Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film

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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  8. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2005-06 announced - Nayi Neralu bagged the first best film award
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  17. ^ Karantaka State Film Awards announced
  18. ^ After national honour, 'Harivu' bags top State film award
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