Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded forBest Film Of The Year
Sponsored byGovernment of Karnataka
Reward(s)
  • Gold Medal
  • ₹100,000
First awarded1967-68
Last awarded2018
Most recent winnerAa Karaala Ratri
Highlights
Total awarded51
First winnerBelli Moda

The Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films.

Winners

Year Film(s) Producer(s) Director(s) Refs.
1967-68 Belli Moda T. N. Srinivasan Puttanna Kanagal
1968-69 Hannele Chiguridaga  • Srikanth Nahta
 • Srikanth Patel 		M. R. Vittal
1969-70 Gejje Pooje Rashi Brothers Puttanna Kanagal
1970-71 Sharapanjara C. S. Raja Puttanna Kanagal
1971-72 Vamsha Vriksha G. V. Iyer  • B. V. Karanth
 • Girish Karnad 		[1]
1972-73 Sankalpa P. V. Nanjaraja Urs P. V. Nanjaraja Urs
1973-74 Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu  • Siddalingaiah
 • S. P. Varadappa
 • N. Veeraswamy
 • Chandulal Jain 		Siddalingaiah
1974-75 Upasane Rashi Brothers Puttanna Kanagal
1975-76 Chomana Dudi Ashok Kumar B. V. Karanth
1976-77 Pallavi K. S. Indira Lankesh P. Lankesh
1977-78 Ghatashraddha Sadananda Suvarna Girish Kasaravalli
1978-79 Grahana  • D. Ramegowda
 • D. Venkatesh
 • D. Shivaram 		T. S. Nagabharana
1979-80 Arivu K. R. Lalitha Katte Ramachandra
1980-81 Ranganayaki B. Thimmanna Puttanna Kanagal
1981-82 Bara M. S. Sathyu M. S. Sathyu
1982-83 Haalu Jenu Parvathamma Rajkumar Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1983-84 No Award
1984-85 Accident Shankar Nag Shankar Nag
1985-86 Hosa Neeru K. S. Sachchidanand K. V. Jayaram
1986-87 Tabarana Kathe Girish Kasaravalli Girish Kasaravalli
1987-88 Aasphota V. Verghese T. S. Nagabharana
1988-89 Yaaru Hone  • V. Narasappa
 • Konda Reddy 		N. T. Jayarama Reddy
1989-90 Kubi Matthu Iyala Sadananda Suvarna Sadananda Suvarna
1990-91 Muthina Haara S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
1991-92 Veerappan Chandulal Jain Ravindranath
1992-93 Jeevana Chaitra Parvathamma Rajkumar Dorai-Bhagwan
1993-94 Nishkarsha  • Doddagowda C. Patil
 • G. M. Jayadevappa 		Sunil Kumar Desai
1994-95 Gangavva Gangamaayi Chandulal Jain Vasanth Mokashi
1995-96 Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai Chindodi Leela Chindodi Bangaresh
1996-97 America America G. Nandakumar Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
1997-98 Thaayi Saheba Jayamala Girish Kasaravalli [2]
1998-99 Chaitrada Chiguru Gururaj Seth K. Shivarudraiah
1999-2000 Deveeri  • Arathi Gadasalli
 • Bharathi Gowda
 • Hanumantha Reddy
 • Kavitha Lankesh 		Kavitha Lankesh [3]
2000-01 Mussanje  • Beerappa
 • P. R. Ramadas Naidu 		P. R. Ramadas Naidu [3]
2001-02 Dweepa Soundarya Girish Kasaravalli [4]
2002-03 Artha  • S. V. Shivakumar
 • Shylaja Nag 		B. Suresha [5]
2003-04 Chigurida Kanasu Parvathamma Rajkumar T. S. Nagabharana [6]
2004-05 Monalisa  • K. S. Dushyanth
 • K. Santosh Kumar 		Indrajit Lankesh [7]
2005-06 Naayi Neralu  • Abhishek Patil
 • Basant Kumar Patil 		Girish Kasaravalli [8][9]
2006-07 Mungaaru Male E. Krishnappa Yogaraj Bhat [10]
2007-08 Gulabi Talkies  • Amrutha Patil
 • Basant Kumar Patil 		Girish Kasaravalli [11]
2008-09 Kabaddi  • Asha
 • Kishore Kumar 		Narendra Babu [12]
2009-10 Rasarushi Kuvempu  • Aravind Prakash
 • Padma Prakash 		Rithwik Simha [13]
2010-11 Maagiya Kaala Bhagya Moodnakoodu Chinnaswamy K. Shivarudraiah [14]
2011 Prasad Ashok Kheny Manoj K. Sathi [15]
2012 Thallana Thanmaya Chithra N. Sudarshan [16]
2013 Hajj Rajiv Kothary Tallur Nikhil Manjoo [17]
2014 Harivu Avinash U. Shetty Manjunath Somashekar Reddy [18]
2015 Thithi Prathap Reddy Raam Reddy [19]
2016 Amaravathi  • E. Sushma
 • E. Madhava Reddy 		B. M. Giriraj [20]
2017 Shuddhi  • Nandini Madesh
 • Madesh T. Bhaskar 		Adarsh Eshwarappa [21]
2018 Aa Karaala Ratri Dayal Padmanabhan Dayal Padmanabhan [22][23]

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b The Hindu : Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards
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  6. ^ The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Entry only to invitees at film awards function
  7. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05 announced - Monalisa bagged the first best film award
  8. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2005-06 announced - Nayi Neralu bagged the first best film award
  9. ^ "Karnataka State Film Awards 2005-06". viggy.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards – 2006-2007 Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Gulabi Talkies bags 3 Karnataka State Film Awards
  12. ^ INFORMATION: STATE FILM AWARDS 2008-09 (KARNATAKA)
  13. ^ Vishnuvardhan Anu Prabhakar | Karnataka State Film Awards | Aaptha Rakshaka Pareekshe
  14. ^ Kumar, G S (25 October 2013). "Kannada State Film Awards list 2010-11". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Karnataka State Film Awards 2010-11 winners - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Karnataka State Film Awards: Darshan and Nirmala bag Top Honors". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  17. ^ Karantaka State Film Awards announced
  18. ^ After national honour, 'Harivu' bags top State film award
  19. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List
  20. ^ Amaravathi scores a hat trick at State film awards
  21. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2017 Announced
  22. ^ "Raghavendra Rajkumar, Meghana Raj bag State Awards - Times of India". The Times of India.
  23. ^ "KARNATAKA STATE FILM AWARDS 2018: RAGHAVENDRA RAJKUMAR AND MEGHANA RAJ BAG TOP HONOURS; CHECK OUT ALL WINNERS". bangalore mirror. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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