The Karnataka State Film Awards 1972–73, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Kannada Cinema films released in the year 1972.

Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmSankalpaP. V. Nanjaraja UrsP. V. Nanjaraja UrsSecond Best FilmNaagarahaavuN. VeeraswamyS. R. Puttanna KanagalThird Best FilmFourth Best FilmHrudaya SangamaH. N. MuddukrishnaRashi Brothers

Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionSankalpaP. V. Nanjaraja UrsBest ActorNaagarahaavuVishnuvardhanBest ActressNaagarahaavuAarathiBest Supporting ActorNaagarahaavuK. S. AshwathBest Supporting ActressNaagarahaavuShubhaBest Child ActressSankalpaBrundaBest Music DirectionSankalpaVijaya BhaskarBest CinematographySankalpaS. RamachandraBest EditingSankalpaUmesh KulakarniBest Sound RecordingSankalpaSeetharamD. Mohan SundaramBest Story WriterNaagarahaavuT. R. Subba RaoBest ScreenplayNaagarahaavuS. R. Puttanna KanagalBest Dialogue WriterNaagarahaavuChi. Udaya Shankar

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