The Sumathi Best Teledrama Lyrics Award is presented annually in Sri Lanka by the Sumathi Group of Campany associated with many commercial brands for the best Sri Lankan lyrics of the year in television screen.
The award was first given in 1995. In 2009, the award was not given. Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then.
Year Best Lyricist Teledrama Ref. 1995 Somaratne Dissanayake Suwanda Kekulu 1996 Sunil Ariyaratne Sankranthi Samaya 1997 Somaratne Dissanayake Itipahan 1998 Rathna Sri Wijesinghe Nayanamina 1999 Bandula Nanayakkarawasam Badde Gedara 2000 Wasantha Kumara Kobawaka Swarna Thisaravi 2001 Bandara Ehaliyagoda Dakathi Muwahath 2002 Sunil Rathnayake Ek Murganganaviyak 2003 Mahinda Dissanayake Mal Nothala Malpani Bonna 2004 Sunil Ariyaratne Ramya Suramya 2006 Wasantha Kumara Kobawaka Samanala Sihinaya 2007 Ajantha Ranasinghe Doowili Suwanda 2008 Wasantha Kumara Kobawaka Sandagalatanna 2009 - - 2010 Kumara Liyanage Arungal 2011 Rasika Suraweera Arachchi Abarthu Atha 2012 Suramya Mapitiya Binari 2013 Wasantha Kumara Kobawaka Monara Thanna 2014 U.B Rathnayake Salmal Landa 2015 Mahinda Prasad Girikula 2016 Jackson Anthony Daskon 2017 Sumith Rathnayake Maddahana 2018 Amila Thenuwara His Ahasa Yata 2019 Premakumara Jayawardena Baddata Sanda 2021 Mandika Dilpahan Raavana
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