Sarasaviya Best Actor Award
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The Sarasaviya Best Actor Award is presented annually by the weekly Sarasaviya newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival
.
The award was first given in 1964 .
Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then.
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited , also known as Lake House, is the largest newspaper company in South East Asia. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil....
at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival
Sarasaviya Awards
Sarasaviya Awards are the most prestigious awards presented to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema, each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited , Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to...
.
The award was first given in 1964 .
Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then.
| Year | Actor | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dharmapriya Dias | Machan |
| 2007 | Saumya Liyanage | Aganthukaya |
| 2006 | Ranjan Ramanayake Ranjan Ramanayake Ranjan Ramanayake is an actor and director from Sri Lanka. He rose to fame with a leading role in the commercial film Jaya Kothenada and mainted his status a commercial film star through the 1990s... |
Nilambare |
| 2005 | Mahendra Perera | Sudu Kalu Saha Alu |
| 2004 | Jackson Anthony Jackson Anthony Konganige Joseph Malsi Jackson Anthony is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema . Though he has become popular from his career as an actor... |
Ran Diya Dahara |
| 2003 | Sanath Gunathilake | Sakman Maluwa |
| 2002 | Kamal Addararachchi Kamal Addararachchi Kamal Addararachchi is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actor, singer and presenter. He made his debut as an actor in Gamini Fonseka's 1981 film Sagarayak Meda, when he was a still a student at school... |
Agnidahaya |
| 2001 | Joe Abeywickrema | Purahanda Kaluwara Purahanda Kaluwara Purahanda Kaluwara is a 1997 film from prolific Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage.-Synopsis:In a draught-stricken land marred by ethnic conflict, the sons of the rural poor are dying in a bitter civil war.... |
| 2000 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1997 | Joe Abeywickrema | Bithu Sithuwam |
| 1996 | ||
| 1995 | Linton Semage | Mee Haraka |
| 1994 | Ashoka Peiris | Guru Gedara |
| 1993 | Joe Abeywickrema | Umayangana |
| 1992 | Joe Abeywickrema | Golu Muhude Kunatuwak |
| 1991 | Sanath Gunathilake | Palama Yata |
| 1990 | Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , and 1990 .-Early life:Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya... |
Siri Medura |
| 1989 | Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , and 1990 .-Early life:Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya... |
Sandakada Pahana Sandakada pahana Sandakada pahana, also known as Moonstone, is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. First seen in the latter stage of the Anuradhapura period, the sandakada... |
| 1988 | Sanath Gunathilake | Viragaya |
| 1987 | Joe Abywickrema | Maldeniye Simion |
| 1986 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Yuganthaya Yuganthaya Yuganthaya is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1949. It is the third and last part of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that began with Gamperaliya followed by Kaliyugaya.... |
| 1985 | Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , and 1990 .-Early life:Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya... |
Maya Maya (film) Maya is the coming of age story of a young girl in a South Indian village. Starring Nitya Shetty, Mita Vashisht, Anant Nag, Nikhil Yadav; the plot centers around an abusive religious ritual practiced in some villages in Southern India, when a young girl has her first period... |
| 1984 | Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , and 1990 .-Early life:Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya... |
Dadayama Dadayama Dadayama is a 1984 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Wasantha Obesekara.-Cast:*Sanath Gunatillake*Vijaya Kumaratunga*Swarna Mallawarachchi*Ravindra Randeniya*Sunethra Sarachchandra... |
| 1983 | Joe Abeywickrema | Malata Noena Bambaru |
| 1982 | Joe Abeywickrema | Baddegama Baddegama Baddegama is a 1980 Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf. Sir Arthur C... |
| 1981 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Uthumaneni |
| 1980 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Sarungale |
| 1970 | Herbert M. Senviratne | Senehasa |
| 1969 | D.R. Nanayakkara | Bicycle Hora Bicycle Hora Bicycle Hora is a 1968 Sri Lankan film directed by K.A.W. Perera.-Cast:*Oswald Jayasinghe*Sandhya Kumari*Jeevarani Kurukulasooriya*D.R. Nanayakkara*Wally Nanayakkara... |
| 1968 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Horungeth Horu |
| 1967 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Parasathu Mal |
| 1966 | Joe Abeywickrema | Sarawita |
| 1965 | Gamini Fonseka Gamini Fonseka Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia... |
Dheewarayo Dheewarayo Dheewarayo is a 1964 Sri Lankan film starring Gamini Fonseka. It was a box office success in the country.-Plot:Story about fishing folk.Cast*Gamini Fonseka – Francis*Sandhya Kumari;Roseline*Anthony C... |
| 1964 | D.R. Nanayakkara | Sikuru Tharuwa Sikuru Tharuwa Sikuru Tharuwa is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama written by P. K. D Seneviratne. It was developed by the Kurulu Rana group that attempted to make original movies pertaining to Sinhalese culture.-Plot:... |