The Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film is a Kannada film industry award from 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) 1967-68 Belli Moda T. N. Srinivasan Puttanna Kanagal 1968-69 Hannele Chiguridaga Srikanth NahtaSrikanth 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 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 GrahanaD. 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 1998-99 Chaitrada Chiguru Gururaj Seth K. Shivarudraiah 1999-2000 Deveeri Arathi Gadasalli Bharathi Gowda Hanumantha Reddy Kavitha Lankesh Kavitha Lankesh The Hindu : Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards 2000-01 Mussanje Beerappa P. R. Ramadas Naidu P. R. Ramadas Naidu 2001-02 Dweepa Soundarya Girish Kasaravalli 2002-03 Artha S. V. Shivakumar Shylaja Nag B. Suresha Karnataka State Film Awards 2002-2003 announced - Artha of B. Suresh bagged the Best Film Award 2003-04 Chigurida Kanasu Parvathamma Rajkumar T. S. Nagabharana 2004-05 Monalisa K. S. Dushyanth K. Santosh Kumar Indrajit Lankesh Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05 announced - Monalisa bagged the first best film award 2005-06 Naayi Neralu Abhishek Patil Basant Kumar Patil Girish Kasaravalli Karnataka State Film Awards 2005-06 announced - Nayi Neralu bagged the first best film award 2006-07 Mungaaru Male E. Krishnappa Yogaraj Bhat Karnataka State Film Awards – 2006-2007 2007-08 Gulabi Talkies Amrutha Patil Basant Kumar Patil Girish Kasaravalli 2008-09 KabaddiAsha Kishore Kumar Narendra Babu INFORMATION: STATE FILM AWARDS 2008-09 (KARNATAKA) 2009-10 Rasarushi Kuvempu Aravind Prakash Padma Prakash Rithwik Simha 2010-11 Maagiya Kaala Bhagya Moodnakoodu Chinnaswamy K. Shivarudraiah 2011 Prasad Ashok Kheny Manoj K. Sathi 2012 Thallana Thanmaya Chithra N. Sudarshan 2013 Hajj Rajiv Kothary Tallur Nikhil Manjoo Karantaka State Film Awards announced 2014 Harivu Avinash U. Shetty Manjunath Somashekar Reddy After national honour, 'Harivu' bags top State film award 2015 Thithi Prathap Reddy Raam Reddy Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List 2016Amaravathi E. SushmaE. Madhava Reddy B. M. Giriraj Amaravathi scores a hat trick at State film awards 2017 Shuddhi Nandini MadeshMadesh T. Bhaskar Adarsh EshwarappaKarnataka State Film Awards 2017 Announced 2018Aa Karaala Ratri Dayal Padmanabhan Dayal Padmanabhan2019MohandasM/s Mitra ChitraP. Sheshadri2020Pinki ElliPicture Tree InternationalPrithvi Konanur2021Doddahatti BoregowdaRajarajeshwari CombinesRaghu K. M

See also

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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