35th Sarasaviya Awards

35th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	March 28, 2024
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Hosted by	Saman Athahudahetti
Directed by	TBA
Highlights
Best Picture	TBA
Most awards	Dekala Purudu Kenek and The Newspaper
Most nominations	TBA
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The 35th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 35වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, will held to honor the best films of 2019 and 2020 Sinhala cinema on March 28, 2024, at the BMICH, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony was hosted by Saman Atahdudahetti. President Ranil Wickramasinghe was announced the chief guest but was represented by his Media minister Bandula Gunawardane. Awards festival is held after the absence of 6 years due to COVid 19 and the economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka.

Awards for films released in 2019

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Picture Dekala Purudu Kenek ‡ Ginnen Upan Seethala  Sansaraye Dadayakkaraya	Best Director Malith Hegoda – Dekala Purudu kenek‡ Anuruddha Jayasinghe  – Ginnen Upan Seethala Prasanna Jayakodi – Sansarare Dadayakkaraya
Best Actor Bimal Jayakodi – Dekala Purudu Kenk‡ Hemal Ranasinghe – Wijayabha Kollaya Kamal Addaraachchci – Ginnen Upan Seeltha	Best Actress Samadhi Laksiri – Dekala Purudu Kenek‡ Nilmini Sigera – Asamintha Sulochana Weerasinghe – Ginnen Upan Seethala
Best Supporting Actor Lakshan Mendis – Dekala Purudu kenek‡ Khan Mariya – Wijayaba Kollaya Dasun Pathitana – Husma	Best Supporting Actress Chulakshi Ranathunga – Wijayaba Kollaya‡ Chanu Dissnayaka – Uturn Kaushalia Fernando – Thala
Best Original Score Sumudu Guruge – Sansare Dadayakkkaya ‡ Lakshman Joseph De Saram – Alone in a Valley Deshaka Bamunumulla – 28	Best Song Lyricist Lalith Rathnayaka – Wishama Bhaga‡ Sunil Ariyaratne – Wijayabha Kollaya Ravi Siriwardhana – Wilipawra
Best Male Singer Sunil Edirisinha – Weli Pawra‡ Kasun Kalhara – Thala	Best Female Singer Umariya Sinhahawansha – Wijayabha Kollaya‡ Uresha Ravihari – Husma Mahesha Sandamali – Wishama Bhaga
Best Cinematography Chandana Jayasinghe – 28‡ Prabath Roshan – Aloko Udapadi Jaan Shenberger – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Channa Deshapriya & Dhanushka Gunathilake – Dark in the White Light	Best Editing Rangana Sinharage – 28‡ Shan Alwis – Aloko Udapadi Chandana Prasanna, Udara Weeraratne – Alone in a Valley
Best Production Design Sunil Wijeratne, Asanka Nilavathura – Sarigama‡ Upul Chamila – Let Her Cry Bimal Dushmantha – Paththini	Best Sound Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe – Aloko Udapadi‡ Aruna Priyantha Kaluarachchi – Dark in the White Light Pravin Jayaratne – Bandhanaya
Best Makeup Naratha Thotagamuwa;– Ginnen Upan Seethala‡ Priyantha Dissanaya  – Dekala Purudu Kenek Narada Thotagamuwa – Sansaraye Dadayakkaraya	Best Emerging Actor Dineth de Silva  – Aloko Udapadi‡ Nino Live – Nino Jayakodi Thusitha Laknath – Metamophorsis
Best Emerging Actress Thisuri Yuwanika – Dharmayuddhaya‡ Suranga Ranawaka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Ruwangi Rathnayake – Dr. Nawariyan	Special Jury Award Rithika Kodithuwakku – Let Her Cry‡
Lester James Pieris -Rana Thisara Award Victor Rathnayaka ‡ Sathischandra Edirisinghe ‡	Ranapala Bodhinagoda Memorial Literary Award Dharmasiri Bandaranayake‡
S Senali Satharasinghe – Bandanaya‡
Lux Popular ActorAward Hemal Ranasinghe ‡	Lux Popular Actress Shanudri Priyasad‡
Special Award Jackson Anthony‡	Merit Award Amiru Koralage – Paha Samath‡
Merit Award Ranga S. Bandara – Dedunu Akase‡	Best Popular Picture Tsunami‡

