2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards

The 2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards were presented by Government of Karnataka to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released for 2003–04.^[4] The awards were announced on 1 January 2005 and presented on 16 July in Ambedkar Bhavan, Bangalore.^[5]

38th Karnataka State Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Kannada Cinema in 2003–04
Presented by	Dharam Singh (Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Announced on	1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)[1]
Presented on	16 July 2005 (2005-07-16)[2]
Site	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hosted by	Srinivas Prabhu Aparna[3]
Highlights
Best Picture	Chigurida Kanasu
Best Direction	T. S. Nagabharana Chigurida Kanasu
Best Actor	Shiva Rajkumar Chigurida Kanasu
Best Actress	Radhika Thayi Illada Thabbali
Most awards	Chigurida Kanasu (5)
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Lifetime achievement award

Name of Award	Awardee(s)	Awarded As	Awards
Dr. Rajkumar Award	K.Janakiram	Director	₹1,00,000 with a certificate
Puttanna Kanagal Award	Pattabhirama Reddy	Director, writer, producer	₹1,00,000 with a certificate
Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award	Kuppuswamy Naidu	Producer, Studio Owner	₹50,000 with a certificate

Jury

A nine-member committee headed by P. H. Vishwanath, a noted director, made the selections.^[6] 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.^[3]

Film awards

Name of Award	Film	Producer	Director
First Best Film	Chigurida Kanasu	Parvathamma Rajkumar	T. S. Nagabharana
Second Best Film	Shanti	Ramesh Yadav	Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Third Best Film	Chandra Chakori	H. D. Kumaraswamy	S. Narayan
Best Film Of Social Concern	Pravaha	Ramadas Naidu	Ramadas Naidu

Other awards

Name of Award	Film	Awardee(s)
Best Direction	Chigurida Kanasu	T. S. Nagabharana
Best Actor	Chigurida Kanasu	Shiva Rajkumar
Best Actress	Thayi Illada Thabbali	Radhika
Best Supporting Actor	Mani	Rangayana Raghu
Best Supporting Actress	Mani	Umashree
Best Child Actor	Amasa	Master Varsha
Best Music Direction	Chigurida Kanasu	V. Manohar
Best Male Playback Singer	Amasa ("Dodda Gowdara")	Picchalli Srinivas
Best Female Playback Singer	Jogula ("Aakashake Obba")	Nanditha
Best Cinematography	Chandra Chakori	P. K. H. Das
Best Editing	Lankesh Patrike	B. S. Kemparaj
Best Lyrics	Preethi Prema Pranaya	K. Kalyan
Best Sound Recording	Nanjundi	A R Aravmundan
Best Art Direction	Chandra Chakori	G. Murthy
Best Story Writer	Mani	Karisubbu
Best Screenplay	Preethi Prema Pranaya	Kavitha Lankesh
Best Dialogue Writer	Chigurida Kanasu	Jayanth Kaikini
Jury's Special Award	Malla	K D Venkatesh (For Stunts)