Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded for	Best Film Of The Year
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Gold Medal ₹100,000
First awarded	1967-68
Last awarded	2018
Most recent winner	Aa Karaala Ratri
Highlights
Total awarded	51
First winner	Belli 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

• Film portal

• Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film
• Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film
• Cinema of India
• Cinema of Karnataka
• List of Kannada-language films

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