The Karnataka State Film Awards 2015 were presented by the Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2015.Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List The awards ceremony was held in Bengaluru on 13 November 2016.

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.Kannada Actress Harini 79 to be honoured with Rajkumar Award Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsDr. Rajkumar AwardPuttanna Kanagal AwardDr. Vishnuvardhan AwardHariniNagathihalli ChandrashekarRajanActressDirectorMusic Director

Jury

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

Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmThithiPrathap ReddyRaam ReddySecond Best FilmMaarikondavaruGururaj SethK. ShivarudraiahThird Best FilmMythriN. S. RajkumarB. M. GirirajBest Film of Social ConcernShivayogi Sri PuttayyajjaShyam Mukund NavaleHamsa VijethBest Children FilmMane Modala PaathashaaleN. T. Jayarama ReddyN. T. Jayarama ReddyBest Regional FilmThalang Neer(Kodava language)Dr Naveen KrishnaGopi PeenyaBest Entertaining FilmKrishna LeelaAjay RaoShashankBest Debut Film Of Newcomer DirectorRangiTarangaH.K.PrakashAnup Bhandari

Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardeeBest DirectorThithiRaam ReddyBest ActorShivayogi Sri PuttayyajjaVijay RaghavendraBest ActressGangaMalashriBest Supporting ActorMana ManthanaRamesh BhatBest Supporting ActressThithiS. M. PoojaBest Child ActorAshtavakraLikhit SharmaBest Child ActressSavi NilayaMevishBest Music DirectionKrishna LeelaSridhar V. SambhramBest Male Playback SingerPreethiyalli Sahaja("Sundarangiye")Santhosh VenkyBest Female Playback SingerBekku("Thalamalada Maleyalli")Shamitha MalnadBest CinematographyLast BusAnanth UrsBest EditingChandi KoriSujith NayakBest LyricsMuddu Manase("Edeyal Yaaro Ghazhal")V. Nagendra PrasadBest Art DirectionLast BusAvinash NarasimharajuBest Story WriterJuly 22, 1947Sarajoo KatkarBest ScreenplayKrishna LeelaShashankRaghu KoviBest Dialogue WriterThithiEeregowdaJury's Special AwardShivalingaJupiter Animation(For Computer Graphics)

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