The 2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2009. The ceremony was held on 15 May 2012.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsDr. Rajkumar AwardPuttanna Kanagal AwardDr. Vishnuvardhan AwardR. N. SudarshanC. V. ShivashankarS. D. AnkalagiSupporting Actor, DirectorDirector, LyricistProducer
Jury
A committee headed by Dwarakish was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmRasarushi KuvempuAravind PrakashPadma PrakashRithwik SimhaSecond Best FilmManasaareRockline VenkateshYogaraj BhatThird Best FilmLove GuruNaveenPrashanth RajBest Film Of Social ConcernShabariRamesh YadavBaraguru RamachandrappaBest Children FilmGurukulaSunil PuranikSunil PuranikKinnara BaaleEverest India FilmsP. H. VishwanathBest Regional FilmKazaar(Konkani language)
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionRasarushi KuvempuRithwik SimhaBest ActorAptharakshakaVishnuvardhanBest ActressPareeksheAnu PrabhakarBest Supporting ActorBanniNeenasam AshwathBest Supporting ActressRunaanubandhaChandrakala MohanBest Child ActorEkamevaChiranjeeviBest Child ActressKinnara BaaleMadhushreeBest Female Playback SingerAptharakshaka("Omkara")Lakshmi NatarajBest CinematographyKallara SantheSundaranath SuvarnaBest LyricsSathya("Eradakshara")V. Nagendra PrasadBest Sound RecordingJust Maath MaathalliKumarBest Art DirectionAptharakshakaS. A. VenugopalBest ScreenplayEddelu ManjunathaGuruprasadBest Dialogue WriterBanniGodachi MaharudrappaBest Male Dubbing ArtistBanniSiddaraj KalyankarBest Female Dubbing ArtistJust Maath MaathalliDeepaJury's Special AwardKallara SantheSumana Kittur(For Effective Directorial Debut)
Controversy On August 14, 2015 in an unprecedented move, the Government of Karnataka is taking back four State film awards conferred on two films.
The decision on conferring these awards has been questioned by S. Radha in the High Court of Karnataka on the contention that the applications for these awards were accepted after the expiry of the deadline fixed by the government to receive entries. The government, according to sources in the Information Department, is making an all-out effort to “avoid humiliation” and are appealing to the recipients to return the awards.
The taken awards are as follows: Best Story - Nagathihalli Chandrashekar for Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara Best Male Playback Singer - Tippu Best Music Director - V. Harikrishna Best Editor - Srinivas P. Babu Above three awards for Raaj The Showman
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