6th Sri Lankan Television State Awards

The 6th Television State Awards festival (Sinhala: 6 වැනි රූපවාහිනී රාජ්‍ය සම්මාන උලෙළ), was held to honor the television programs of 2008 Sinhala television on September 14, 2009, at the Maharagama Youth Theater, Sri Lanka. The event was organized by the State Television Advisory Council, Arts Council of Sri Lanka, Department of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Housing and Cultural Affairs. Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne was attended as the Chief Guest.

The awards were presented to the best programs in various programs aired on 13 state and private television channels. At the award ceremony, prominent screenwriter Somaweera Senanayake received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Meanwhile, Thilak Jayaratne received the award for the best literary work written on television.

Awards Media Section Category Program RecipientBest Educational & Cultural ProgramHela Bodu PunarudayaTV DeranaBest Musical ProgramWasath Gee SiriJathika RupavahiniBest Multi-camera ProductionDerana Little StarTV DeranaBest Performance Stage DesignDerana Little StarTV DeranaBest News Reporting ProgramKal Ikuth Wu Vaidya UpakaranaThusitha PitigalaBest Animation ProductionRuwaththiDinusha LakshanBest Pre-promotional VideoThaala 1Jathika RupavahiniBest Television TapeJala Sampatha SurakimuYoung Asia TelevisionBest AdvertisementApi Wenuwen ApiAnuruddha JayasingheBest News Reader (Sinhala)Wasantha Pradeepa MasinhageBest News Reader (Tamil)Ranjani RajmohanBest News Reader (English)Maheena BonzoBest Compere (Sinhala)Chaminda GunaratneBest Compere (English)Ranjani Rajmohan

Television Serial Section Category Television Serial RecipientBest Television SerialHendewaShirley P. DelankawalaBest Single-episode TeledramaJayamangalamSusiran de SilvaBest ActorSathara Denek SenpathiyoSriyantha MendisBest ActressHendewaNilmini TennakoonBest Supporting ActorSadgunakarayaLakshman MendisBest Supporting ActressSadgunakarayaChandani SeneviratneBest Documentary Television SerialAtapattamaHasantha HettiarachchiBest Music DirectorSathara Denek SenpathiyoPremasiri KhemadasaBest LyricistMan HindaGaya Ramya AlwisBest SingerAhasa Nil Saluwa ObaSashika NisansalaBest ScriptKampitha VilaThilak JayaratneBest Art DirectorKaruwala GedaraEheliyagoda SomathilakaBest Costume DesigningMahathala HatanaNarada DhananjiBest EditorKaruwala GedaraChanaka de SilvaBest Camera DirectionSathara Denek SenpathiyoRuwan CostaSpecial Jury AwardsHendewa (acting)Iresha JayasingheSathara Denek Senpathiyo (direction)Jayantha ChandrasiriKampitha Vila (direction)Dharmasena PathirajaMerit AwardsHendewa Hansamala JanakiSathara Denek Senpathiyo Buddhika JayaratneMahathala HatanaBerty Nihal SusiripalaMahathala HatanaAthula LiyanageSamanalunta Vedi ThiyannaDasun MadushankaAmateur productions (Gold)Thisara ThulwanAmateur productions (Silver)Chathurika NimalachandraAmateur productions (Bronze)Sandhya Chandrasinghe

6th Sri Lankan Television State Awards

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