The 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards were presented by Government of Karnataka, honouring the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2001. The award ceremony was held on 20 January 2003.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsDr. Rajkumar AwardPuttanna Kanagal AwardLifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema AwardPrathima Devi Shankar SinghM. S. RajashekarRajanandActressDirectorSupporting Actor
Jury A committee headed by U. S. Vadiraj was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmDweepaSoundaryaGirish KasaravalliSecond Best FilmEkangiV. RavichandranV. RavichandranThird Best FilmNeelaDrushti Srushti FilmsT. S. NagabharanaBest Film Of Social ConcernGandhada GombeB. SrinivasM. D. HashamB. ShankarBest Children FilmPuttiMedajit CreationsB. R Keshav
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionDweepaGirish KasaravalliBest ActorEkangiV. RavichandranBest ActressDweepaSoundaryaBest Supporting ActorParvaKeremane Shambhu HegdeBest Supporting ActressKalla PoliceM. N. Lakshmi DeviBest Child ActorYuddha Mattu SwatantryaVijayBest Child ActressPuttiDeepuBest Music DirectionEkangiV. RavichandranBest Male Playback SingerEkangi("Hudugi Super")Rajesh KrishnanBest Female Playback SingerGandhada Gombe("Bili Bannada Gili")NandithaBest CinematographyDweepaH. M. RamachandraBest EditingKambalahalliShyamBest LyricsSri Manjunatha("Obbane Obbane Manjunathanobbane")HamsalekhaBest Sound RecordingEkangiL. Sathish KumarBest Art DirectionSri ManjunathaArun SagarBest Story WriterKambalahalliMunirathnaBest ScreenplayKothigalu Saar KothigaluS. V. Rajendra Singh BabuRamaniBest Dialogue WriterDharma DevatheThaadoor KeshavaJury's Special AwardNeelambari(For Technology Incorporation)Prakash
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