Karnataka
State
Film
Awards
2016
were
announced
recently
in
a
press
meet
called
by
the
Jury
led
by
Kavitha
Lankesh.
Interestingly,
most
of
the
awards
have
gone
for
films
made
by
the
new
age
film
makers.
Other
members
in
the
selection
committee
were
actress
Rekha,
cinematographer
Basavaraj
and
singer
Chandrika
Gururaj.
It
seems
like
films
which
won
National
Awards
were
not
considered
for
the
selection
of
state
awards.
Jury
also
announced
Lifetime
Achievement
Awards
in
the
same
press
meet.
Jury
has
selected
Music
director
V.
Manohar,
former
KFCC
president/exhibitor
K.
V.
Chandrashekar
and
journalist
Rukkoji
for
Dr.
Rajkumar
Award,
Puttanna
Kanagal
Award
and
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan
Award
respectively.
Here
is
the
list
of
awards.
First
Best
Film
is
Amaravathi
directed
by
BM
Giriraj
and
has
Achyuth
Kumar
in
the
lead
role.
Second
Best
film
was
Railway
Children
directed
by
debutant
Prithvi
Konanur.
Third
Best
Film
was
Antharjala
directed
by
Harish
MD
Halli
and
Rajendra
Karanth
played
vital
role.
Mudla
Seemeyalli
was
adjudged
as
the
Best
Film
of
Social
Concern
whereas
Jeer
Jimbe
was
Best
Children's
film.
Madipu
(Tulu
language)
directed
by
Chetan
Mundadi
was
Best
Regional
Film.
Biggest
Hit
Kirik
Party
is
pronounced
as
Best
Entertaining
Film.
Rama
Rama
Re
won
Best
Debut
Film
of
Newcomer
Director.
Best
Actor
(Male):
Achyuth
Kumar
(Amaravathi)
Best
Actor
(Female):
Sruthi
Hariharan
(
Beautiful
Manasugalu)
Best
Supporting
Actor
(Male):
Naveen
D
Padil
(Kudla
Café)
(Tulu)
Best
Supporting
Actor
(Female):
Akshata
Pandavpura
(Palata)
Best
Child
Actor
(Male):
Master
Manohar
(Railway
Children)
Best
Child
Actor
(Female):
Baby
Sirivanalli
(Jeer
Jimbe)
Baby
Revathy
(Beti)
Master
Manohar
has
won
National
Award
for
Best
Child
Actor
for
the
same
role
in
Railway
Children.
He
has
won
two
prestigious
awards
in
the
span
of
a
week.
Best
Story:
Nandita
Yadav
(Raju
Yedegebidda
Akshara)
Best
Screenplay:
Arvind
Shastry
(Kahi)
Best
Dialogue:
BM
Giriraj
(Amaravathi)
Best
Music
Director:
Charan
Raj
(Jeer
Jimbe)
Best
Lyricist:
Karthik
Saragur
(Jeer
Jimbe)
Best
Playback
Singer
(Male):
Vijay
Prakash
for
song
Nammooralli
Chaligaladalli
(Beautiful
Manasugalu)
Best
Playback
Singer
(Female):
Sangeeta
Ravindranath
for
song
Nannede
Beedige
(Jalsa)
Best
Cinematography:
Shekar
Chandra
(Mungaru
Male
2)
Best
Editing:
C
Ravichandran
(Mummy)
Best
Art
Director:
Shashidhar
Adappa
(Uppina
Kagada)
Special
Jury
Award
Best
Costume
Designer:
Chinmayee
for
Santheyalli
Nintha
Kabeera
Best
Production
Controller:
KV
Manjayya
for
Mungaru
Male
2
Amaravathi
and
Jeer
Jimbe
have
won
the
most
number
of
awards
this
year.
Amaravathi
released
last
month
but
failed
to
do
much
commercially
even
though
received
rave
reviews.
Let's
hope
the
film
gets
its
due
when
DVDs
are
out
or
after
the
television
premiere.
Jeer
Jimbe
is
yet
to
hit
the
screens
and
with
such
reception
from
Jury,
makers
would
want
to
release
the
film
sooner.
As
per
the
reports,
makers
are
looking
to
release
the
film
by
the
end
of
May
or
early
June.