The 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, recognised the best of Kannada-language films released in the year 2004. The awards were announced on 21 September 2005.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsDr. Rajkumar AwardPuttanna Kanagal AwardLifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema AwardM. P. ShankarA. T. RaghuVajramuniChandulal JainSupporting Actor, Producer, WriterDirectorSupporting ActorProducer
Jury A committee headed by Kodalli Shivaram was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmMonalisaK. S. DushyanthIndrajith LankeshSecond Best FilmBeruNavya ChithraP. SheshadriThird Best FilmGowdruSandesh NagarajS. MahendarBest Film Of Social ConcernHaseenaChiguru ChithraGirish KasaravalliBest Children FilmMithayi ManeAarathi
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionMonalisaIndrajith LankeshBest ActorKantiSri MuraliBest ActressGowdruShruthiBest Supporting ActorRakshasaKishoreBest Supporting ActressGowdruB. JayaBest Child ActorRakshasaAniruddhBest Child ActressHaseenaBodhini BhargaviBest Music DirectionRakshasaSadhu KokilaBest Male Playback SingerSrusti ("Hrudayada Thumba")S. P. BalasubrahmanyamBest Female Playback SingerMaharaja("Kandamma Kandamma")K. S. ChithraBest CinematographyEncounter DayanayakH. C. VenugopalBest EditingKantiT. ShashikumarBest LyricsBeruLakshmipathi KolarKrishnamurthy HanurBest Sound RecordingRishiMuraliBest Art DirectionRakshasaDinesh MangaloreBest Story WriterSanthoshaM. R. RameshBest ScreenplayRishiPrakashM. S. AbhishekBest Dialogue WriterSanthoshaB. A. MadhuBest Male Dubbing ArtistKatheyaada KaalaShivamurthyBest Female Dubbing ArtistRanga SSLCDeepaJury's Special AwardKanchana GangaMutturaj(For Costume Design)
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