The 1st Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 1වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1961, 1962 and 1963 in Sinhala cinema on May 9, 1964, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Senate President Thomas Amarasuriya was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Gamperaliya won the most awards with nine including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmGamperaliyaAnton WickremasingheBest DirectorGamperaliyaLester James PeriesBest ActorSikuru TharuwaD. R. NanayakkaraBest ActressGamperaliyaPunya HeendeniyaBest Script WriterGamperaliyaRegi SiriwardenaBest Cinematographer GamperaliyaWilliam BlakeBest EditorGamperaliyaSumitra PeriesBest Music DirectionGamperaliyaW. D. AmaradevaBest LyricistRanmuthu DuwaChandraratne ManawasingheBest Male Playback SingerRanmuthu DuwaNarada DisasekaraBest Female Playback SingerRanmuthu DuwaNanda MaliniHonorary AwardsGamperaliyaGamini FonsekaGamperaliyaPunya HeendeniyaSikuru TharuwaJohn Amaratunga
Category Film No. of votesPopular Awards from Reader Vote Gamperaliya 35,374 votes Sikuru Tharuwa 34,921 votes Ranmuthu Duwa 32,843 votes Suhada Sohoyuro 27,014 votes Suvineetha Lalani 24,712 votes Sandesaya 24,689 votes Kurulu Bedda 24,576 votes
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