The 7th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 7වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1969 Sinhala cinema on March 7, 1970, at the Colombo New Theater Grounds, Sri Lanka. Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle was the chief guest at the awards night.
The film Binaramalee won the most awards with eight including Best Film.
Awards
Category Film RecipientBest FilmBinaramaleeMudalinayaka SomaratneBest DirectorBinaramaleeMudalinayaka SomaratneBest ActorSenehasaHerbert M. SeneviratneBest ActressBinaramaleeSwarna KahawitaBest Supporting ActorBinaramaleePiyadasa GunasekaraBest Supporting ActressBinaramaleeShanthi LekhaBest Script WriterBinaramaleeTissa AbeysekaraBest Cinematographer NarilathaW. A. B. de SilvaBest EditorNarilathaT. A. KamoorBest Sound EffectsNarilathaMervyn RodrigoBest Music DirectionNarilathaPremasiri KhemadasaBest LyricistBinaramaleeMahagama SekaraBest Male Playback SingerBinaramaleeW. D. AmaradevaBest Female Playback SingerNarilathaLatha WalpolaMost Popular ActorPeople's voteGamini FonsekaMost Popular ActressPeople's voteAnula KarunathilakaMerit AwardsSenehasaJeevarani Kurukulasuriya
Category FilmPopular Awards from Reader Vote Binaramalee Narilatha Senehasa
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