Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor

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Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded forBest Actor of the Year
Sponsored by Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)
  • Silver Medal
  • 20,000
First awarded1967-68
Last awarded2018
Most recent winner Raghavendra Rajkumar
Highlights
Total awarded51
First winner Rajkumar

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada Language films.

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Superlatives

AwardeesWins
Rajkumar 9
Vishnuvardhan 7
Anant Nag 4
Shiva Rajkumar
Lokesh 3
Puneeth Rajkumar 2
Ramesh Aravind

Recipients

The first recipient was Rajkumar who was honored in 1967 for his performance in Bangaarada Hoovu . As of 2019 he was the most honored actor with nine awards. Vishnuvardhan was honored in seven occasions. Two actors Anant Nag, Shiva Rajkumar have been honored four times, while Lokesh honored three times and two actors Ramesh Aravind, Puneeth Rajkumar have won the award two times. The award was tied in 1998 between Vishnuvardhan and Ramesh Aravind. Shiva Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are the only siblings to have bagged this award. The most recent recipient is Raghavendra Rajkumar who is honored in 2018 for his performance in the film Ammana Mane .

The following is a complete list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.

Key

SymbolMeaning
Indicates a joint award for that year
/Indicates one role with multiple names
Indicates that the winner won the award for double roles
YearImageRecipient(s)RoleFilmRef(s)
1967-68 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Anand Bangarada Hoovu
1968-69  R. Nagendra Rao Anantha Raya Hannele Chiguridaga
1969-70 BRBandulu.jpg B. R. Panthulu Thimmarasu / Appaji Sri Krishnadevaraya
1970-71 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar  Raja Raghunatha Rao
 Ravi / Chandrashekharaiah
 Shankar / Anand
Kula Gourava
1971-72 Venkata Rao ThalageriShrinivasa Shrothri Vamsha Vriksha
1972-73 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan Ramachari Naagarahaavu
1973-74  Lokesh Sambayya / Ayyu Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu
1974-75 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Gora Kumbhar Bhakta Kumbara
1975-76  M. V. Vasudeva Rao Choma Chomana Dudi
1976-77 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar   Arjuna
  Babruvahana
Babruvahana
1977-78 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan Dr. Nataraj Hombisilu
1978-79  Lokesh Thimma Parasangada Gendethimma
1979-80 Anant Nag 1.jpg Anant Nag Antony De'Souza Minchina Ota
1980-81 Srinath (Kannada actor).jpg Srinath Raghavendra Shree Raghavendra Vaibhava
1981-82 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Ravi Hosa Belaku
1982-83 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Ranga Haalu Jenu
1983-84  Lokesh Malgudi Margayya Banker Margayya
1984-85 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan Dr. Harish Bandhana
1985-86 Anant Nag 1.jpg Anant Nag Krishna Prasad Hosa Neeru
1986-87  Charuhasan Tabara Shetty Tabarana Kathe
1987-88 Anant Nag 1.jpg Anant Nag Krishnappa Gowda Avasthe
1988-89 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Krishna Murthy Devatha Manushya
1989-90  Sridhar Shishunala Sharif Santha Shishunala Sharifa
1990-91 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan  Lion Jagapathi Rao
 Kumar Raja
Lion Jagapathi Rao
1991-92 Devaraj Veerappan Veerappan
1992-93 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Vishwanath Jeevana Chaitra
1993-94 Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Rajkumar Ramanna Odahuttidavaru
1994-95 Anant Nag 1.jpg Anant Nag RaghappaGangavva Gangamaayi
1995-96 Shivarajkumar.jpg Shiva Rajkumar Sathya Murthy / Sathya Om
1996-97 Ramesh Aravind (02).jpg Ramesh Aravind Surya America! America!!
1997-98 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan Swaroop Krishna Kumar Laali
1998-99 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan Veerappa Nayaka Veerappa Nayaka
Ramesh Aravind (02).jpg Ramesh Aravind Santosh Hoomale
1999-2000 Shivarajkumar.jpg Shiva Rajkumar Ravi Hrudaya Hrudaya
2000-01 HGDattatreya.jpg H. G. Dattatreya Hasanabba Munnudi
2001-02 V.Ravichandran.jpg V. Ravichandran  Raja
 Ravi
Ekangi [1]
2002-03 Sudeep interview TeachAIDS.jpg Sudeep Nandi Nandhi [2] [3] [4]
2003-04 Shivarajkumar.jpg Shiva Rajkumar Shankar / Dattanna Chigurida Kanasu [5]
2004-05  Sri Murali Kanthi / SrikantaKanthi [6]
2005-06 Shivarajkumar.jpg Shiva Rajkumar Madesha / Jogi Jogi [7]
2006-07 Duniya Vijay-Kasi-2013.jpg Vijay Shivalingu Duniya [8]
2007-08 Puneeth Rajkumar (2017).jpg Puneeth Rajkumar Akash Milana
2008-09  Yogesh Dhananjaya / Dhanu Ambari
2009-10 Vishnuvardhan 2013 stamp of India.jpg Vishnuvardhan
(posthumously)
 Dr. Vijay
 Vijaya Rajendra Bahaddur
Aaptha Rakshaka [9]
2010-11 Puneeth Rajkumar (2017).jpg Puneeth Rajkumar Jackie Jackie [10]
2011 Arjun at the 'Kolaigaran' Press Meet.jpg Arjun Sarja Shankar Prasad [11]
2012 Darshan Thoogudeep kannada film actor.jpg Darshan Sangolli Rayanna Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna [12]
2013 Nikhil ManjooAltaf Hajj [13]
2014 Sanchari-Vijay 04.jpg Sanchari Vijay Madesha (Vidya) Naanu Avanalla...Avalu [14]
2015 Vijay Raghavendra - TeachAIDS Interview.png Vijay Raghavendra Puttaraj Gawai Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja [15]
2016  Achyuth Kumar ShivappaAmaravathi [16]
2017 Vishruth NaikBhyraManjari [17]
2018 Raghavendra Rajkumar Rajeeva Ammana Mane [18] [19]

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