Awards for films released in 2020

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Picture The Newspaper  ‡ Ginnen Upan Seethala  Sansaraye Dadayakkaraya	Best Director Visakesha Chandrasekaran – Paanshu‡ Anuruddha Jayasinghe  – Ginnen Upan Seethala Prasanna Jayakodi – Sansarare Dadayakkaraya
Best Actor Kumara Thirimadura – The Newspaper ‡ Hemal Ranasinghe – Wijayabha Kollaya Kamal Addaraachchci – Ginnen Upan Seeltha	Best Actress Nita Fernando – Paanshu‡ Nilmini Sigera – Asamintha Sulochana Weerasinghe – Ginnen Upan Seethala
Best Supporting Actor Lakshan Mendis – Dekala Purudu kenek‡ Khan Mariya – Wijayaba Kollaya Dasun Pathitana – Husma	Best Supporting Actress Chulakshi Ranathunga – Wijayaba Kollaya‡ Chanu Dissnayaka – Uturn Kaushalia Fernando – Thala
Best Original Score Sumudu Guruge – Sansare Dadayakkkaya ‡ Lakshman Joseph De Saram – Alone in a Valley Deshaka Bamunumulla – 28	Best Song Lyricist Lalith Rathnayaka – Wishama Bhaga‡ Sunil Ariyaratne – Wijayabha Kollaya Ravi Siriwardhana – Wilipawra
Best Male Singer Sunil Edirisinha – Weli Pawra‡ Kasun Kalhara – Thala	Best Female Singer Nanda Malini – The Newspaper ‡ Uresha Ravihari – Husma Mahesha Sandamali – Wishama Bhaga
Best Cinematography Chandana Jayasinghe – 28‡ Prabath Roshan – Aloko Udapadi Jaan Shenberger – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Channa Deshapriya & Dhanushka Gunathilake – Dark in the White Light	Best Editing Rangana Sinharage – 28‡ Shan Alwis – Aloko Udapadi Chandana Prasanna, Udara Weeraratne – Alone in a Valley
Best Production Design Sunil Wijeratne, Asanka Nilavathura – Sarigama‡ Upul Chamila – Let Her Cry Bimal Dushmantha – Paththini	Best Sound Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe – Aloko Udapadi‡ Aruna Priyantha Kaluarachchi – Dark in the White Light Pravin Jayaratne – Bandhanaya
Best Makeup Naratha Thotagamuwa;– Ginnen Upan Seethala‡ Priyantha Dissanaya  – Dekala Purudu Kenek Narada Thotagamuwa – Sansaraye Dadayakkaraya	Best Emerging Actor Dineth de Silva  – Aloko Udapadi‡ Nino Live – Nino Jayakodi Thusitha Laknath – Metamophorsis
Best Emerging Actress Thisuri Yuwanika – Dharmayuddhaya‡ Suranga Ranawaka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Ruwangi Rathnayake – Dr. Nawariyan	Special Jury Award Rithika Kodithuwakku – Let Her Cry‡
Lester James Pieris -Rana Thisara Award Victor Rathnayaka ‡ Sathischandra Edirisinghe ‡	Ranapala Bodhinagoda Memorial Literary Award Dharmasiri Bandaranayake‡
S Senali Satharasinghe – Bandanaya‡
Lux Popular ActorAward Hemal Ranasinghe ‡	Lux Popular Actress Shanudri Priyasad‡
Special Award Jackson Anthony‡	Merit Award Amiru Koralage – Paha Samath‡
Merit Award Ranga S. Bandara – Dedunu Akase‡	Best Popular Picture Tsunami‡