the nineteenth sumathi awards ceremony was celebrated in year 2014, where 57 awards were given at the ceremony under 8 categories. in the best award category, sumathi award for the best teledrama actor was won by jackson anthony and best teledrama actress was paboda sandeepani. in popular award category, wishwanath kodikara won the most popular actor award for the second consecutive time, whereas ruwangi rathnayake won the most popular actress award. the u.w. sumathipala memorial award was given to, veteran composer rohana weerasinghe and veteran singer sujatha aththanayaka. out of 57 awards given, teledrama "appachchi" won 9 awards including best actor, actress, director and television series.