The 34th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 34වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 2016 and 2017 Sinhala cinema on August 3, 2018, at the BMICH, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony was hosted by Saman Atahdudahetti. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe was the chief guest.
28 won the most awards, including Best Picture, for 2017 and Motor Bicycle won Best Picture for 2016.
The Sarasaviya Awards ceremony is one of the oldest film events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 1964 and are often referred to as the Sinhala Cinema industry's equivalent to The Oscars.
The next edition 35th Sarasaviya Awards was award in 2024.
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced August 3, 2018, on the night of the awards immediately prior to the naming of the winners.
Awards for films released in 2016 Category Film RecipientBest FilmMotor BicycleBest DirectorObe AesalagaAsoka HadagamaBest ActorMotor BicycleDasun PathiranaBest ActressSarigamaPooja UmashankarBest Supporting ActorAdaraniya KathawakBimal JayakodyBest Supporting ActressSarigamaGayani GisanthikaBest Script WriterOba Nathuwa Oba EkkaBest CinematographerSarigamaWishwa BalasooriyaBest EditorMotor BicycleShamira RanganaLester James Peries Award for best film to be screenDekala Prudu Kenek and BahuchithawadiyaMalith Hegoda and Malaka DewapriyaRanapala Bodhinagoda Memorial Literary AwardLaxshman WickramasingheRana Thisara AwardSuwaneetha WeerasingheRana Thisara AwardRobin FernandoBest Music DirectionMotor BycecleAjith KumarasiriBest Art DirectionMaharaja GemunuRohan Samara DivakaraBest Makeup ArtistSarigamaVidura AbeydeeraBest Sound EffectsSarigamaAruna Priyashantha Kalu ArachchiBest LyricistMotor BicycleShamira RanganaBest Male Playback SingerSong Ammage Male for Motor BicycleAjith KumarasiriBest Female Playback SingerSong Sithuvili Pura for Adaraniya KathawakKushani SadarekaBest Emerging ActorSath Pethi KusumaJehan AppuhamiBest Emerging ActressSath Pethi KusumaYasoda RasaduniMerit AwardsAge Asa AdaSadali HadagamaMerit AwardsSuhada KokaLal KularatneMerit AwardsZoomSheshadri PriyasadMerit AwardsBoomi HarendraMerit AwardsUdara SamaraweeraMost Popular FilmPaththini
Awards for films released in 2017 Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
28 Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Alone in a Valley Dark in the White Light Prasanna Jayakody – 28 Vimukthi Jayasundara – Dark in the White Light Boodee Keerthisena – Alone in a Valley Saumya Liyanage – Alone in a Valley Jackson Anthony – Dharmayuddhaya Mahendra Perera – 28 Samanalee Fonseka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Dilhani Ekanayake – Dharmayuddhaya Semini Iddamalgoda – 28 Roshan Ravindra – Sulanga Gini Aran (Dark in the White Light) Dilhani Ekanayake – Dharmayuddhaya Kumara Thirimadura – 28 Yureni Noshika – Nino Live Menaka Peiris – Aloko Udapadi Umali Thilakarathna – A-Level Rohana Weerasinghe – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Lakshman Joseph De Saram – Alone in a Valley Deshaka Bamunumulla – 28 Rajeev Wasantha Welgama – Kaala Sunil Ariyaratne – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Rohan Perera – A-Level Dumal Warnakulasuriya – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Nadeemal Perera – A-Level Amarasiri Peiris – Aloko Udapadi Vidusha Nethranjali – Ali Kathawa Uresha Ravihari – Heena Hoyana Samanallu Sachini Ranawaka – Kaala Chandana Jayasinghe – 28 Prabath Roshan – Aloko Udapadi Jaan Shenberger – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Channa Deshapriya & Dhanushka Gunathilake – Dark in the White Light Rangana Sinharage – 28 Shan Alwis – Aloko Udapadi Chandana Prasanna, Udara Weeraratne – Alone in a Valley Sunil Wijeratne, Asanka Nilavathura – Sarigama Upul Chamila – Let Her Cry Bimal Dushmantha – Paththini Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe – Aloko Udapadi Aruna Priyantha Kaluarachchi – Dark in the White Light Pravin Jayaratne – Bandhanaya Jayantha Ranawaka – Aloko Udapadi Kumara Galahitiyawa – Alone in a Valley Narada Thotagamuwa – 28 Dineth de Silva – Aloko Udapadi Nino Live – Nino Jayakodi Thusitha Laknath – Metamophorsis Thisuri Yuwanika – Dharmayuddhaya Suranga Ranawaka – Dirty, Yellow, Darkness Ruwangi Rathnayake – Dr. Nawariyan Rithika Kodithuwakku – Let Her CryNot Awarded Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Shriyani Amarasinghe Senali Satharasinghe – Bandanaya Keshali Rajapaksha – A-Level Thisara Imbulana – Nino Live Iroshan Madusanka – Ali Kathawak Amiru Koralage – Paha Samath Ranga S. Bandara – Dedunu Akase Aloko Udapadi
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