2018 Karnataka State Film Awards

The 2018 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2018.^[1] The Awards are given away on 24 April every year which is the birthday of Dr. Rajkumar. But due to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the last two years, the awards were not given on this day. The list of winners were announced on 10 January 2020.^[2][3]

53rd Karnataka State Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Kannada Cinema in 2018
Presented by	B. S. Yediyurappa (Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Announced on	10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Site	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Highlights
Best Picture	Aa Karaala Ratri
Best Direction	Dayal Padmanabhan Aa Karaala Ratri
Best Actor	Raghavendra Rajkumar Ammana Mane
Best Actress	Meghana Raj Iruvudellava Bittu
Most awards	Aa Karaala Ratri (3)
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Lifetime achievement award

Name of Award	Awardee(s)	Awarded As	Awards
Dr. Rajkumar Award	Srinivasa Murthy	Actor	₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
Puttanna Kanagal Award	P. Sheshadri	Director	₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award	B. S. Basavaraju	Cinematographer	₹2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate

Film awards

Name of Award	Film	Producer	Director
First Best Film	Aa Karaala Ratri	Dayal Padmanabhan	Dayal Padmanabhan
Second Best Film	Ramana Savari	• Stroiney Pais  • Swapna	K Shivarudraiah
Third Best Film	Ondalla Eradalla	Umapathy Srinivas	D Satya Prakash
Best Film of Social Concern	Santakavi Kanakadasara Ramadhanya	Sreelakshmi Narasimha Movies	T.N. Nagesh
Best Children Film	Hoovu-Balli	Chandrika Films	B. Manjunath
Best Regional Film	Deyi Baidethi (Tulu language)	Sankri Motion Pictures	Sooryodaya
Best Entertaining Film	Sa.Hi.Pra.Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Rishab Shetty	Rishab Shetty
Best Debut Film of Newcomer Director	Belakina Kannadi	Raju Hammini	Basavaraj V Hammini

Other awards

Name of Award	Film	Awardee	Cash Prize
Best Director	Aa Karaala Ratri	Dayal Padmanabhan	₹ 1,00,000
Best Actor	Ammana Mane	Raghavendra Rajkumar	₹ 20,000
Best Actress	Iruvudellava Bittu	Meghana Raj	₹ 20,000
Best Supporting Actor	Churikatte	Balaji Manohar	₹ 20,000
Best Supporting Actress	Aa Karaala Ratri	Veena Sundar	₹ 20,000
Best Child Actor	Ramana Savari	Master Aaron	₹ 20,000
Best Child Actress	Andavada	Baby Sinchana	₹ 20,000
Best Music Direction	K.G.F: Chapter 1	Ravi Basrur	₹ 20,000
Best Male Playback Singer	Santakavi Kanakadasara Ramadhanya ("Irulu Chandirana")	Siddhartha Belmannu	₹ 20,000
Best Female Playback Singer	Deyi Baidethi ("Gejje Giri Nandana")	Kalavati Dayanand	₹ 20,000
Best Cinematography	Ammachi Yemba Kanasu	Naveen Kumar I	₹ 20,000
Best Editing	Trataka	Suresh Arumugam	₹ 20,000
Best Lyrics	Bayalatada Bheemanna	Baraguru Ramachandrappa ("Saave.. Saave..")	₹ 20,000
Best Art Direction	K.G.F: Chapter 1	Shiva Kumar J	₹ 20,000
Best Story Writer	Nayigere	Harish S	₹ 20,000
Best Screenplay	Mookajjiya Kanasugalu	P. Sheshadri	₹ 20,000
Best Dialogue Writer	Savitribai Phule	Shirish Joshi	₹ 20,000
Jury's Special Award	Samanatheya Kadege	H. Anantharayappa (For Film)	₹ 20,000 each
	Abbetumakura Siddhipurusha Vishwaradhyaru	V. Thomas (For Production Managing)
Best Book on Kannada Cinema	Chitrakathe Hagendarenu ?	N. S. Shankar	₹ 20,000 each
	Ambarish-Vyakti-Vyaktitva-Varnaranjita Baduku	Sharanu Hullur
Best Short Film	Paduvarahalli	V. Manoj Kumar	₹ 20,000