2012 Karnataka State Film Awards

The Karnataka State Film Awards 2012, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2012.[1]

Lifetime achievement award

Name of Award Awardee(s) Awarded As
 • Dr. Rajkumar Award
 • Puttanna Kanagal Award
 • Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award 		 • M. Bhakthavathsala
 • Chi. Dattaraj
 • Rajesh 		 • Producer,Distributor
 • Director
 • Actor

Jury

A committee headed by film producer K. C. N. Chandrashekar was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.[2]

Film Awards

Name of Award Film Producer Director
First Best Film Thallana Thanmaya Chithra N. Sudarshan
Second Best Film Bharath Stores  • Amrutha Patil
 • Basant Kumar Patil 		P. Sheshadri
Third Best Film Edegarike  • Syed Aman Bachchan
 • M. S. Ravindra 		Sumana Kittur
Best Film Of Social Concern Karanika Shishu
Best Children Film Little Master
Best Regional Film Konchavaram
(Banjara language)
Best Entertaining Film Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Anand Appugol Naganna
Best Debut Film Of Newcomer Director Alemaari B. K. Srinivas Santhu

Other Awards

Name of Award Film Awardee(s)
Best Direction Thallana N. Sudarshan
Best Actor Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Darshan Thoogudeep
Best Actress Thallana Nirmala Chennappa
Best Supporting Actor Kalavu Kari Subbu
Best Supporting Actress Olavina Ole Aruna Balaraj
Best Child Actor Karanika Shishu Anil Kumar
Best Child Actress Sheshu Lepana
Best Music Direction Alemaari Arjun Janya
Best Male Playback Singer Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam
("Hale Cycle Hattikondu") 		Vasu Dixit
Best Female Playback Singer Little Master Anuradha Bhat
Best Cinematography Edegarike Rakesh
Best Editing Saagar P. R. Soundar Raj
Best Lyrics Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu
(All Songs) 		B. H. Mallikarjun
Best Art Direction Karanika Shishu Bheemeshappa
Best Story Writer Angulimala Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Best Screenplay Kalavu K. Y. Narayanaswamy
Best Dialogue Writer Bheema Theeradalli M. S. Ramesh
Jury's Special Award Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Ravi Varma
(For Action Sequences)

References

  1. ^ "Karnataka State Film Awards: Darshan and Nirmala bag Top Honors". Cineloka.co.in. 2014-08-26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. ^ "Darshan adjudged best actor; 'Tallana' is the best film". Deccan Herald. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.