The 16th Sarasaviya Awards festival (), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1987 Sinhala cinema on July 23, 1988, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of National Defense, Trade and Shipping Lalith Athulathmudali was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Viragaya won most number of awards with twelve awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmViragayaChandra MallawarachchiBest DirectorViragayaTissa AbeysekaraBest ActorViragayaSanath GunathilakeBest ActressPodi VijaySabeetha PereraBest Supporting ActorMangala TheggaJayalath ManoratneBest Supporting ActressViragayaSunethra SarathchandraBest Emerging ActressSanoja BibileBest Script WriterViragayaTissa AbeysekaraBest Cinematographer (black n' white film)Mangala TheggaAndrew JayamanneBest Cinematographer (color film)JanelayaDarren OkadaBest EditorViragayaLal PiyasenaBest Art DirectionViragayaK. A. Milton PereraBest Makeup ArtistViragayaShesha PalihakkaraBest Sound EffectsJanelayaGeorge ManatungaBest Music DirectionViragayaSarath FernandoBest LyricistViragayaSunil AriyaratneBest Male Playback SingerViragayaSanath NandasiriBest Female Playback SingerNot awardedMost Popular FilmKavuluwaA. S. P. LiyanageMost Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya KumaratungaMost Popular ActressPeople's voteGeetha KumarasingheMost Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteMaureen CharuniRana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaVijaya KumaratungaMerit AwardsViragayaAsoka PeirisAhinsaNadeeka GunasekaraJanelayaRazi AnwarJanelayaRuby de Mel
Category FilmPopular films selected by readers Kawuluwa Viragaya Ahinsa Janelaya Hitha Honda Chandiya Raja Wedakarayo Obatai Priye Adare
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