The 2018 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2018. 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 day. The list of winners was announced on 10 January 2020.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDr. Rajkumar Award Srinivasa Murthy Actor ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificatePuttanna Kanagal Award P. Sheshadri Director ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award B. S. Basavaraju Cinematographer ₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best Film Aa Karaala RatriDayal PadmanabhanDayal PadmanabhanSecond Best Film Ramana SavariStroiney PaisSwapna K ShivarudraiahThird Best FilmOndalla EradallaUmapathy Srinivas D Satya PrakashBest Film of Social ConcernSantakavi Kanakadasara Ramadhanya Sreelakshmi Narasimha Movies T.N. NageshBest Children FilmHoovu-BalliChandrika Films B. ManjunathBest Regional FilmDeyi Baidethi(Tulu language)Sankri Motion Pictures SooryodayaBest Entertaining FilmSa.Hi.Pra.Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna RaiRishab ShettyRishab ShettyBest Debut Film of Newcomer DirectorBelakina KannadiRaju HamminiBasavaraj V Hammini
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardeeCash prizeBest DirectorAa Karaala RatriDayal Padmanabhan₹ 1,00,000Best Actor Ammana Mane Raghavendra Rajkumar₹ 20,000Best Actress Iruvudellava Bittu Meghana Raj₹ 20,000Best Supporting Actor ChurikatteBalaji Manohar₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActressAa Karaala Ratri Veena Sundar ₹ 20,000Best Child ActorRamana Savari Master Aaron₹ 20,000Best Child ActressAndavadaBaby Sinchana₹ 20,000Best Music Direction K.G.F: Chapter 1 Ravi Basrur₹ 20,000Best Male Playback SingerSantakavi Kanakadasara Ramadhanya("Irulu Chandirana")Siddhartha Belmannu₹ 20,000Best Female Playback SingerDeyi Baidethi("Gejje Giri Nandana")Kalavati Dayanand₹ 20,000Best CinematographyAmmachi Yemba KanasuNaveen Kumar I ₹ 20,000Best EditingTratakaSuresh Arumugam₹ 20,000Best LyricsBayalatada BheemannaBaraguru Ramachandrappa("Saave.. Saave..")₹ 20,000Best Art DirectionK.G.F: Chapter 1Shiva Kumar J₹ 20,000Best Story WriterNayigereHarish S ₹ 20,000Best Screenplay Mookajjiya KanasugaluP. Sheshadri₹ 20,000Best Dialogue WriterSavitribai PhuleShirish Joshi ₹ 20,000Jury's Special AwardSamanatheya Kadege H. Anantharayappa(For Film)₹ 20,000 eachAbbetumakura Siddhipurusha Vishwaradhyaru V. Thomas (For Production Managing) Best Book on Kannada CinemaChitrakathe Hagendarenu ? N. S. Shankar₹ 20,000 eachAmbarish-Vyakti-Vyaktitva-Varnaranjita BadukuSharanu HullurBest Short FilmPaduvarahalliV. Manoj Kumar ₹ 20,000
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