15th Sarasaviya Awards

1987 awards festival for Sinhala cinema 15 Sarasaviya Awards July 25, 1987 Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka Granville Silva Maldeniye Simieon Koti Waligaya (10) Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Koti Waligaya 14th 16th The 15th Sarasaviya Awards festival (si 15වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1986 Sinhala cinema on July 25, 1987, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of Lands and Land Development Gamini Dissanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.Road to Prestige 1964-2018 http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2018/07/05/?fn=sa1807051 2021-01-07 Sarasaviya Even though the film Maldeniye Simieon won seven awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, most number of awards were received to the film Koti Waligaya which included eleven awards. Awards Category Film RecipientBest FilmMaldeniye SimieonVijaya RamanayakeBest DirectorMaldeniye SimieonD. B. NihalsingheBest ActorMaldeniye SimieonJoe AbeywickramaBest ActressMaldeniye SimieonAnoja WeerasingheBest Supporting ActorPoojaAmarasiri KalansuriyaBest Supporting ActressKoti WaligayaAnjela SeneviratneBest Emerging ActressPoojaGeetha Kanthi JayakodyBest Script WriterKoti WaligayaTony RanasingheBest Cinematographer (black n' white film)Koti WaligayaK. D. DayanandaBest Cinematographer (color film)Maldeniye SimieonD. B. NihalsingheBest EditorKoti WaligayaM. S. AlimanBest Art DirectionMaldeniye SimieonLionel SilvaBest Makeup ArtistMaldeniye SimieonRanjith ManthagaweeraBest Sound EffectsKoti WaligayaGeorge ManatungaBest Music DirectionAdara HasunaRohana WeerasingheBest LyricistPoojaDharmasiri GamageBest Male Playback SingerPoojaSunil EdirisingheBest Female Playback SingerYali HamuwennaiChandralekha PereraMost Popular FilmKoti WaligayaPeter PereraMost Popular ActorPeople's voteVijaya KumaratungaMost Popular ActressPeople's voteSabeetha PereraMost Popular Emerging ActressPeople's voteDamayanthi FonsekaRana Thisara Awardcontribution to Sinhala cinemaLester James PeriesAnoja WeerasingheMerit AwardsKoti WaligayaTony RanasingheKoti WaligayaRex KodippiliKoti WaligayaSenaka PereraKoti WaligayaSathischandra Edirisinghe Category FilmPopular films included in the festival Koti Waligaya Maldeniye Simieon Peralikarayo Jaya Apatai Mal Warusa Dinuma Yali Hamuwennai References Category:Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya