The Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award, instituted in 2011 for the 2008–09 Karnataka State Film Awards is an award given by the government of Karnataka to long-serving film personalities in Kannada cinema. The award, previously called Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award, was named Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award in honour of Kannada film industry actor Vishnuvardhan after his demise in 2009. The award carries a purse of 200,000 and a gold-plated plaque.
Recipients Year Recipient Notes Ref 1999–2000 S. P. Varadappa Film producer 2000–01 T. S. Narasimhan Film and TV series producer 2001–02 Rajanand Actor 2002–03 S. K. Karim Khan Lyricist 2003–04 Kuppuswamy Naidu Film producer 2004–05 Vajramuni Actor Chandulal Jain Film Producer 2005–06 S. Ramachandra Cinematographer 2006–07 Dwarakish Actor, film director, producer 2007–08 Parvathamma Rajkumar Film producer 2008–09 A. R. Raju (Ajantha Raju) Film producer R. N. K. Prasad Cinematographer 2009–10 S. D. Ankalagi Film producer; produced the first CinemaScope film in Kannada 2010–11 Ambareesh Actor 2011 Anant Nag Actor 2012 Rajesh Actor 2013 K. V. Gupta Film producer and distributor 2014 Suresh Urs Film editor 2015 Rajan Composer 2016 K. Chinnappa Poster artist 2017 G. N. Lakshmipathy Film producer 2018 B. S. Basavaraju Cinematographer
See also Karnataka State Film Awards
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