the twentieth sumathi awards ceremony accompany with anchor, was celebrated at the nelum pokuna theatre on 9 july 2015 with the participation of president maithripala sirisena as the chief guest. 53 awards were given at the ceremony under 8 categories. in the best award category, sumathi award for the best teledrama actor was won by janak premalal and best teledrama actress was thisuri yuwanika. in popular award category, kavinga perera won the most popular actor award, whereas shalani tharaka won the most popular actress award. the u.w. sumathipala memorial award was given to, popular artist, journalist a. d. ranjith kumara and veteran singer indrani wijebandara. out of 53 awards given, teledrama "girikula" won 7 awards including best actor, actress, television series, music director and supporting actress.