The 6th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 6වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1968 Sinhala cinema on March 26, 1969, at the Women's school premises, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Golu Hadawatha won the most awards with four including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmGolu HadawathaCeylon StudioBest DirectorDahasak SithuviliG. D. L. PereraBest ActorBicycle HoraD. R. NanayakkaraBest ActressGolu HadawathaAnula KarunathilakaBest Supporting ActorIndunilaAsoka PonnamperumaBest Supporting ActressBicycle HoraJessica WickrmasingheBest Script WriterVanasaraS. A. SomaratneBest Cinematographer VanasaraNoel PereraBest EditorDahasak SithuviliS. M. NissarBest Sound EffectsIndunilaNimal Weerakkody C. SomasekaranBest Music DirectionGolu HadawathaPremasiri KhemadasaBest LyricistSingithi SurathalKarunaratne AbeysekeraBest Male Playback SingerAadarawanthayoVictor RathnayakeBest Female Playback SingerAadarawanthayoNanda MaliniMost Popular ActorPeople's voteGamini FonsekaMost Popular ActressPeople's voteAnula KarunathilakaMerit AwardsAbuddassa KaleRukmani DeviPunchi BabaDommie JayawardenaGolu HadawathaWijeratne WarakagodaVahal DupathaChandrakalaDahasak SithuviliG. D. L. Perera
Category FilmPopular Awards from Reader Vote Dahasak Sithuvili Bicycle Hora Golu Hadawatha Indunila Vanasara
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