5th Sarasaviya Awards

The 5th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 6වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1967 Sinhala cinema on April 25, 1968, at the Colombo Girls' College, Sri Lanka. Honorable Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake was the chief guest at the awards night.^[1]

5th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	April 25, 1968
Site	Colombo Girls' College, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Granville Silva
Highlights
Best Picture	Sath Samudura
Most awards	Sath Samudura (8)
Most nominations	Sath Samudura
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
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The film Sath Samudura won the most awards with eight including Best Film.

Awards

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Sath Samudura	Linus Dissanayake
Best Director	Sath Samudura	Siri Gunasinghe
Best Actor	Sorungeth Soru	Gamini Fonseka
Best Actress	Ransalu	Punya Heendeniya
Best Supporting Actor	Sath Samudura	Edmund Wijesinghe
Best Supporting Actress	Sath Samudura	Denawaka Hamine
Best Script Writer	Sadol Kandulu	Reggie Perera
Best Cinematographer	Ransalu	Sumitta Amarasinghe
Best Editor	Sath Samudura	D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Sound Effects	Ransalu	Mervyn Rodrigo
Best Music Direction	Sath Samudura	Somadasa Alvitigala
Best Lyricist	Sath Samudura	Mahagama Sekara
Best Male Playback Singer	Sath Samudura	W. D. Amaradeva
Best Female Playback Singer	Sadol Kandulu	Nanda Malini
Most Popular Actor	People's vote	Gamini Fonseka
Most Popular Actress	People's vote	Anula Karunathilaka
Merit Awards	Ransalu	Shanthi Lekha
	Daru Duka	Piyadasa Gunasekera
	Daru Duka	Lilian Edirisinghe
	Ransalu	Anula Karunathilaka
	Ransalu	H.L. Simon

Category	Film
Popular Awards from Reader Vote	Daru Duka
	Sorungeth Soru
	Rena Giraw
	Sadol Kandulu
	Ipadune Ai
	Ransalu
	Sath Samudura

References

1. "Road to Prestige 1964-2018". Sarasaviya.