21st Sarasaviya Awards

21st Sarasaviya Awards
Date	March 20, 1993
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed by	A. D. Ranjith Kumara
Highlights
Best Picture	Kulageya
Most awards	Kulageya (5)
Most nominations	Kulageya
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The 21st Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 21වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1992 Sinhala cinema on March 20, 1993, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. Prime Minister D. B. Wijetunga was the chief guest at the awards nights.

The film Kulageya won the most awards with five including Best Film.

Awards

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Kulageya	A. A. Paige
Best Director	Kulageya	H. D. Premaratne
Best Actor	Umayangana	Joe Abeywickrama
Best Actress	Kulageya	Sriyani Amarasena
Best Supporting Actor	Me Waare Mage	Somy Rathnayake
Best Supporting Actress	Kulageya	Veena Jayakody
Best Emerging Actor	Sakkara Suththara	Bandula Dissanayake
Best Emerging Actress	Rajek Wage Puthek	Samantha Epasinghe
Best Script Writer	Kulageya	Tissa Abeysekara
Best Cinematographer (color film)	Sinhayangeth Sinhaya	M. A. Gafoor
Best Cinematographer (black n' white film)	Sisila Giniganee	Suminda Weerasinghe
Best Editor	Kulageya	Elmo Halliday
Best Art Direction	Muwan Palesse Kadira	Lionel Silva
Best Makeup Artist	Ahimi Dadayam	Ebert Wijesinghe
Best Sound Effects	Sisila Giniganee	Lionel Gunaratne
Best Music Direction	Muwan Palesse Kadira	Sarath Dassanayake
Best Lyricist	Umayangana	Sunil Ariyaratne
Best Male Playback Singer	Raja Daruwo	Gratien Ananda
Best Female Playback Singer	Okkoma Kanapita	Latha Walpola
Rana Thisara Award	contribution to Sinhala cinema	Iranganie Serasinghe
		Sumitra Peries
Merit Awards	Sayanaye Sihinaya	Jeevan Kumaratunga
	Sayanaye Sihinaya	Dilani Abeywardana
	Umayangana	Damayanthi Fonseka
	Raja Daruwo	Somapala Rathnayake
	Viyaru Minisa	Sugath Samarakoon

Category	Film
Popular films included in the festival
	Raja Daruwo
	Umayangana
	Sinhayanth Sinhaya
	Malsara Doni
	Chandi Rejina
	Okkoma Kanapita
	Kulageya