2016 Karnataka State Film Awards

The 2016 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2016.[1] The list of winners were announced on 11 April 2017.[2] The awards were presented on 24 April.[3]

2016 Karnataka State Film Awards
Date24 April 2017 (2017-04-24)
LocationDr. B. R. Ambedkar Bhavan
Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru
CountryIndia
Presented bySiddaramaiah
(Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Most awardsJeerjimbe (4)
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Lifetime achievement award

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The jury committee for selecting the lifetime achievement awards was headed by actress Jayanthi.[4]

Name of Award Awardee(s) Awarded As Awards
 • Dr. Rajkumar Award
 • Puttanna Kanagal Award
 • Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award
 • Advani Lakshmi Devi
 • K. V. Raju
 • K. Chinnappa
 • Actress
 • Director
 • Poster artist
 • 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate
 • 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate
 • 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate

Jury

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A committee headed by director Kavitha Lankesh was appointed to evaluate the awards. Other jury members were actress Rekha Rao, cinematographer Basavaraj, Director KN Vaidyanath and singer Chandrika Gururaj.

Film Awards

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Name of Award Film Producer Director
First Best Film Amaravathi  • Sushma. E
 • Madhava Reddy. E
B. M. Giriraj
Second Best Film Railway Children  • Birthi Gangadhar
 • Chetana Gokul
Prithvi Konanur
Third Best Film Antharjala B. Nandakumar Harish M. D. Halli
Best Film of Social Concern Mudla Seemeyalli K. Shivarudraiah
Best Children Film Jeerjimbe Karthik Saraguru
Best Regional Film Madipu
(Tulu language)
Sandeep Kumar Nandalike Chetan Mundadi
Best Entertaining Film Kirik Party  • Rakshit Shetty
 • G. S. Guptha
Rishab Shetty
Best Debut Film Of Newcomer Director Rama Rama Re... D. Satya Prakash D. Satya Prakash

Other Awards

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Name of Award Film Awardee Cash Prize
Best Director Amaravathi B. M. Giriraj 1,00,000
Best Actor Amaravathi Achyuth Kumar 20,000
Best Actress Beautiful Manasugalu Shruti Hariharan[5] 20,000
Best Supporting Actor Kudla Cafe Naveen D. Padil 20,000
Best Supporting Actress Pallata Akshata Pandavpura 20,000
Best Child Actor Railway Children K. Manohara 20,000
Best Child Actress Jeerjimbe
Beti
Siri Vanalli
Revathy
20,000
Best Music Direction Jeerjimbe Charan Raj 20,000
Best Male Playback Singer Beautiful Manasugalu
("Nammooralli Chaligaladalli")
Vijay Prakash 20,000
Best Female Playback Singer Jalsa
("Nannede Beedige")
Sangeetha Ravindranath 20,000
Best Cinematography Mungaru Male 2 Shekar Chandra 20,000
Best Editing Mummy C. Ravichandran 20,000
Best Lyrics Jeerjimbe Karthik Saragur 20,000
Best Art Direction Uppina Kagada Shashidhar Adapa 20,000
Best Story Writer Raju Yedegebidda Akshara Nandita Yadav 20,000
Best Screenplay Kahi Arvind Sastry 20,000
Best Dialogue Writer Amaravathi B. M. Giriraj 20,000
Jury's Special Award Santheyalli Nintha Kabira
Mungaru Male 2
Chinmayee
(For Costume design)
K. V. Manjaiah
(For Production control)
20,000 each

References

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  1. ^ Karnataka State Film Award Winners for 2016
  2. ^ 2016 Karnataka State Awards List To Be Announced On Tuesday
  3. ^ "Annual film awards to be given on Raj's birthday". Deccan Herald. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Advani Lakshmi Devi chosen for Dr. Rajkumar Award". The Hindu. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Achyuth And Shruthi Hariharan Bag State Awards". Chitraloka. 11 April 2017.