the seventeenth sumathi awards ceremony was celebrated at the bandaranaike memorial international conference hall on 3 december 2012, accompany with lux. 50 awards were given at the ceremony under 7 categories. in the best award category, dinesh subasinghe has won the best music director award..& sumathi award for the best teledrama actor was won by jagath chamila and best teledrama actress was samdhi laksiri. in popular award category, dananjaya siriwardana won the most popular actor award, whereas nadeesha hemamali won the most popular actress award. the u.w. sumathipala memorial award was given to, veteran actor cyril wickramage and veteran musician victor rathnayake. out of 50 awards given, teledrama "swaynjatha" won 7 awards including best actress, director, television series and supporting actor.