The 2021 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2021. The selection advisory committee was headed by senior journalist, Sadashiva Shenoy.
The film 777 Charlie emerged as the biggest winner with four awards: Best Second Film, Best Actor, Best Lyrics and Best Editing.
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 FilmDoddahatti BoregowdaB. C. Shashikumar K. M. LokeshRaghu K. M.Second Best Film 777 CharlieParamvah StudiosKiranraj K.Third Best FilmBisilu KudureHridaya ShivaHridaya ShivaBest Film of Social ConcernBest Children FilmCakeParikshit IshwarKishore MoodbidriBest Regional FilmNada Peda Asha(Kodava language)Eramanda Harini Vijay Uttaiah Yeshoda Prakash Prakash KariappaBest Entertaining FilmYuvarathnaa Vijay Kiragandur Santhosh AnanddramBest Debut Film of Newcomer DirectorBadava RascalDhananjay RizwanShankar Guru
Other awards Award titleFilmAwardeeCash prizeBest DirectorNada Peda Asha Prakash Kariappa₹ 1,00,000Best Actor 777 Charlie Rakshit Shetty₹ 20,000Best Actress Mute Archana Jois₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActorRathnan Prapancha Pramod Panju₹ 20,000Best Supporting ActressRathnan Prapancha Umashree₹ 20,000Best Child ActorCake Athish Shetty₹ 20,000Best Child ActressBhairavi Baby Bhairavi₹ 20,000Best Music Direction Bisilu Kudure Imtiaz Sultan₹ 20,000Best Male Playback SingerSri Jagannatha Dasaru Aneesh Keshava Rao₹ 20,000Best Female Playback SingerDandi Sahana M. Bharadwaj₹ 20,000Best CinematographyAmme Samsara () Bhuvanesh Prabhu₹ 20,000Best Editing777 Charlie Prateek Shetty₹ 20,000Best Lyrics777 Charlie Nagarjun Sharma₹ 20,000Best Art DirectionBhajarangi 2 Ravi S₹ 20,000Best Story WriterOmbatthu Sullu Kathegalu Manjunath Muniyappa₹ 20,000Best Screenplay Doddahatti Boregowda Raghu K. M.₹ 20,000Best Dialogue WriterThayi Kasthur Gandhi Baraguru Ramachandrappa₹ 20,000Jury's Special Award Bhairavi (Special mention - Film of merit)₹ 20,000 eachBhajarangi 2 Yogi G. Raj (costume design)Thayi Kasthur Gandhi Shivakumar (Makeup)Best Book on Kannada Cinema – –₹ 20,000 Best Short Film – –₹ 20,000
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