The 20th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 20වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1991 Sinhala cinema on April 11, 1992, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Kelimadala won the most awards with thirteen including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmKelimadalaAnoja Weerasinghe Gamini NanayakkaraBest DirectorKelimadalaD. B. NihalsingheBest ActorGolu Muhude KunatuwaJoe AbeywickramaBest ActressKelimadalaAnoja WeerasingheBest Supporting ActorKelimadalaJeevan KumaratungaBest Supporting ActressKelimadalaVeena JayakodyBest Emerging ActorWeda Barinam Wadak NaLal WeerasingheBest Emerging ActressKelimadalaNilmini TennakoonBest Script WriterKelimadalaD. B. NihalsingheBest Cinematographer (black n' white film)MadhusamayaK. A. WijeratneBest Cinematographer (color film)KelimadalaM. V. HemapalaBest EditorKelimadalaM. S. AlimanBest Art DirectionKelimadalaK. A. Milton PereraBest Makeup ArtistKelimadalaEbert WijesingheBest Sound EffectsKelimadalaLionel GunaratneBest Music DirectionDolosmahe PahanaPremasiri KhemadasaBest LyricistMadhusamayaBandara K. WijethungaBest Male Playback SingerDolosmahe PahanaVijaya KumaratungaBest Female Playback SingerDolosmahe PahanaNeela WickramasingheMost Popular FilmWada Barinam Wadak NaChristy Fernando Mathew FernandoMost Popular ActorPeople's voteShashi WijendraMost Popular ActressPeople's voteDilhani EkanayakeMost Popular Emerging ActorPeople's voteLal WeerasingheMost Popular Emerging ActressPeople's votedid not awardedRana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaHugo FernandoLatha WalpolaMerit AwardsKelimadalaSumithra RahubaddeMa Obe HithawathaRuwan Srilal DalpadaduIt's Matter of TimeRoy de Silva
Category FilmPopular films included in the festival Wada Barinam Wadak Na Salambak Handai Kelimadala Cheriyo Doctor Madhusamaya Uthura Dakuna
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