The Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film is one of the Karnataka State Film Awards presented annually since the awards were instituted for films in 1966–67. The award is given to Kannada films produced in the year.
The makers of Sandhya Raga (1966) were the first recipients and those of Ondalla Eradalla (2018) the latest.
Awards
All the awardees are awarded with a cash prize of 50,000 and a 100-gram silver medal. Award winners include producer and director of the film.
Winners
YearFilmProducer(s)Director(s) 1966-67 Sandhya Raga A. C. Narasimha MurthyA. Prabhakara Rao S. K. BhagavanA. C. Narasimha Murthy 1967-68 Bangarada Hoovu B. A. Arasu Kumar B. A. Arasu Kumar 1968-69 Mannina Maga M. V. VenkatachalamAlexanderGeethapriya 1969-70 Mukthi K. S. Krishnaswamy N. Lakshminarayan 1969-70 Eradu Mukha B. V. SrinivasK. S. PrasadA. S. Bhakthavathsalam M. R. Vittal 1970-71 Kula Gourava N. Veeraswamy Peketi Sivaram 1971-72 Yaava Janmada Maitri M. V. Venkatachalam Geethapriya 1971-72 Sipayi Ramu Bhagavathi ProductionsY. R. Swamy 1973-74 Abachurina Post Office N. Lakshminarayan Pathre C. Vinayak 1974-75 Bhakta Kumbara Hunsur Krishnamurthy Anuradha Devi 1975-76 Premada Kanike V. Somashekar Jayadevi 1976-77 Kakana Kote C. R. Simha M. R. Jayaraj, M. C. Satyanarayana 1977-78 Anuroopa P. Lankesh P. Lankesh 1978-79 Parasangada Gendethimma Maruthi Shivaram Subramani, Honnayya, A. Shivaram, P. Dorairaj, M. Nagarajan 1979-80 Chandanada Gombe Dorairaj, S. K. Bhagavan Bhaktavatsalan, Ramachandra, Dorairaj, S. K. Bhagavan 1980-81 Sangeetha Chandrashekhara Kambara Wheel Productions 1981-82 Baadada Hoo K. V. Jayaram K. S. Narayan 1982-83 Anveshane T. S. Nagabharana Raja, Sarojamma 1983-84 Nodi Swamy Navirodu Heege Shankar Nag Shankar Nag 1984-85 Marali Goodige Balaji K. R. Shantharam 1985-86 Abhimana P. N. Srinivas P. Krishnaraj 1986-87 Madhvacharya G. V. Iyer Ananthalakshmi Films 1987-88 Kaadina Benki Suresh Heblikar Manasa Arts 1988-89 Sankranthi N. R. Nanjunde Gowda K. S. Sachchidanand, Dharmaraj 1989-90 Prathama Ushakirana Suresh Heblikar Maanasa Arts 1990-91 Bhujangayyana Dashavathara Lokesh Girija Lokesh, Latha, Jayamma 1991-92 Pathitha Pavani 1992-93 Harakeya Kuri K. S. L. Swamy B. V. Radha 1993-94 Shhh! Upendra Kumar Govind 1994-95 Yarigu Helbedi Kodlu Ramakrishna Asha Gunashekar, Padmalatha 1995-96 Beladingala Baale Sunil Kumar Desai B. S. Murali 1996-97 Nagareeka Y. Nanjundappa Saraswathi Gopal Jois 1997-98 Nodu Baa Nammoora N. R. Nanjunde Gowda Chandrashekar, Kripa Shankar, H. C. Srinivas, N. R. Nanjunde Gowda 1998-99 Doni Saagali Rajendra Singh Babu H. N. Maruthi, N. M. Madhusudan Gowda Chandramukhi Pranasakhi Seetharam Karanth Prakash Babu 2000-01 Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu Jai JagadishVijayalakshmi SinghDushyanth Singh S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu 2001-02 NeelaDrushti Srushti T. S. Nagabharana 2002-03 Laali Haadu Sa. Ra. Govindu H. Vasu 2003-04 Chandra Chakori Anitha Kumaraswamy S. Narayan 2004-05 Gowdru Sandesh Nagaraj S. Mahendar 2005-06 Amrithadhare Nagathihalli ChandrashekarNiveditha VenkateshShailaja RaoRajashree Ramesh Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar 2006–07 Cyanide Kenchappa GowdaIndumathi A. M. R. Ramesh 2007–08 Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige K. Manju Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar 2008-09 Shankara Punyakoti Amarnath HegdeSrinivas Sooda G. Murthy 2009–10 Love Guru Naveen Prashant Raj 2010–11 Manasa Anita Rani Kodlu Ramakrishna 2011 Allide Nammane Illi Bande Summane Roopa Saurav Gopi Peenya 2012 Edegarike Syed Aman BachchanM. S. Ravindra Sumana Kittur 2013 Prakruthi S. LakshmideviV. Ashok KumarPanchakshari Panchakshari 2014 Haggada Kone Umesh BanakarDayal Padmanabhan Dayal Padmanabhan 2015 Mythri N. S. Rajkumar B. M. Giriraj 2016 Antharjala Harish M. D. Halli B. Nandakumar2017 Paddayi Nithyananda Pai Abhaya Simha 2018 Ondalla Eradalla Umapathy Srinivas D Satya Prakash 2019 Arghyam Y. Srinivas Y. Srinivas 2020 Hariva Nadige Maiyella Kalu Babu Eshwar Prasad Babu Eshwar Prasad 2021 Bisilu Kudure Hridaya Shiva Hridaya Shiva
See also Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film
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