The 2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Karnataka, recognised the best Kannada-language films released for 2003–04. The awards were announced on 1 January 2005 and presented on 16 July in Ambedkar Bhavan, Bangalore.
Lifetime achievement award
Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDr. Rajkumar AwardK.JanakiramDirector ₹1,00,000 with a certificatePuttanna Kanagal AwardPattabhirama ReddyDirector, writer, producer₹1,00,000 with a certificateLifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema AwardKuppuswamy NaiduProducer, Studio Owner ₹50,000 with a certificate
Jury A nine-member committee headed by P. H. Vishwanath, a noted director, made the selections. Of the 26 categories listed, there were no entries for the children and sub-regional sections.
Karnataka government increases the prize money from the existing Rs.20000 to Rs.1 lakh and for the rest of the categories it has been hiked to Rs.50000.
Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmChigurida KanasuParvathamma RajkumarT. S. NagabharanaSecond Best FilmShantiRamesh YadavBaraguru RamachandrappaThird Best FilmChandra ChakoriH. D. KumaraswamyS. NarayanBest Film Of Social ConcernPravahaRamadas NaiduRamadas Naidu
Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionChigurida KanasuT. S. NagabharanaBest ActorChigurida KanasuShiva RajkumarBest ActressThayi Illada Thabbali RadhikaBest Supporting ActorManiRangayana RaghuBest Supporting ActressManiUmashreeBest Child ActorAmasaMaster VarshaBest Music DirectionChigurida KanasuV. ManoharBest Male Playback SingerAmasa("Dodda Gowdara")Picchalli SrinivasBest Female Playback SingerJogula("Aakashake Obba") NandithaBest CinematographyChandra ChakoriP. K. H. DasBest EditingLankesh PatrikeB. S. KemparajBest LyricsPreethi Prema PranayaK. KalyanBest Sound RecordingNanjundiA R AravmundanBest Art DirectionChandra ChakoriG. MurthyBest Story WriterManiKarisubbuBest ScreenplayPreethi Prema PranayaKavitha LankeshBest Dialogue WriterChigurida KanasuJayanth KaikiniJury's Special AwardMalla K D Venkatesh(For Stunts)
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