The 2nd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 2වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1964 in Sinhala cinema on July 1, 1965, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night.
It is noteworthy that this year's awards will be replaced by special merit awards and no awards will be given in the categories of screenwriting, editing, music direction and art direction. The film Getawarayo won the most awards with eight including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmGetawarayoShesha PalihakkaraBest DirectorGetawarayoMike Wilson Tissa LiyanasuriyaBest ActorDheewarayoGamini FonsekaBest ActressGetawarayoSobani AmarasingheBest Cinematographer GetawarayoW. A. RathnayakeBest LyricistGetawarayoMadawala S. RathnayakeBest Male Playback SingerGetawarayoW. D. AmaradevaBest Female Playback SingerGetawarayoLatha WalpolaSpecial Merit GiftsDheewarayoSandhya KumariGetawarayoJoe AbeywickramaSithaka MahimaRita RatnayakeDheewarayoRuby de MelSasaraka HatiJeevarani KurukulasuriyaSasaraka HatiAnthony C. PereraChandaliS. D. S. Somaratne
Category Film No. of votesPopular Awards from Reader Vote Getawarayo 25,572 votes Chandali 12,246 votes Dheewarayo 11,621 votes Sithaka Mahima 8,240 votes Sasaraka Hati 6,374 votes Patachara 2,996 votes Samiya Birindage Deviyaya 2,412 votes
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