2015 Karnataka State Film Awards

2015 Karnataka State Film Awards
Date13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)
LocationBengaluru
CountryIndia
Presented bySiddaramaiah
(Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Most awardsThithi (4)
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The Karnataka State Film Awards 2015, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2015.[1] The ceremony was held in Bengaluru on 13 November 2016.[2]

Lifetime achievement award

For the first time a separate jury was appointed to select the Lifetime Achievement Awards under the chairmanship of veteran director S. K. Bhagavan.[3]

Name of Award Awardee(s) Awarded As
 • Dr. Rajkumar Award
 • Puttanna Kanagal Award
 • Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award 		 • Harini
 • Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
 • Rajan 		 • Actress
 • Director
 • Music Director

Jury

A committee headed by Naganna was appointed to evaluate the awards.

Film Awards

Name of Award Film Producer Director
First Best Film Thithi Prathap Reddy Raam Reddy
Second Best Film Maarikondavaru Gururaj Seth K. Shivarudraiah
Third Best Film Mythri N. S. Rajkumar B. M. Giriraj
Best Film of Social Concern Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja Shyam Mukund Navale Hamsa Vijeth
Best Children Film Mane Modala Paathashaale N. T. Jayarama Reddy N. T. Jayarama Reddy
Best Regional Film Thalang Neer
(Kodava language) 		Dr Naveen Krishna Gopi Peenya
Best Entertaining Film Krishna Leela Ajay Rao Shashank
Best Debut Film Of Newcomer Director RangiTaranga H.K.Prakash Anup Bhandari

Other Awards

Name of Award Film Awardee
Best Director Thithi Raam Reddy
Best Actor Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja Vijay Raghavendra
Best Actress Ganga Malashri
Best Supporting Actor Mana Manthana Ramesh Bhat
Best Supporting Actress Thithi S. M. Pooja
Best Child Actor Ashtavakra Likhit Sharma
Best Child Actress Savi Nilaya Mevish
Best Music Direction Krishna Leela Sridhar V. Sambhram
Best Male Playback Singer Preethiyalli Sahaja
("Sundarangiye") 		Santhosh Venky
Best Female Playback Singer Bekku
("Thalamalada Maleyalli") 		Shamitha Malnad
Best Cinematography Last Bus Ananth Urs
Best Editing Chandi Kori Sujith Nayak
Best Lyrics Muddu Manase
("Edeyal Yaaro Ghazhal") 		V. Nagendra Prasad
Best Art Direction Last Bus Avinash Narasimharaju
Best Story Writer July 22, 1947 Sarajoo Katkar
Best Screenplay Krishna Leela  • Shashank
 • Raghu Kovi
Best Dialogue Writer Thithi Eeregowda
Jury's Special Award Shivalinga Jupiter Animation
(For Computer Graphics)

References

  1. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List
  2. ^ "Annual film awards to be given on Raj's birthday". Deccan Herald. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ Kannada Actress Harini 79 to be honoured with Rajkumar Award