FOR THE FILM
1 | Best Film 6 වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උළෙල - 1969 | |
2 | Best Film 2වන විචාරක සම්මාන උළෙල 1969 | |
3 | Best Film 1වන ගුවන් විදුලි සම්මාන උළෙල 1970 |
FOR ARTISTS
1 | Best Actress 6 වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උළෙල - 1969 | අනුලා කරුණාතිලක |
2 | Best Music Director 6 වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උළෙල - 1969 | ප්රේමසිරි කේමදාස |
3 | Special Awards 6 වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උළෙල - 1969 | විජේරත්න වරකාගොඩ |
4 | Best Director 2වන විචාරක සම්මාන උළෙල 1969 | ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස් |
5 | Best Music Director 2වන විචාරක සම්මාන උළෙල 1969 | ප්රේමසිරි කේමදාස |
6 | Best Actress 1වන ගුවන් විදුලි සම්මාන උළෙල 1970 | අනුලා කරුණාතිලක |
7 | Best Music Director 1වන ගුවන් විදුලි සම්මාන උළෙල 1970 | ප්රේමසිරි කේමදාස |
8 | Favourite Producer [2nd] 3 වන දීපශිකා සම්මාන උළෙල 1972 | P.E.E. Anthonypillai |
Golu Hadawatha (Translation: Silent Heart) was a popular 1969 Sinhalese language romance film directed by maestro Lester James Peiris. The film stars Wickrema Bogoda and Anula Karunathilake in the lead roles. Based on a novel by Karunasena Jayalath, its screenplay was written by Regi Siriwardena. Music was by Premasiri Khemadasa. The film is far in advance of its time and shows the touch of a master in the cinematography. The first half of the film depicts the story though the eyes of Sugath and the next half the audience see the story through the eyes of Dammi. The film departs from the normal recipie of Hero, heroine, villain, joker, songs, fights etc and was regarded as one of the land marks in Sri Lankan Cinema.
It was awarded the Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress of the year at the prestigious Sarasaviya Awards Festival. The film, which depicts the love affair between two school going teenagers, created a sensation among Sri Lankan film lovers, both young and old, and is considered a landmark in the history of Sri Lankan cinema.