10th Sarasaviya Awards

10th Sarasaviya Awards
Date	May 29, 1982
Site	Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Directed by	Granville Silva
Highlights
Best Picture	Sagarayak Meda
Most awards	Sagarayak Meda (8)
Most nominations	Sagarayak Meda
Television coverage
Network	Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

The 10th Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 10වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1981 Sinhala cinema on May 29, 1982, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Minister of Finance and Planning Ronnie de Mel was the chief guest at the awards night.

The film Sagarayak Meda won the most awards with eight including Best Film.

Awards

Category	Film	Recipient
Best Film	Sagarayak Meda	Ananda Abeynayake
Best Director	Sagarayak Meda	Gamini Fonseka
Best Actor	Beddegama	Joe Abeywickrama
Best Actress	Aradhana	Malani Fonseka
Best Supporting Actor	Aradhana	David Dharmakeerthi
Best Supporting Actress	Sagarayak Meda	Iranganie Serasinghe
Best Upcoming Actress		Nadeeka Gunasekara
Best Script Writer	Sagarayak Meda	Dharmasri Munasinghe
Best Cinematographer	Aradhana	Sumitta Amarasinghe
Best Editor	Sagarayak Meda	D. B. Nihalsinghe
Best Art Direction	Sagarayak Meda	Eral Kelly
Best Makeup Artist	Sagarayak Meda	Shesha Palihakkara
Best Sound Effects	Beddegama	Michael Sathyanathan
Best Music Direction	Aradhana	Rohana Weerasinghe H. M. Jayawardena
Best Lyricist	Aradhana	Kularatne Ariyawansa
Best Male Playback Singer	Aradhana	W. D. Amaradeva
Best Female Playback Singer	Vajira	Nanda Malini
Most Popular Film	People's vote	Sagarayak Meda
Most Popular Actor	People's vote	Gamini Fonseka
Most Popular Actress	People's vote	Malani Fonseka

Category	Film
Popular Awards from Reader Vote
	Sagarayak Meda
	Sathweni Dawasa
	Chanchala Rekha
	Beddegama
	Vajira
	Aradhana
	RIdee Thella