The 2000–01 Karnataka State Film Awards were presented by Government of Karnataka to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2000.
The awards were announced by the Minister of State for Information B. K. Chandrashekar, and M. S. Sathyu, the Chairman of the Film Awards Committee, on 28 May 2001. Sathyu criticized the films of the year, stating that "most of the films were substandard and marked by sex and violence. Women were depicted lowly, and most of the films had no message to convey, leave alone being educative." He added that the films also had "fascist tendency" in them. The winners were announced on 28 May 2001, and awards were given out on 16 December.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded As Dr. Rajkumar AwardVijaya BhaskarMusic Director Puttanna Kanagal AwardK. V. Jayaram Director Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema AwardT. S. Narasimhan Film and TV series producer
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmMussanje Beerappa P. R. Ramadas NaiduP.R. Ramdas NaiduSecond Best FilmShaapa Channabasavanagowda Patil Vanaja PatilAshok PatilThird Best FilmKurigalu Saar KurigaluJai Jagadish Vijayalakshmi Singh Dushyanth SinghRajendra Singh BabuBest Film Of Social Concern Munnudi Navyachithra P. SheshadriBest Regional FilmThudar(Tulu language) Kodlu Ramakrishna
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectorMussanjeP. R. Ramadas NaiduBest Actor Munnudi H. G. DattatreyaBest Actress Shaapa Anu PrabhakarBest Supporting ActorMathadana AvinashBest Supporting ActressKurigalu Saar KurigaluUmashreeBest Child ActorMussanjeRohith BhatBest Music DirectionMahalakshmiN. Govardhan Best Male Playback Singer Munnudi ("Kadala Theregalu") Ramesh ChandraBest Female Playback SingerGatti Mela ("Navileno Kunibeku")K. S. Chithra Best CinematographyShaapaAshok Kashyap Best EditingMussanjeAnil Naidu Best LyricsSparsha ("Chandakinta Chanda")Itagi Eeranna Best Sound Recording Munnudi S. MahendranBest Story WriterMunnudiBolwar Mahammad KunhiBest ScreenplayShaapaAshok Patil Best Dialogue WriterMussanjeP. R. Ramadas Naidu Jury's Special Award Munnudi (Costume Designer) JubedaAnupama Sheshadri
No award Committee not announce any recipients in following category Best Director Best Children Film Best Child Actress Best Art Direction
Members of the Film Awards Committee M. S. Sathyu, chairman Indira Shivanna Vijay Bhaskar A. Rajashekar Geeta Nagabhushan K. Ramaiah R. Nagesh D. S. Nagaraj Somashekar
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