1998–99 Karnataka State Film Awards

The Karnataka State Film Awards 1998–99, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1998.

Lifetime achievement award

Name of Award Awardee(s) Awarded As
 • Dr. Rajkumar Award
 • Puttanna Kanagal Award 		 • U. S. Vadiraj
 • T. S. Nagabharana 		 • Actor,Producer
 • Director

Film Awards

Name of Award Film Producer Director
First Best Film Chaitrada Chiguru Gururaj Seth K. Shivarudraiah
Second Best Film Hoomale K. S. Usha Rao Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Third Best Film Doni Saagali H. N. Maruthi S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Film Of Social Concern Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga  • Jai Jagadish
 • R. Dushyanth Singh 		S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Regional Film Onthe Yedjust Mallpy
(Tulu language)

Other Awards

Name of Award Film Awardee(s)
Best Direction Chaitrada Chiguru K. Shivarudraiah
Best Actor Veerappa Nayaka Vishnuvardhan
Hoomale Ramesh Aravind
Best Actress Doni Saagali Soundarya
Best Supporting Actor Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi Doddanna
Best Supporting Actress Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi Jayanthi
Best Child Actor Varsharuthu Sukhesh
Best Male Playback Singer Varsharuthu C. Aswath
Best Female Playback Singer Hrudayanjali
("Omkara Naadamaya") 		Anuradha Sriram
Best Cinematography Doni Saagali D. V. Rajaram
Best Editing Varsharuthu Basavaraj Urs
Best Lyrics Pratibhatane
("Hasuvina") 		Siddhalingaiah
Best Sound Recording Swasthik S. Mahendran
Best Art Direction Swasthik M. Ismail
Best Story Writer Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Screenplay Prathyartha Sunil Kumar Desai
Best Dialogue Writer Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga S. Surendranath
Jury's Special Award Veerappa Nayaka (For Film) Producer: Bhagyavathi Narayan
Director: S. Narayan

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