Chief Guests Mass Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, ANCL Chairman Bandula Padmakumara, Mass Media and Information and Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa and Sarasaviya Editor Gamini Samarasinghe entering the premises Best Actor (2007) Saumya and Best Actress Best Supporting (2007) Sangeetha Cameras panned back and forth to capture the 32nd mesmeric and distinctive Actor (2008) Sarasaviya Film Awards Festival which combined the years 2007 and 2008. Saumya and Best Supporting Actress (2008) Starry starry night Malani 2007 2008 Most popular actor Award not given Most popular actor Wijeya Nandasiri Most popular actress Award not given (Sikuru Hathe) Most popular film Aba Most popular actress Sangeetha Weeraratne Best actor Dharmapriya Dias (Uppalavanna) (Machan) Films in 2008 Most popular film Asai Man Piyambanna Best actress Dulani Anuradha (Aba) 1. Heart FM Senesh Bandara Disanayaka Best actor Best film Machan (Aganthukaya) Best director Vijitha Gunaratne Best Actress (2008) Dulani 2. Weda Beri Tarzan Meti SabayataSunilsoma Peiris Best actress Sangeetha Weeraratne (Wala Patala) 3. Adara Meena Keerthi Bandara (Uppalavanna) Best upcoming actor Dharshan Dharmaraj 4. Hathara denama SoorayoNeil Rupasinghe Best film Aganthukaya (Machan) 5. Sandalutalen Eha H. M. Gamini Pushpakumara Best director Wasantha Obeysekara Best upcoming actress Shani Samanali Fonseka 6. Super Star A. A. Junaideen (Aganthukaya) (Heart FM) 7. Sura Sepa Soya Louis Vanderstraeten Best upcoming actor Tumidu Dodantenna Best supporting actor Saumya Liyanage (Sankhara) (Wala Patala) 8. Rosa Kele Sanjaya Nirmal Best upcoming actress Best supporting actress (Aba) 9. Rosa Diganthe Suresh Kumarasinghe (Sikuru Hathe) Best singer 10. Nil Diya Yahana Dayaratne Ratagedara Best supporting actor Sanath Gunatilaka (Siri Raja Siri) 11. Adaraye Namayen R. Sooriyan and S. Nadan (Aganthukaya) Best songstress Uresha Ravihari (Rosa Kele) 12. Machan Uberto Pasolini Best supporting actress Chandani Senewiratne Best lyrics Professor 13. Pitasakvala Kumarayayi Pencho Hathai (Uppalavanna) (Aba) Best male vocalist Jayawardana Best music Nadika Guruge (Aba) Sirimal Wijesinghe (Sikuru Hathe) Best make-up Ebert Wijesinghe (Machan) 14. Ali Pencha Mage Mithura Jude M. Muttaiah Best female vocalist Uresha Ravihari Best art direction Lal Harindranath 15. Prabhakaran Thushara Peries (Asai Man Piyabanna) (Wala Patala) 16. Walapatala Vijitha Gunaratne Best lyrics Ratna Sri Wijesinghe Best sound mixing Kalinga Gihan (Aba) 17. Siri Raja Siri Somaratne Dissanayaka (Aganthukaya) Best editing Matahiro Hirahito (Machan) 18. Ei Oba Tani Wela Ranjith Jayasinghe Best music Navaratne Gamage Best cinematography Suminda Weerasinghe (Uppalavanna) Best script Ruwanthi de Chikera (Machan) 19. Aba Dharmapriya Dias receives the Best Actor Award (2008) Best make-up Imal Shanaka Peiris (Nisalagira) Merit awards Senaka Titus (Aba) from Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa. Best art direction Sunil Wijeratne (Sankara) Sajith Anuttara (Aba) Compiled by Sachitra Mahendra and Ruwini Jayawardana Best sound mixing Kalinga Gihan (Sankara) ` Udeni Subodha Kumara (Aba) Pictures by Tennyson Edirisinghe, Malan Karunaratne, Niroshan Best editing Ravindra Guruge Sriya Kariyawasam (Aba) Batepola, Shan Ruppasara and Kosala Senarath (Aganthukaya) Nalina Kathmira (Aba) Best cinematography Palitha Perera (Sankhara) Kokila Pavan Jayasuriya Best script Wasantha Obeysekara (Siri Raja Siri) (Aganthukaya) Amaranath Jayatilaka is honoured with the Ranapala Merit awards: K. A. Milton Perera Bodhinagoda literary award. (Sankhara) V. Vamadevan and Tissa Liyanasuriya are honoured Nalin Pradeep Uduwela with Rana Tisara awards. (Tharaka Mal) Malini Senehelatha Fonseka is honoured Nalin Pradeep Uduwela with Vishva Prasadini award. (Asai Man Piyambanna) Himasal Liyanage (Yahaluwo) Mahil Perera Films in 2007 (Uppalavanna) 1. Sankhara Hemantha Iriyagama 2. Dhana Rina Roy de (Sikuru Hathe) 3. Ran Kevita Udayakantha Warnasooriya Vasantha Obeysekara receives the Best Director Award 4. Sankranthi Anuruddha Jayasinghe (2007) from Mass Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abey- wardena 5. Taruka Mal Milton Jayawardana 6. Aganthukaya Vasantha Obeysekara 7. Uppalavanna Professor Sunil Ariyaratne 8. Nisalagira Thanuj Anawaratne 9. First Love Pooja Kusum Chandra Gamage 10. Weda Beri Tarzan Sunil Soma Peries 11. Sikuru Hathe Giriraj Kaushalya 12. No Problem Darling Kusum Chandra Gamage 13. Hai Master Ranjith Siriwardhana 14. Asai Man Piyambanna Udayakantha Warnasooriya 15. Yahaluwo Sumithra Peries

Best Male Vocalist (2008) Edward and Best Female Vocalist (2007/2008) Uresha

Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne receives the Best Lyricist Award (2008) from Telecom Chairperson Leisha de Silva Chandrasena

Kokila with his Merit Award

Best Upcoming Actor (2007) Thumindu and Best Supporting Actor (2007) Sanath and Best Upcoming Actress (2007) Himali Best supporting actress (2007) Chandani

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