The 3rd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 3වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1965 Sinhala cinema on August 20, 1966, at the Colombo Race Course, Sri Lanka. For the first time in Sri Lankan award history, Bollywood celebrities Hindi actresses Nutan and Shashikala, then editors of Filmfare magazine B. J. K. Karanjia and Hindi actor Sunil Dutt were invited to participate as the chief guests at the awards night.
The film Saaravita won the most awards with nine including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmSaaravitaShesha PalihakkaraBest DirectorSaaravitaTissa LiyanasuriyaBest ActorSaaravitaJoe AbeywickramaBest ActressNot AwardedBest Script WriterSaaravitaK. A. W. PereraBest Cinematographer SaaravitaW. A. RatnayakeBest EditorSaaravitaTitus ThotawatteBest Music DirectionHandapanaSisira SenaratneBest LyricistSaaravitaMahagama SekaraBest Male Playback SingerAllapu GedaraMohideen BaigBest Female Playback SingerSaaravitaNanda MaliniMerit AwardsSaamaG. D. L. Perera
Category Film RecipientMost Popular ActorPeople's voteGamini FonsekaMost Popular ActressPeople's voteJeevarani KurukulasuriyaMost Popular Supportive ActorPeople's voteDommie JayawardenaMost Popular Supportive ActressPeople's voteSandhya KumariFavorite actor characterSaaravitaJoe AbeywickramaFavorite actress characterHandapanaVijitha MallikaFavorite film storyHandapanaW. A. SilvaFavorite music directorPeople's voteW. D. AmaradevaFavorite lyricistPeople's voteKarunaratne AbeysekeraFavorite singerPeople's voteMilton PereraFavorite songstressPeople's voteRukmani Devi
Category FilmPopular Films from Reader Vote Allapu Gedara Chandiya Handapana Sadol Kandulu Saaravita Yatagiya Davasa
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