The 2019 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2019. The Awards are given away on 24 April every year which is the birthday of Dr. Rajkumar. But due to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the last two years, the awards were not given on this date. The list of winners was announced on 22 January 2025.
Following the announcement of the awardees, actor Sudeepa, who won under Best Actor category, declined the award based on his personal commitment not to accept awards.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDr. Rajkumar Award Umashree Actress ₹5,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificatePuttanna Kanagal Award N. R. Nanjunde Gowda Director ₹5,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award Richard Castellano Producer, Director ₹5,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best Film MohandasM/S Mitra ChitraP. SheshadriSecond Best Film Love MocktailDarling KrishnaMilana NagarajDarling KrishnaThird Best FilmArghyamY. SrinivasY. SrinivasBest Film of Social ConcernKanneriHebbar Madhavi Hebbar Chandrashekar Ninasam ManjuBest Children FilmElli Aadoodu Navu Elli AadooduSrinivasG. Arun KumarBest Regional FilmTriple Talaq(Beary language)Gulvady TalkiesYakub Khader GulvadyBest Entertaining FilmIndia vs EnglandY. N. ShankaregowdaNagathihalli ChandrashekarBest Debut Film of Newcomer DirectorGopala GandhiSri Revana Siddeshwara MoviesNagesh N
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardeeCash PrizeBest DirectorMohandasP. Sheshadri₹ 1,00,000Best Actor Pailwaan Sudeepa₹ 20,000Best Actress Thrayambakam Anupama Gowda₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActorChemistry of KariappaTabla Nani₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActressBrahmiAnusha Krishna₹ 20,000Best Child ActorMinchuluMaster Preetham₹ 20,000Best Child ActressSugandhiVaishnavi Adiga₹ 20,000Best Music Direction YajamanaV. Harikrishna₹ 20,000Best Male Playback SingerLove Mocktail("Kanna Haniyondu")Raghu Dixit₹ 20,000Best Female Playback SingerRaga BhairaviJayadevi Jangamashetti₹ 20,000Best CinematographyMohandasG. S. Bhaskar ₹ 20,000Best EditingJhansi IPSG. Basavaraj Urs₹ 20,000Best LyricsPencil BoxRazak Puthur₹ 20,000Best Art DirectionMohandasHosmane Murthy₹ 20,000Best Story WriterIllu Iralare Allu HogalaareJayanth Kaikini₹ 20,000Best Screenplay Love MocktailDarling Krishna₹ 20,000Best Dialogue WriterAmruthamathiBaraguru Ramachandrappa ₹ 20,000Jury's Special AwardAmruthamathi Baraguru Ramachandrappa₹ 20,000 eachThamate Narasimhaiah Balaji Chithra Best Book on Kannada Cinema ₹ 20,000 Best Short Film ₹ 20,000
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