය නිම්නාවිට ආදරෙයි". www.mawbima.lk.
^ "මේ සම්මානයේ උණුසුම මීට කලින් දැනිලා නැහැ". www.aruna.lk.
^ "Hiru TV's Salakuna winds most popular political programme of the year". www.hirunews.lk.
^ "Hiru TV is the most popular television news channel of the year". www.hirunews.lk.
^ "Hiru FM and Hiru TV sweep multiple awards at the British Way Popular Awards 2023". www.hirunews.lk.
^ "The essence of love, romance, and passion". www.sundayobserver.lk.
^ "Lankadeepa bags 'Most Popular Newspaper' award". www.dailymirror.lk.
^ "British way Popular Awards සම්මාන උළෙල ඔක්තෝබර් 13 නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේදී". www.itnnews.lk.
^ "බ්‍රිට්ෂ් වේ පොපියුලර් අවෝඩ්ස් : ජනප්‍රියම සිනමා නළුවා රංජන් - නිළිය උදාරි". www.theleader.lk.
^ "සම්මාන පිට සම්මාන දිනන මිෂෙල් හදගැස්මට කියපු කතාව". www.mawbima.lk.
^ "තාරුණ්‍යයේ ජනප්‍රියම ටෙලි තාරකාව ලෙස සම්මාන ලැබීම මට සතුටක්: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා". www.silumina.lk.

[themorning-1] "Popular Awards recognises stars across fields". www.themorning.lk.

[dilhara-2] "Michelle Dilhara sharp as a tack smart as a whip". www.sundayobserver.lk.

[3] "මගේ නම අමතක වෙන තරමටම කට්ටිය නිම්නාවිට ආදරෙයි". www.mawbima.lk.

[4] "මේ සම්මානයේ උණුසුම මීට කලින් දැනිලා නැහැ". www.aruna.lk.

[5] "Hiru TV's Salakuna winds most popular political programme of the year". www.hirunews.lk.

[6] "Hiru TV is the most popular television news channel of the year". www.hirunews.lk.

[7] "Hiru FM and Hiru TV sweep multiple awards at the British Way Popular Awards 2023". www.hirunews.lk.

[8] "The essence of love, romance, and passion". www.sundayobserver.lk.

[9] "Lankadeepa bags 'Most Popular Newspaper' award". www.dailymirror.lk.

[10] "British way Popular Awards සම්මාන උළෙල ඔක්තෝබර් 13 නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේදී". www.itnnews.lk.

[11] "බ්‍රිට්ෂ් වේ පොපියුලර් අවෝඩ්ස් : ජනප්‍රියම සිනමා නළුවා රංජන් - නිළිය උදාරි". www.theleader.lk.

[12] "සම්මාන පිට සම්මාන දිනන මිෂෙල් හදගැස්මට කියපු කතාව". www.mawbima.lk.

[13] "තාරුණ්‍යයේ ජනප්‍රියම ටෙලි තාරකාව ලෙස සම්මාන ලැබීම මට සතුටක්: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා". www.silumina.lk.

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