Sumathi Awards
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 22nd Sumathi Awards
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Trophy of the award
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| Awarded for | Excellence in television program achievements |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Presented by | Sumathi Group |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Last awarded | 20 September 2017 |
| Website | sumathiawards |
Sumathi Awards (Sinhala:සුමති සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's television screen, each year by the Sumathi Group of Company, Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to the Sri Lankan teledrama industry and television programs. The Sumathi ceremony is one of the most popular television program events in Sri Lanka. The awards were first introduced in 1995.
The Sumathi film awards ceremony began in 1995 with the leadership of Mrs. Milina Sumathipala. Sumathi group of Companies came forward and organized television festivals, acknowledging its significance and outstanding attainments to improve the quality of television programs to every age limit of the people and to acknowledge the behind the screen technicians to bring forward and value their efforts to Sri Lankan television.
The award ceremony has been witnessed 22 times consecutively, with one interruption in 2005, where the Award ceremony did not celebrated.
In 1995, there were 32 awards in total, categorized into 4 sections - best awards, popular awards, commercial awards and merit awards. In 1996 at the second Sumathi Awards ceremony, U.A Sumathipala Award was introduced. Since 2000, awards were given under those above five categories. In 2000 Sumathi Awards, Jury Award category was included. With that six categories were awarded until 2011. In 2011 Sumathi Awards, News and other broadcasting category was introduced. In 2014 Sumathi Awards, the child award category was introduced. Since then, 50-55 Sumathi Awards have been awarded under 8 categories.
The first Sumathi Awards ceremony was celebrated in 1995, where 32 awards were given at the ceremony under 4 categories. In the best award category, Sumathi Award for the best teledrama actor was won by Buddhadasa Withanaarachchi and best teledrama actress was Manel Jayasena. In popular award category, Kamal Addararachchi won the most popular actor award, whereas Nilmini Tennakoon won the most popular actress award. Out of 32 awards given, teledrama Dandubasnamanaya won 12 awards, including best actor, supporting actor, television series, director and music director.
The second Sumathi Awards ceremony was celebrated in 1996, where 33 awards were given at the ceremony under 5 categories. In the best award category, Sumathi Award for the best teledrama actor was won by Lucky Dias and best teledrama actress was Chandani Seneviratne, whereas both won popular award categories as well. For the first time, U.W. Sumathipala memorial award was introduced, where veteran director Titus Thotawatte won this lifetime award. Out of 33 awards given, teledrama Sankranthi Samaya won 6 awards, including best actor, music director, singer and most popular teledrama.
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