The 3rd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 3වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the

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, was held to honor the best films of 1965

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on August 20, 1966, at the Colombo Race Course, Sri Lanka. For the first time in Sri Lankan award history, Bollywood celebrities Hindi actresses

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and

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, then editors of Filmfare magazine B. J. K. Karanjia and Hindi actor

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were invited to participate as the chief guests at the awards night. The film ''

Saaravita ''Saaravita'' ( si, සාරවිට, italic=yes) is a 1965 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy thriller film directed by Tissa Liyanasuriya and produced by Shesha Palihakkara for Serendib Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama in lead role along with Wally Nan ...

'' won the most awards with nine including

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Awards

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