20th Sarasaviya Awards

The 20th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 20වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1991 Sinhala cinema on April 11, 1992, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. President Ranasinghe Premadasa was the chief guest at the awards night.

20th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	April 11, 1992
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed by	A. D. Ranjith Kumara
Highlights
Best Picture	Kelimadala
Most awards	Kelimadala (13)
Most nominations	Kelimadala
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The film Kelimadala won the most awards with thirteen including Best Film.

Awards

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Kelimadala	Anoja Weerasinghe Gamini Nanayakkara
Best Director	Kelimadala	D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Actor	Golu Muhude Kunatuwa	Joe Abeywickrama
Best Actress	Kelimadala	Anoja Weerasinghe
Best Supporting Actor	Kelimadala	Jeevan Kumaratunga
Best Supporting Actress	Kelimadala	Veena Jayakody
Best Emerging Actor	Weda Barinam Wadak Na	Lal Weerasinghe
Best Emerging Actress	Kelimadala	Nilmini Tennakoon
Best Script Writer	Kelimadala	D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Cinematographer (black n' white film)	Madhusamaya	K. A. Wijeratne
Best Cinematographer (color film)	Kelimadala	M. V. Hemapala
Best Editor	Kelimadala	M. S. Aliman
Best Art Direction	Kelimadala	K. A. Milton Perera
Best Makeup Artist	Kelimadala	Ebert Wijesinghe
Best Sound Effects	Kelimadala	Lionel Gunaratne
Best Music Direction	Dolosmahe Pahana	Premasiri Khemadasa
Best Lyricist	Madhusamaya	Bandara K. Wijethunga
Best Male Playback Singer	Dolosmahe Pahana	Vijaya Kumaratunga
Best Female Playback Singer	Dolosmahe Pahana	Neela Wickramasinghe
Most Popular Film	Wada Barinam Wadak Na	Christy Fernando Mathew Fernando
Most Popular Actor	People's vote	Shashi Wijendra
Most Popular Actress	People's vote	Dilhani Ekanayake
Most Popular Emerging Actor	People's vote	Lal Weerasinghe
Most Popular Emerging Actress	People's vote	did not awarded
Rana Thisara Award	contribution to Sinhala cinema	Hugo Fernando
		Latha Walpola
Merit Awards	Kelimadala	Sumithra Rahubadde
	Ma Obe Hithawatha	Ruwan Srilal Dalpadadu
	It's Matter of Time	Roy de Silva

Category	Film
Popular films included in the festival	Wada Barinam Wadak Na
	Salambak Handai
	Kelimadala
	Cheriyo Doctor
	Madhusamaya
	Uthura Dakuna