The 2020 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2020. The selection advisory committee was headed by film director B. S. Lingadevaru along with journalist Padma Shivamogga, actress Padma Vasanthi, cinema analyst Ivan De Silva, director Umesh Nayak, production manager D. R. Sampath, cinematographer Manjunath. R and music director Gururaj.
Actor Sanchari Vijay was posthumously honoured with Special Jury Award for his contribution to cinema.
Lifetime achievement award
Award titleAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDr. Rajkumar Award ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificatePuttanna Kanagal Award ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
Film awards Award titleFilmProducer(s)DirectorFirst Best FilmPinki ElliKrishne GowdaPrithvi KonanurSecond Best Film VarnapatalaKavitha Santhosh & Saraswathi HosadurgaChethan MundadiThird Best FilmHariva Nadige Maiyella KaluBabu Eshwar PrasadBest Film of Social ConcernGiliyu Panjaradollilla Ee Mannu Eshwaridas Shetty, Rajeshwari Rai Ramadas Naidu Shivadwaj ShettyBest Children FilmPadakaAditya R. ChiranjeeviAditya R. ChiranjeeviBest Regional FilmJeetige(Tulu language)Arun Rai ThodarSanthosh MadaBest Entertaining FilmFourwalls T. Vishwanath Naik S. S. SajjanBest Debut Film of Newcomer DirectorNeeli HakkiGanesh Hegde, Suman Shetty, Vinay Shetty, YogeshGanesh Hegde
Other awards Award titleFilmAwardeeCash prizeBest DirectorPinki Elli Prithvi Konanur₹ 1,00,000Best Actor Gentleman Prajwal Devaraj₹ 20,000Best Actress Pinki Elli Akshatha Pandavapura₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActorThaledanda Ramesh Pandit₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActressDanthapurana Manjulamma₹ 20,000Best Child ActorDanthapurana Ahil Ansari₹ 20,000Best Child ActressPaaru Hitaishi Poojar₹ 20,000Best Music Direction Malgudi Days Gagan Baderia₹ 20,000Best Male Playback SingerAcharya Sri Shankara Aniruddha Sastry₹ 20,000Best Female Playback SingerDanthapurana Arundhati Vasishta₹ 20,000Best CinematographyThaledanda Ashok Kashyap₹ 20,000Best EditingAct 1978 Nagendra K. Ujjaini₹ 20,000Best Lyrics Parjanya Ee Mannu Gargi Karehaklu Sachin Shetty Kumble₹ 20,000Best Art DirectionBicchugatti Gunasekhar₹ 20,000Best Story WriterRanchi Shashikant Gatti₹ 20,000Best Screenplay Chandni Bar Raghavendra Kumar₹ 20,000Best Dialogue WriterHoovina Hara Veerappa Maralvadi₹ 20,000Jury's Special Award Thaledanda & Act 1978 Sanchari Vijay (posthumous - acting)₹ 20,000 eachSaravajra Sri Valli (costume design)Thaledanda Ramesh Babu (production)Amruth Apartments V G Rajan (sound recording)Arabbie Vishwas K S (acting)Kannadiga Champakadhama Babu (production manager)Best Book on Kannada Cinema ₹ 20,000 Best Short Film ₹ 20,000
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